The Northern Illinois Soccer League / N.I.S.L. was founded in 1975
as a competitive youth soccer league for Boys and Girls ages
U8 through U19.
It provides the day-to-day organizational structure for more
than 1,200teams in 86 Chicago area communities.
It is one of the largest youth soccer leagues in the state of Illinois
with over 1,800,000 people visiting the site per month.
As members of the NISL, we are proud to announce a NEW Tournament page on our website. Feel free to use this as a tool to advertise the tournament your Club is hosting to any and everyone that visits the NISL site.
We look forward to assisting you in running successful tournaments!
US Club/NISL Tournament Sanctioning
NO Tournament Sanctioning Fee
NO Tournament Registration DEADLINE. A Club can register its tournament up to 60 days prior to their tournament host date. For emergency exceptions contact Chris Baer with US Club Soccer.
Free League Marketing
Excellent Insurance Coverage
Ability to Purchase Tournament Insurance for NON-Members
Minimal Tournament Application Form
National and local Association Advertising. Your tournament is advertised on the US Club Soccer website and the NISL website free of charge.
Risk Management
Be Part of the largest Competitive Club Organization (US Club Soccer)
NISL has been established since 1975 and is one of the largest youth soccer leagues in the USA (Ranked Top 5)
A NISL/US CLUB SOCCER member may host up to 3 other clubs (4 clubs in total) for the purposes of playing informal, competitive games at any time without submitting a tournament-sanctioning request or seeking other approval.