Policy Update — 2025-26 Season

Age verification policy

Beginning with the 2025-26 club season, all players in graduation years 2030 and younger (U14) must complete age verification through USA Lacrosse.

Age Verification Rule & Penalties

Usa Lacrosse membership

Applies to Graduation Years 2030 and Younger (U14)

Players must have a current USA Lacrosse membership number to complete registration. Players without verification will not be eligible to compete.

Why Age Verification?

Integrity of Competition

Ensures all players are competing in the correct age divisions, maintaining fair and balanced play across all tournaments.

Quality of Experience

Provides the best possible experience for all participants by ensuring appropriately matched competition levels.

Player Safety

Protects younger athletes by verifying proper age groupings, reducing the risk of size and development mismatches.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is MLT partnering with USA Lacrosse?

As the governing body for the sport in the United States, USA Lacrosse brings trust, credibility and neutrality to the process. USA Lacrosse already has a proven age verification system in place that it has used for other organizations and looks forward to expanding the program.

USAL is the only teammate that had all of the tools needed to execute this vision along with NLF members. USAL boasts robust divisions in tech, digital communications, marketing and trusted leadership.

What are the age groupings?

For the 2023-2024 club year, in graduation years 2029 and younger, the NLF has chosen to implement a 15- month timeframe (June 1 birthdate through August 31 of the following year) for its age groupings. The NLF clubs are expected to continue using graduation years as the team names, but all players will fit within the 15-month groupings. This will help minimize team roster disruptions and to incentivize classmates playing together.

What do I need to register?

Does this apply to high school teams?

Birthdate Guidelines

Age Groupings Chart

Grad Year	Birth Date Range	Age Group
2030	June 1, 2011 — Aug 31, 2012	U14
2031	June 1, 2012 — Aug 31, 2013	U13
2032	June 1, 2013 — Aug 31, 2014	U12
2033	June 1, 2014 — Aug 31, 2015	U11
2034	June 1, 2015 — Aug 31, 2016	U10
2035	June 1, 2016 — Aug 31, 2017	U9
2036	June 1, 2017 — Aug 31, 2018	U8
2037	June 1, 2018 — Aug 31, 2019	June 1, 2018 — Aug 31, 2019

Resources & Downloads

Violation rules & penaties

Official rules for age verification violations

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Full FAQ Document

NLF x USA Lacrosse Detailed FAQ

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USA lacrosse membership

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