Welcome to the Vienna Youth, Inc. (VYI) Lacrosse home page. VYI Lacrosse participates in the Northern Virginia Youth Lacrosse League (NVYLL). The purpose of the NVYLL is to provide the youth residing within the geographical boundaries of northern Virginia a healthful, enjoyable leisure time activity and as a corollary to develop qualities that may help them in later life, sportsmanship, team play, and integrity.

 

US Lacrosse has announced new guidelines for girls' goggles, effective January 1, 2020.

https://www.uslacrosse.org/safety/equipment/approved-eyewear-list

Unfortunately, this will likely result in the need to replace old goggles with those that are considered US Lacrosse approved under these new guidelines.

For those who have registered for and paid to rent boys' equipment for the 2020 regular season, we will have our third and final pickup/fitting session at the VYI Equipment Annex on Saturday, 2/22/20, 9:00-10:00 am.

Players MUST be present to receive equipment.

Please bring a $200 check made payable to "VYI Lacrosse," which will be kept on file as a security deposit and returned when the issued equipment is returned at the end of the season.

The VYI Equipment Annex is the small brick building located behind the Vienna Community Center (120 Cherry Street, SE, Vienna VA 22180).

Any questions, please contact Tom Hanton, our Equipment Manager, at thantonlax@gmail.com.

Thank you!

2020 Upper B (UB), Lower B (LB), Modified Field (MF) team assessments (Girls’ 3/4, 5/6, 7/8 and Boys’ 10U, 12U, 14U)  

All players must be registered in order to attend assessments.  Keeping in mind that the purpose of assessments is to give coaches the chance to observe and evaluate, players should try to attend as many assessments as possible for their respective age/grade division. 

Note:  Individual assessment sessions may be cancelled or rescheduled at the coaches’ discretion.  Further, weather is always an issue at this time of year.  Any changes to the published schedule will be announced on the home page of VYI Lacrosse.

Saturday, February 8, 2020:  Open UB/LB/MF assessments

14U - Waters Field – 9:00-10:30 am

12U – Waters Field – 10:30 am-12:00 pm

10U – Waters Field – 12:00-1:30 pm

G5/6 – Waters Field – 3:00-4:30 pm

G3/4 – Waters Field – 1:30-3:00 pm

G7/8 – Waters Field – 4:30-6:00 pm  *** Rescheduled to Sat., 2/15/20 ***

Sunday, February 9, 2020:  Open UB/LB/MF assessments

14U – Waters Field – 10:30 am-12:00 pm

10U – Waters Field – 12:00-1:30 pm

12U – Waters Field – 1:30-3:00 pm

G5/6 – Waters Field – 4:30-6:00 pm

G7/8 – Waters Field – 6:00-7:30 pm  *** Rescheduled to Sun., 2/16/20 ***

G3/4 – Waters Field – 3:00-4:30 pm

Tuesday, February 11, 2020:  Open UB/LB/MF assessments (if needed – coaches’ discretion)

14U – Oakton HS Practice #1 – 7:30-9:00 pm.  *** CANCELLED ***

12U – Oakton HS Practice #1 – 6:00-7:30 pm  *** CANCELLED ***

G3/4 – Waters Field – 6:00-7:30 pm  *** CANCELLED ***

Wednesday, February 12, 2020:  Open UB/LB/MF assessments (if needed – coaches’ discretion)

G5/6 – Waters Field – 6:00-7:30 pm  *** CANCELLED ***

G7/8 – Waters Field – 7:30-9:00 pm  *** Rescheduled to Mon., 2/17/20 ***

10U – Oakton HS Practice #1 – 6:00-7:30 pm  *** CANCELLED ***

Saturday, February 15, 2020:  Open B assessments

G7/8 – Waters Field – 11:00 am-12:30 pm  *** Change in location ***

Sunday, February 16, 2020:  Open B assessments

G7/8 – Waters Field – 12:00-1:30 pm  *** Change in location ***

Monday, February 17, 2020:  Open B assessments (if needed - coaches' discretion)

G7/8 - Waters Field - 7:30-9:00 pm

Friday, February 21, 2020:  All teams drafted, players notified  *** Change of date ***

2020 GK/2 and 8U player assessments   

All players must be registered in order to attend assessments.  Keeping in mind that the purpose of assessments is to give coaches the chance to observe and evaluate, players should try to attend as many assessments as possible.

Individual assessment sessions may be cancelled or rescheduled at the coaches’ discretion.  Further, weather is always an issue at this time of year.  Any changes to the published schedule will be announced on the home page of VYI Lacrosse.

Note:  For the 2020 season, all 8U and GK2 teams are Modified Field (MF) teams. 

Saturday, February 22, 2020: 

GK/2 – Waters Field – 10:30 am-12:00 pm (meet & greet for all teams)

Sunday, February 23, 2020: 

GK/2 – Waters Field – 3:00-4:30 pm (meet & greet for all teams – if needed)

Monday, February 24, 2020: 

8U – Waters Field – 6:00-7:30 pm (open assessments)

Tuesday, February 25, 2020:

8U – Waters Field – 6:00-7:30 pm (open assessments)

Wednesday, February 26, 2020:

8U – Waters Field – 6:00-7:30 pm (open assessments – if needed)

Friday, February 28, 2020:  All 8U and GK/2 teams finalized, and players notified.

Game 1:  March 21/22

Game 2:  March 28/29

Game 3:  April 4/5  (FCPS Spring Break April 6-10)

April 11/12 No games (Easter weekend)

Game 4:  April 18/19

Game 5:  April 25/26

Game 6:  May 2/3

Game 7:  May 9/10

Game 8:  May 16/17

Memorial Day Weekend – No Games

May 30/31 Start of the play-offs

June 6/7 Championship weekend

NOTE:  Girls' games are usually played on Sundays; boys' games are usually played on Saturdays.  Game scheduling is handled by the NVYLL.  Member clubs (including VYI) are not involved in game scheduling.  Due to scheduling issues, there is the possibility of (a) double-header weekend(s) during the season.

VYI Parents:

Concussion awareness is a growing topic in youth sports. In support of our athletes, VYI Lacrosse is providing an overview of concussions to both raise concussion awareness and also instill knowledge about the symptoms and risks of concussions across our coaching staff and parent community.

Please take a few minutes to review the information, which includes signs and symptoms of concussion and return to play risks and guidelines.

Parents are also encouraged to visit the "Heads-up" page on the CDC website to review concussion information and symptoms:

http://www.cdc.gov/headsup/youthsports/index.html

All VYI families can update their contact information: addresses, phone numbers and e-mails at any time.  Here's how:

1) Click on the 'Edit My Account' button at the bottom of the lower left hand menu options.
2) Enter your e-mail address and password.  (Don't know your password, just read the instructions above the data entry box.)
3) Click on any family member's name and you will have access to change what you need.

Keeping your information up to date is important.  All VYI sports rely on the contact information in our database and out dated information may cause you to miss important updates.