DSL – Week 4 Email

Coaches:
A few things as we head into week 4:

1. Revised contact list.  A further updated coaches contact list is attached reflected updates that I have received.

2. Dev. Tournament.  Registration for the developmental tournament and all girls tournament that will take place at No Offseason in Russellton PA on May 18 is open. Let me know if you have any questions and as always, we can't guarantee space for all teams, but we will do our best and preference is given based on the date when registrations are received.

3. Game Cards.  JV/V teams, please remember to upload your game cards immediately following the game. When doing so make sure that you have the correct teams listed, the correct original home team (if field availability issues cause you to play at the visitors field, the original home team still must be listed in order for the upload to be accepted), and make sure that you have the correct age group (JV or Varsity) and bracket (USL, MLS, Bundesliga, or Premier) listed. Failure to do this correctly will result in the score not being uploaded. Playoff determinations are made based on the game cards that have been correctly uploaded so please take a minute to make sure that the upload is correct and then view the website to make sure that the game is uploaded.

4. JV/Cross over play – As many of you know we started this last season as a way to allow some flexibility. If you have multiple JV/Varsity teams, please make sure that the rules for cross play are followed. For reference I have added the rules below. Failure to follow these rules will result in a game being assessed as a forfeit if ineligible players end up playing in a game.

Cross Play Rules.  We have had an increasing amount of schools whose soccer programs are growing and they have more players than what should be on one team, but when factoring in conflicts, illnesses, and injuries, they are often having difficulty fielding full teams when they divide out into two teams (even when one of them is a 7v7 league). As a league, our goal is to both maximize players playing time by structuring teams with an optimal amount of players and to ensure that as many scheduled games are played as possible in a given season