The EXTRA Program offers a more advanced level of competition for players who possess the appropriate skills, commitment, and abilities. The program provides development opportunities similar to club soccer though maintains the core AYSO philosophies – including a guarantee that all players will play at least half of every game. And all at 20% of the cost of a typical soccer club.  Players are selected through a competitive tryout process.

Tryouts are open to all age eligible players and traditionally happen once each year, typically December or January.  Other than age eligibility, there are no limits on who can tryout. You do NOT need to have ever played for AYSO to tryout.  

When we are able to conduct two tryout sessions…attendance at both tryouts is strongly encouraged, but not required.

There is NO FEE to tryout, though all players must register for the tryout.  We may limit email notifications to those who register for tryouts, so please signup for tryouts early if registration is open.

If you are interested in playing 2026 Spring Rec if your player is not invited to the Extra team, please register for 2026 Spring Rec now. As the registration close date approaches, some divisions may become waitlisted. If your player is invited to Extra, we will transfer 100% of you fees towards Extra, and you will only have to pay the balance.

Costs (If Invited): Tentatively $325.00 per season plus AYSO national annual player fee (currently $25.00 and covers all AYSO programs in the nation from August 1 to the following July 31) plus uniform costs direct from our vendor.  (Program fees will be finalized by the region before invitations are sent.)

Schedule (If Invited): Spring matches typically start early March and end mid-May.  Fall matches typically start early September and end mid-November.  Typically, one match per Saturday during the season, with a rare Sunday match or two-Saturday matches.  Some teams will make playoffs in Fall, and playoffs can extend into mid-December.  Practices are in Irvine twice a week on weekdays, excluding Fridays, for 90 minutes each practice and practices usually start about three weeks before the first match and end at the last match.  The practice weekdays, times, and field within Irvine are selected by the head coach.

Travel For Matches (If Invited): Half of the matches will be in Irvine.  Away matches will be mostly within Orange County, with a few matches in the south of Los Angeles County.

EXTRA TRYOUTS CONCLUDED

A BIG thank you to all that have tried out for our Extra teams!

We are working through the tryout results and are beginning to provide feedback.

For those genders and ages in which we will be unable to form a team as well as those players that did not get an invite this time around, may we kindly recommend your considering our CORE/Rec program and that of our Skills Training Program.

Both are able to take registrants now in the same website location whereby you registered for the tryouts!

Keep checking here for information on our next open tryouts!  Our next open tryouts will likely be in December or January.

 

Do you love coaching soccer?
If you might be interested in becoming a coach for our AYSO Extra Program, click here to apply:

2026 Extra Coach Application

We may select coaches as soon as December 3, 2025, so please apply by December 2, 2025 to guarantee that your application is considered.  (If we have not accepted a head coach for a given team, we will review applications up until we select the head coach for the team.)

Typically, if we receive an application for a qualified head coach and their child is not already on an Extra team, we will defer a decision on the head coach role until after tryouts because the head coach’s child automatically makes the team, so the coach committee must evaluate both the coach and their player in making the selection.  We ask that all head coach applicants attend both tryouts and observe so they are prepared to help select a team if they are selected.