Northern Illinois Soccer LG

After we receive your application, a member of our staff will contact you via phone or email and schedule a time for you to meet us in the league office prior to your acceptance into the NISL. The Fees for your team and player registration are to be paid upon acceptance into the league.

You will need to secure a Home Field Location and must be able to provide the appropriate sized goals and lined fields for your home games according to their age group.You will need a State-Certified Referee Assignor that will schedule your home game's referees. If you do not know of one, the league will be able to present you with a few options in your area.

Environmental conditions can significantly impact player health and safety. Extreme temperatures, severe weather and the integrity of the playing field and its equipment all impact players' ability to practice and compete safely.

U.S. Soccer's Recognize to Recover program gives players, parents, coaches and referees information and guidelines to make sure the desire to play does not cloud the decision-making process when it comes to evaluating environmental conditions to ensure the safety of those on the field.Extreme heat can impact players' health and safe play.

If your team is ahead by 5 goals the losing team can add another player to play and continue to add another player every three additional goals to a maximum of 11 goals. If goal differential is then reduced to 4 goals players should be removed. Hopefully you have all had the unfortunate experience of being on the losing side of a blow-out or a slaughter.

The problem is that many coaches are not properly trained to make the right decision on the field. The result is that each year up to 2 million young athletes are sent back in to play before they are ready, turning a mild injury into something that can result in weeks or months of lost playing time.

The Northern Illinois Soccer League (NISL) offers effective 2016, a NISL Club Linesperson for NISL Clubs at no charge. Currently there is a shortage of referees, especially young referees in the Chicagoland area. It is hoped that this will help the current situation by freeing up those referees that are assigned as assistants to become center referees.