The purpose of CDYSL is to promote all aspects of the game of soccer to youths of the Capital District from the age of 5 up to the age of 19.

CDYSL provides an administrative link between the local club members and the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association and its parent organization, The United States Soccer Federation, whose members include the U.S. Men's and Women's National teams and professional soccer leagues such as the Major League Soccer.

CDYSL is committed to providing all youth of this region the full opportunity to grow and develop in skill and the love and enjoyment of the game of soccer in the hopes of helping them "kick start their lives with youth soccer!