Alton Fighting Irish Club News & Announcements
Parents and guardians should use this link to accept the offer for their players position for the 2026-2027 season. Click here to access the form.
Read MorePlayer’s Age Group-Roster Formation Tool This tool helps determine a player’s age group based on their date of birth. After entering the player’s birthdate, the tool will display the relative age group options for three roster formation cycles: January 1-December 31, August 1-July 31, and September 1-August 31. The results are intended as a…
Read MoreUS Youth Soccer, which includes the SLYSA league, will abide by the new Age Matrix for the 2026-2027 season. Players may now be grouped by birthdate (August 1 to July 31) vs birth year. The goal is to align players teams more to their school grade. Check out the chart below for more information.
Read MoreCongratulations to the Irish 2008 Girls on their first place finish in the Premier Division of SLYSA for the fall 2025 session! The team consists of players from six different high schools who excel academically, play multiple sports, hold part-time jobs, and above all are great teammates. Many on the team have been with Irish…
Read MoreCongratulations to the Irish 2012 Boys Blue – Champions of Division 1 for the fall 2025 session. The boys went 7-1-1 and had a 35-11 goals for/goals against ratio with four clean sheets. Awesome job boys!
Read MoreCongratulations to the 2013 Irish Girls and Coaches Paul McKee and Mike Minton on winning the St Louis Development Academy (STLDA) Pot O’ Goals Showdown. The girls went 3-0 on the weekend with 12 goals for and only 1 against! Way to go ladies!
Read MoreCongratulations to the 2017 Irish Boys on winning the Lou Fusz Junior Championship!
Read MoreCongratulations to the 2012 Irish Boys Blue who won the Saint Lous Scott Gallagher Fall Festival Tournament this weekend with wins over WSGS, SLSG Elite (E64), and Cincinnati United Elite (E64). Go Irish
Read MoreThe 2008 Irish Girls finished 3-0 at the JB Marine College Showcase in St. Louis bringing their fall 2025 record to 10-1.
Read MoreTryout Schedule for Fall 2026 & Spring 2027 sessions ID Sessions and Tryout Dates See the image below for the ID Session Schedule. Tryouts are May 18 – 21, 2026 (see schedule below). US Youth Soccer again follows the birthdate format of August 1 to July 31. For example, August 1, 2015 to July…
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