Seattle Youth Soccer Association. SPRING Soccer 2018

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1 Seattle Youth Soccer Association SPRING Soccer 2018

2 SYSA Spring Soccer 2018 Welcome and Introductions Who Is SYSA? Spring Soccer Information Game Day Operations Registration Scheduling Questions and Answers This presentation will be posted on the SYSA web site.

3 SYSA Spring Soccer Team SYSA Staff Members Paige Blomso, Registrar Jessica Beckton, Assistant Registrar/Field and Game Scheduler Anne Bare, Assistant Registrar Phoebe Russell, Field & Game Scheduler Ken Sloan, Spring Soccer Coordinator Andy Westmark, Volunteer Recruiter Ed D Alessandro, Executive Director

4 Seattle Youth Soccer Association Established in neighborhood clubs, Seattle United Select/Premier; ~13,000 children each fall Nonprofit, 501c3, as well as its clubs Board of Commissioners; 7 elected board officers; small staff; volunteer driven Local clubs organize U6-9 fall play SYSA organizes fall Citywide League at U10 U19, and Spring Soccer at U6-19 Fall City Tournament, U10 Jamborees Training; oversight; liaison to Washington Youth Soccer, Seattle Referees, field providers

5 Spring Soccer Coaches

6 SYSA Spring Soccer It s Different Than Fall Soccer!! No practices or fields, only Sunday games; field availability limitations Organized by SYSA, not local clubs Small-sided games at older ages Creative use of field space Age/gender restrictions still apply

7 The 5 Minute Rule: Starting and Ending on Time START YOUR GAME ON TIME! All games start on the hour, run 50 minutes, 5-minute halftime. END YOUR GAME ON TIME! All games must end 5 minutes before the hour. RESPECT the teams that come after you by starting and ending on time!! HONOR SYSTEM only works if you help us make it work. SUGGESTIONS ONLINE: warmup early, leave the field after the game.

8 Refereeing Spring Soccer Games No designated, trained referees Each coach referees one half of the game Or a parent, or a sibling who is a referee Know the basic spring rules for your age group (e.g., the offside rule begins at U10) Referee training with Seattle Soccer Referees Assoc. for some U10 games

9 Roster Sizes and Field Players Age Group Recommended Roster Size Maximum Roster Size Players on Field Inc. Goal Keeper U (no goalie) U (no goalie) U U U U11 U

10 U8 and U9 Rules No heading (starts at U12) No offside (starts at U10) Goalkeepers at U8 and older Build Out Line in effect (U8 through U11) All Spring Soccer rules are posted on the SYSA web site

11 Fields and Set Up U6 & U7 games at Lower Woodland #2 Set up crews will put out goals and cones U8 games at Garfield HS Set up crews will put out goals and cones U9 at different locations Some games indoor at Arena Sports Magnuson U10 and older Game fields are set up across the width of the field Goal set up crews Field numbering charts on web site

12 U6 and U7 Fields at Lower Woodland # U6 South Parking Lot U U6 North

13 U8 Fields at Garfield HS NE 1 NW 4 E 2 W 5 SE 25 th Ave East 3 SW 6 Garfield HS Building

14 2018 Game Field Locations Arena Sports Magnuson; synthetic; U9 McGilvra Elementary; synthetic; U10 BF Day Elementary; grass; U9, U10 Rainier Beach Comm. Ctr; grass; U11+ East Queen Anne (Little Howe); grass; U9 Ridgecrest Elem.; synthetic; U9, U10 Eckstein Middle School; synthetic; U11+ Salmon Bay School; synthetic; U10 Franklin High School; synthetic; U11+ Shoreline Center A/B; synthetic; U11+ Garfield High School; synthetic; U8 Van Asselt Elem.; synthetic; U9, U10 Interbay Stadium; synthetic; U11+ Whitman Middle Sch.; synthetic; U11+ Lower Woodland 2; synthetic; U6, U7 Find directions to all fields at sysa.org

15 Thanks to Our Field Providers Seattle Parks Shoreline Parks Seattle Public Schools Shoreline Public Schools Arena Sports Magnuson

16 SYSA REGISTRARS Paige Blomsø, SYSA Registrar Jessica Beckton and Anne Bare, Assistant SYSA Registrars

17 Team Registration Spring team does not affect fall team Registrars in each club make all decisions about fall team makeup Must avoid team building like a select team

18 Registration Rules All players must be registered All coaches must be RMA cleared Medical Release/Waiver form required Welcome new players to your team!!

19 Registration Procedures Clean up rosters now. For U6-U8 issues, contact Anne at For U9 and U11 issues, contact Paige at For U12 and older issues, contact Jessica at Please include team name, age, and gender in the subject line. It helps us process s much faster!

20 Adding Players Registrar can add any current SYSA player to your team with first name, last name, and birth date (a current SYSA player is one who played for an SYSA club or team in Fall 2017). Please keep your rosters current, especially when adding players to your team after the season begins. Players who did not play SYSA in the fall 2017: These players must be added by the registrar once a birth certificate is presented. All rosters will be complete by Monday, April 2, 2018.

21 Viewing Your Roster in Affinity Follow these instructions to view your roster in the Affinity registration software. There instructions are also on the Spring Soccer web page. 1. Click this link: and log in to your member account page using the user login button on the left-side menu. 2. On your member account page, hover over your profile box and click view details to access your information (this box will be outlined in red once you click). 3. Scroll down, and open the Teams tab. 4. For the Fall 2017/18 team, on the right side, click the Team Info button to open the team page. 5. Select the Team Roster tab to open the official roster and review.

22 Coach and Volunteer RMA All coaches and team volunteers: -must have current RMA clearance -must be listed on the team roster in Affinity Anyone listed on the team roster in Affinity has RMA clearance (since you can not add volunteers to the roster until the application is submitted and clearance received). All new team coaches and volunteers must complete their RMA application at this link (see the SYSA Spring Soccer Coaches web page):

23 Arena Sport Magnuson Fields Some U9 games on two indoor synthetic fields Free Arena Sports membership for all players Registration and waiver forms online before first game No molded cleats on indoor fields Details to come on SYSA web site, in

24 Phoebe Russell & Jessica Beckton, SYSA Field & Game Schedulers

25 Scheduling Constraints Over 550 teams Coaches of multiple teams Church Individual requests Field/goal combinations

26 Rescheduling Adding games Moving games Teams added late Doubleheaders Correcting errors

27 Questions & Answers Please always include team name, age, gender, and ID number in any subject line TYPE OF QUESTION CONTACT CONACT INFORMATION U6-8 TEAM REGISTRATION Anne Bare U9-11 TEAM REGISTRATION Paige Blomso U12+ TEAM REGISTRATION Jessica Beckton GAME SCHEDULES GAME DAY PROBLEMS Fields, goals, locks, etc Phoebe Russell Jessica Beckton Ken Sloan COACH, PLAYER TRAINING Corey McNamee GENERAL Ed D Alessandro execdir@sysa.org