when you say "divisions" is that like tiers?
And there are 11??? It almost seems like rec isn't much of an option.
My kids soccer until like 3rd grade when "Rec" honestly became too competitive. For basketball, their "rec" league had kids that played AAU year round. It was a mess.
Each division is typically 9 teams and those are the teams you play for your 8 league games each season. There is promotion and relegation between the divisions, so it is like the English soccer pyramid.
There are 11 Premier divisions. There are also some Rec divisions. Heartland Soccer is the largest youth soccer league in the country. There are over 30,000 players each season. There are teams from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Arkansas in the league. At tournaments in Kansas City, we have played teams from those states plus South Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois and Oklahoma. I have seen teams in other divisions at tournaments from Texas, Arizona and Colorado. There are also probably teams from some other states, but I haven't seen them.