Background checks for soccer coaches — $5 each.
Coaches, team managers, and travel chaperones spend seasons — and road trips — with your players. Screen every volunteer with an FCRA-compliant national criminal and all-50-state sex-offender check, plus identity verification, for $5.
FCRA-compliant No per-seat fees Results in minutes
On the pitch
Who's coaching your players?
Youth soccer runs on volunteers — coaches, managers, and the parents who travel to tournaments. These are the adults worth verifying.
Head & assistant coaches
Seasons of practices and games.
Team managers
Rosters, comms, and travel logistics.
Referees & officials
On-field contact with young players.
Tournament chaperones
Overnight travel and hotels.
Field & event volunteers
Sidelines, concessions, and club days.
Teen assistant coaches
Under-18 helpers — screened with guardian consent.
VolunteerBadge · Soccer
Every $5 volunteer check
Criminal records
650M+ county, state & federal court records
Sex-offender registries
All 50 states + national registry
Identity verification
Government photo ID + biometric selfie
Address history
SSN-traced — free on every check
Watchlists
FBI Most Wanted + OFAC / global
Cleared before kickoff
Send the application
Email a link or post a QR code for coaches and volunteers. They apply from their phone in minutes.
We verify + screen
Government ID + selfie confirms the real person, then the $5 national check runs. Under-18 assistants get guardian consent automatically.
Get a clear status
A green “verified” badge (or a flagged review) lands on your roster — with FCRA adverse-action built in.
On a club budget? Let coaches cover their own $5.
Flip on volunteer-pays and each coach pays for their own check at sign-up — screening stays free for the club, and you still get a verified result for everyone.
Free whitepaper PDF
Before the First Whistle: a coach and volunteer screening playbook for youth sports
What federal law, your governing body and your state expect, what a real background check covers, and how to clear every coach before the first practice.
Screening for soccer clubs, rec leagues, and travel teams
Youth soccer runs almost entirely on volunteers — head and assistant coaches, team managers, referees, and the parents who drive to tournaments. Across a rec league or a competitive club, that is a large roster of adults with recurring, sometimes overnight access to children, and screening every one of them is a basic safety and liability step. A $5 check makes it realistic for the whole club.
VolunteerBadge runs a full national criminal background check across 650M+ county, state, and federal court records, sex-offender registries in all 50 states, FBI Most Wanted, and OFAC/global watchlists — with a free SSN-traced address-history check on every applicant, no per-seat fees, and no annual contract.
Because name-only screening is unreliable, VolunteerBadge also verifies each coach with a government photo ID and a biometric selfie matched to the ID.
Build your club’s screening policy — free
Generate a branded, FCRA-aware background-check policy in minutes.
Soccer screening — questions clubs ask
How much does a soccer coach background check cost?+
It is $5 per coach or volunteer through VolunteerBadge — a full national criminal check with a free address-history check and FCRA adverse-action workflow, and no per-seat or monthly fees on pay-as-you-go.
Does it include a sex-offender registry search?+
Yes — all 50 states plus the national registry, alongside 650M+ court records, FBI Most Wanted, and OFAC/global watchlists, on every $5 check.
Does US Youth Soccer / AYSO require background checks?+
Most sanctioning bodies and leagues require a criminal background check for coaches and volunteers with player contact. VolunteerBadge gives you an affordable, FCRA-compliant way to meet that bar across your whole roster; confirm your league’s specific policy.
Can we screen teen assistant coaches under 18?+
Yes. VolunteerBadge screens applicants as young as 14 and collects a parent/guardian authorization for anyone under 18 before the check runs.
Can coaches pay for their own $5 check?+
Yes — turn on volunteer-pays so each coach covers their own check, keeping screening free for the club.
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Put a verified sideline on every field
Set up your club in a few minutes and screen your first coach for $5 — no contract, no per-seat fees, cancel anytime.
Screen a volunteer for $5