We have been part of the YL Advantage Football League for 3 years now. It has been an amazing program for my boys. The program itself is run very well and focuses on teaching the kids the necessary skills and having fun. We will continue to be part of this league for many years to come! If you are looking for a place to enroll your kiddos this is it! read more

My son played AFL flag football for six years and I could not have imaged a better experience for good family fun and bonding time for a family on a Friday night, then at the football field. We all know we get enough time in front of TVs and electronics, to get out on the field with are kids and play and interact is priceless! At AFL they create a great entertaining atmosphere at the events with food, music and plenty of social interaction. Our family and our son have made long lasting friendships that continue today long after his playing days are over. My son will marry soon and have children and I am sure they will play AFL football in YL. read more

I will start by saying it is a fun league, good re-seeding system, lots of teams, and overall competitive regardless of your skill set (due to the reseeding). Anyone who's played flag football in Yorba Linda / Anaheim Hills / Placentia area has probably played in AFL. They have somewhat of a monopoly since fellow competitor Airtime only runs in the Spring. That said, AFL is the most poorly ran administrative youth sports organization I've seen. They are outdated, stubborn, and completely full of themselves (evident in most of their smug/stuck up responses). Zero regard for customer service, all they care about is $$$ and doing things 'their way'. They actually send out an essay on why 'their way' is the best way. My only thought here is, if you have to go around telling everyone you're 'highly intelligent' and the 'least racist'; you're probably the opposite - it definitely is true here. Their registration process is flat out dumb. They require you to register online (no actual payment option), and then send in a check. At which point you are required to go stand in line for 1-2 hours to re-confirm the 4-5 items you entered on your online registration - 'no exceptions'. (if you play any other sports, North County, NJB, Canyon Hills Soccer, JUSA, Little League, Airtime, etc.; no one has a more complicated, outdated, and idiotic process). If you ever have any questions or requests, don't expect an answer. And if you do get an answer, be prepared for it to be confrontational. Where other league admins work with your requests, work with your teams; AFL will come back with - this is the way it is and this is the way it has always been. Request DENIED. "We've been successful for 19-years" and we ain't about to change anything for anybody!!! I'm hoping this review and hopefully many more that follow, will provide pause for the administration to think about their processes and actions. We as a family have decided never to play AFL again. Maybe this message will change someone's mind about registering. Bottom line, really poor customer service, worse ran administratively; just a bunch of crotchety old men who gives two shits about anyone else but themselves. read more

Let me start off by stating that YLAFL has brought many positive experiences to our family, including new friendships, parent socialization and a love for the game of football over the last few years. Over the past year we started seeing a decline in the positive atmosphere that the league claims to have. A "blind eye" was taken on coaches filming the games on the field during play, along with intentionally throwing games in order to ultimately end up in the top bracket going into playoffs. Let me also state that this was being done in the 3rd-4th grade division.....pretty sure only a small handful of these boys will ever play past high school. Player aggression was overlooked when brought to the attention of the YLAFL staff, which caused many injuries that could have been avoided. Over the past year, the league has also had to hire Anaheim police officers to keep the peace at the fields. Never when we started this league would we have seen that. On to Spring 2020....2 games into the season, it was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic. While I know these are unprecedented times, the league only offered a partial ($100) credit to all players, therefore FORCING all families to play in their league again. Mind you , we paid $230 for the season, including the sponsorship fee. HMMMM...where is the other $130 going? When questioning the credit, we were told we had the choice to use it or not, but there would not be a refund. My son had already made the choice to not play flag football again due to prioritizing his time to his other sport. I am disgusted with YLAFL in their way of handling this situation. We are all faced with hard times, and by not choosing to change your "lifestyle" you have caused our feelings toward your league to change in a negative manner. We will no longer be recommending you as a "Fun Friday Night League" to play in to family and friends. See ya YLAFL! read more

AFL is a disappointing organization. Everyone else is out there trying to help families by doing the right thing during these times. Not this organization. Money in their pockets. We paid our fees, our Team sponsorship fee and that covered only 3 games, you have received plenty of money and then some. Shame on you. Time for these players to find another home if you can't do what is right. read more

I can concur with the rest that YAFL had been a positive experience for my son for three seasons. However, due to the pandemic they had to cancel the season which I understand. Once registration became available for Spring we happily re-enrolled. HOWEVER, as of this morning we heard NOTHING!! Although other players had heard from their coaches we did not. We reached out numerous times and got no response. Only to learn that they only had 320 spots available and not the usual 600 so they had to turn away 280 families. I understand they have no control over CDC and state guidelines, but This was the FIRST I had heard of this 320 limit! Had we known we would have taken a day off work to ensure that my son was registered and properly follow through. I can agree with others that the lack of communication is a big problem with these people and to leave us hanging like this is heart breaking. If any family does choose to do AFL in the future, PLEASE TAKE MY ADVICE WHEN REGISTERING. Take the day off work follow up, follow up, follow up, and micro mange to ensure a spot for your child. In addition, per conversations from other families it seems as though unless you are personal close friends with a coach, your child will not be on a team. Unfortunately the positive experiences in the past are eclipsed by this negative one......ironically their goal is to get families and youth to enjoy football and this experience has turned us off to their organization and we won't be back. read more

We've played with AFL for 3 seasons. The first season we were surprised with their odd registration or process. Mail in checks only, then spend over an hour in a line with a huge crowd to complete the process. Only two dates and evening hours to attend and if you can't attend, you lose your spot. Get with the times and allow online registration! It's $200 for the season. I figured that covered uniforms and the use of any equipment. However the second season we played my husband's company sponsored the team for $235 which we found out covers the uniforms. If nobody sponsors the team for that amount, you have to pay an additional fee for the uniform. The attempts at getting a hold of an actual person we're impossible. My husband's company cut the check and it took several emails, several voice mails, and overall 5 weeks to finally have a person respond that they received the check. Now we're entered our 3rd season with AFL. Both of my boys registered for a total of $360 (sibling discount). They played TWO out of nine games when the season was postponed and eventually cancelled. AFL emailed it's customers saying they're offering a $100 credit toward next season of football. So these kids missed out on more than 2/3 of the season, and they're offering half the cost to register for another season? Confused, I emailed them and told them we were unfortunately moving out of state. A credit toward the next season just won't suffice. I would take the $100 per kid in actual funds. They said that isn't an option as they "pay their costs such as storage, uniforms, field time, in the beginning of the year". No. If that's true, then they pay their costs before registration, regardless of how many kids register, and they obviously use the profits from the previous year and seasons. They admit to the thousands of players they have. At $200 a kid, and community donors admitting to large donations, and sponsorships covering the uniforms, they are clearly seeing dollar signs in this business and choosing that route over fair and decent customer service. I'm disappointed in such a "faith based" and "community involved" company for putting their greed before the people of their community. read more

First, let me start off by saying that we have been playing in AFL for 10 years. We have had tons of memories with friends and family while playing flag football. Over the years, we have adjusted to their outdated way of business - from having to mail in a check (no online credit card registrations...of course, to save them money) to having to show up to only 1 of 2 dates to get sized for your uniform while also confirming details you have already submitted online. Once more, if you don't show up to that night you get dropped. What other athletic programs do you know handle it this way? My older son no longer plays now that he's in high school, but my younger son does and this was supposed to be his last year. Next year he has decided to move to tackle football. When the pandemic hit we only got 3 games (out of 9) played before the season was paused, and then ultimately canceled. Once it was officially canceled, AFL sent out an email to the families that not only are they not going to credit these families back, they will just give us a $100 credit for next season (season registration is $200). What?! Their excuse was they still have to pay PYLUSD for the use of their fields. I'm sorry, but whatever contract they have with the district would surely be renegotiated based on shorter usage and we all know they have plenty of money in the bank from previous seasons to float them. In a time when people are losing their jobs...and with this being a community based program..is a credit with anticipation of it being tied to more money in their pocket the right thing to do? I wrote an email asking for a credit because my son won't be returning next season and got a templated response. After replying back again, in hopes for a personal response, I was completely ignored. Nothing. And this morning, we received an email that was sent out to all AFL families that said if we would like to register for next season, they will give us a discount of just $15 because they can't guarantee uniforms. Gee, how generous of you. Seriously?!? I'm so disgusted with the board and the owners of this program. SHAME ON YOU for not doing the right thing. To think you are a "faith based" company makes me sick to my stomach that you are such crooks. Peace out AFL - I'll be recommending the other flag football leagues in the area to friends and family moving forward. read more

I have to agree with a lot of the reviews on here. The registration process is by far the worst. The wait in line for 2 hours is dumb. It should be done online and then schedule by grade to come in and get fit for uniforms etc. The refs for the league are really , really bad. Not one parent can ever hear what they are calling or know what down it is or how much time is left in the game. I am glad this is our last year in the league and it has really gone downhill. I wish we did tackle instead :( read more

I registered my son for one of AFL's clinics, received a confirmation email telling us when and where to arrive, paid our fees, and showed up ready to play only to find out that the clinic was cancelled with no prior notice and no representative for AFL even showed up to the field! The only ones there were confused parents and disappointed kids! AFL also aren't answering phone calls or texts, so I wonder how or if I'll get my money refunded. This is either a scam or just a completely unprofessional and disorganized mess of a league! read more

We played with AFL for several years and in the last 2 years it has gone down hill. We have had nothing but a bad experience. Their customer service sucks, they are so disorganized and their refs are bunch of bungling idiots. We will never play with AFL again! read more