About Us

     THE KEYSTONE STATE LEAGUE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1963 AS A YOUTH FOOTBALL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES  AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUTH THROUGH FOOTBALL. SOME OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS INCLUDED GLENSIDE, WARMINSTER, CONSHOHOCKEN, AND WYNDMOOR. AS TIME WENT ON UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF FORMER COMMISSIONER DICK GARNER AND FORMER ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER RAY DYSON IN THE 1980’S, 90’S AND EARLY 2000’S, THE LEAGUE GREW AS LARGE AS 21 TEAMS. INITIALLY THE LEAGUE DID NOT INCLUDE ANY TEAMS IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, BUT EVENTUALLY CHANGED.

     TO DATE, ABOUT HALF OF  THE TEAMS THAT MAKE UP OUR LEAGUE CALL THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HOME. NO MATTER IF YOU’RE A LONG-STANDING CITY OR SUBURBAN CLUB, THE KSL BELIEVES THAT THE BEST WAY TO HAVE TRUE COMPETITION IS TO GIVE ALL TEAMS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE AGINST EACH OTHER WITHOUT ANY BOUNDARY RESTRICTIONS. TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE, ALL OF THE KSL DIVISIONS HAVE A COMBINATION OF BOTH SUBURBAN AND CITY COMPETITION. IN AN EFFORT TO CONSTANTLY STRIVE TO PROVIDE THE MOST COMPETITIVE AND EVENLY MATCHED LEVELS OF PLAY, THE CROSS MATCHING OF TEAMS AND MULTIPLE DIVISION OF GAME PLAY ALLOWS EVERY PLAYER AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

     THE KSL SERVICES CHILDREN AGES 5-14 WITH A MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 160LBS. INDIVIDUAL PLAYER ID CARDS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH AGE AND WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS, ENSURES THAT ALL PLAYERS ARE COMPETING AGAINST OTHERS WITHIN SIMILAR AGE AND OR WEIGHT.