BEFORE SEASON BEGINS:
League registration, packet fees and bond payments are made through online, electronic registration. Go to Team Annual Registration Information from the website main menu (left side of home page). Fee and carding information will be posted.
Teams must send their age group coordinator the home phone, cells, and e-mail for coaches and managers of team. An updated contact sheet will be emailed to everyone in age group by coordinator upon completion.
LEAGUE REQUIREMENTS:
All NJ Teams MUST show CJYSA (#01) as their registered league on the NJYS roster, even if they participate in another NJYS league. We do not encourage participating in other leagues, as it severely limits a team's availability for league scheduling, with all the other events-both soccer & family-that occur in any given season (state cup, tournaments etc). Talk to the league administrator and scheduler if you are planning to play in two leagues.
Copies of ALL (both US Club and US Youth Soccer) NJ & out of state team rosters MUST be sent in for league records. Email, or snail-mail. Send To:
Jan Yager
15 Shadyside Ave
Summit, NJ 07901-2110
jan@mssl.org
Season Planning:
Schedules will be set up through the league central scheduler, with the input of age group coordinators. Age groups set schedules considering individual team and field availability. Age group coordinators help determine what works best for their age group. League meeting or age group meeting will be held prior to the start of the season to go over the league rules, procedures and score reporting with all the team contacts.
Schedules will be published on the website prior to the start of the season.
Certificates of Insurance:
Many towns/counties or private complexes require proof of insurance for teams to play on the fields. You can obtain proof of insurance through a certificate of insurance. These may be obtained from either NJYS or USCLUB - depending on what affiliation you are using for the games. If you will be hosting games under both affiliations, then GET CERTIFICATES FROM BOTH ORGANIZATIONS!
Season Dates:
The season will start September 6-7, 2008 and run through November 23, 2007. The single season for U15-U19 will start mid November, and run through May 2009.
Spring season will begin in March (date to be set by the league board) and run through May 2009. The league administrator will work with the age group coordinators and respective age groups to set up schedules and any site games. Games may be played earlier, i.e., February, if weather permitting and teams agree.
FORFEITS
Forfeits or no shows will be charged at $125.00 per forfeit to each team. Should a team be charged with a forfeit or no show, the team must replenish the bond to the $250 limit. TEAMS CANNOT AGREE TO FORFEIT GAMES. Only the League may determine a forfeit based upon all information provided. Teams that are unable to reschedule matches may be charged with a forfeit, and be placed under league probation and possible expulsion. The league is taking it seriously-if you sign up to play, you have an obligation to play. We are flexible in scheduling, but Games are NOT optional once the schedule is set!
CANCELLING GAMES
Games shall not be cancelled any later than the SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE SCHEDULED GAME unless weather/field issues arise the day of the game. Otherwise, teams may find themselves sanctioned. If a team cancels within 7 days of the scheduled date, the league may impose a forfeit fine of $125., which will be taken from the bond posted. The team will be required to replenish the bond before they can play future games.
RESCHEDULING GAMES
CJYSA/MSSL offers flexibility with regard to game schedules. Game schedules will indicate weekend dates only. Game times are usually arranged by the home team through their respective club field assigners. These dates may be changed by the participating teams ONLY by mutual agreement of the match teams.
If mutually agreed upon by home and away team, the date may be changed. For example, a Sunday game may be played on Saturday, or Friday night, part of a round robin or a week night. There is no requirement that a scheduled game must be played on a Sunday. Teams and coordinators should work together and arrange central sites for games and/or round robins for the convenience of traveling teams.
NO TEAM MAY DROP AN OPPONENT FROM THEIR SCHEDULE and REPLACE WITH ANOTHER!!!!! Once the schedule is set by the league, you are expected to play that opponent.
Cancelled games must have a reschedule date within two weeks of the orginal date. Do not agree to wait to reschedule. Get the game played. Waiting until the end of the season may mean the game never gets played.
GAME LENGTH
CJYSA/MSSL/MAPS game lengths are as below – whether single or multiple games:
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U19/18/17 – 90 minutes (45 minute halves)
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U16/15 – 80 minutes (40 minute halves)
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U14/13 – 70 minutes (35 minute halves)
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U12/11 – 60 minutes (30 minute halves)
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U10/9/8 – 50 minutes (25 minute halves)
GAME TIMES MAY BE LONGER – however, both teams must agree to the extended time before the game begins.
REFEREE FEES
Ref fees are split between both teams on the field. Referees shall be paid by both teams before the game begins.
The fees for each age group are:
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U19/18/17 - $60 center referee; $30 each lines person
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U16/15 - $55 center referee; $27.50 each lines person
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U14/13 - $50 center referee; $25 each lines person
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U12/11 - $45 center referee; $23.50 each lines person
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U10/9/8 - $40 center referee; $20 each lines person
If a club pays a higher fee, please pay the added fee. Some clubs have agreements with referees for game coverage.
GAME CARDS
Game cards are distributed with at LEAGUE MEETINGS. Out of state teams may download game cards from the CJYSA website. Remember to use the appropriate game card with the appropriate league – CJYSA or MSSL. Check the website for more information regarding MSSL
· One game card shall be submitted to the referee by the home team.
· The home team will complete the roster information on the card (2 places) or affix labels (3 ¨÷” x 4” – 5164) using a template (download on website). BE SURE TO USE THE CORRECT PASS information on game cards – i.e., NJYS pass numbers for CJYSA matches; USCLUB pass numbers for MSSL matches
· Home team should fill in the game number (from schedule), home/away teams; age group and date of game, prior to match.
· Away team should bring 2 labels to the game to affix onto card (or be prepared to fill in roster information on game card before game begins).
· Give the game card to the referee prior to the start of the match for player check-in, along with referee payment
REPORTING SCORES
Our website is an interactive domain server. This will allow the league to post more as well as up to date information on the website for teams as well as general public interest in a timely fashion. The site will have a general public access as well as a member access for areas the general public cannot access. You registered as a member through fall registration.
Once the season has begun, the coaches will post their game scores on the website through a password protected login. The home team coach will post the scores, and by posting will automatically generate an email to the opposing coach advising them the score is posted. If there is a disagreement with the score posted, the coaches will defer to the age group coordinator and league administrator, who will wait for the game card to lock the score.
REFEREE ASSIGNING
All games must be assigned by a certified referee assigner! Each club has a different system: some teams must go through their club game/field assigner who in turn contacts the independent certified referee assigner. Others contact the certified referee assigner known through another league affiliation, while others are lucky enough to have a certified referee assigner within their own club. If you do not know an assigner or are unsure of the procedure for your team, contact Bob Mykulak, to coordinate ref assignments to your team. Make sure your age group coordinator is copied on requests for referee, so they can follow-up. Bob Mykulak can be contacted at: bobmykulak@yahoo.com . Do this before the start of the season so Bob can help clarify your situation.
SECONDARY CARDED PLAYERS
Secondary carded players are permitted-for NJ teams (sorry, NJYS does not permit out of state teams to have secondary carded players), with a maximum of 3 per team; guest players are NOT permitted in league play.
Note that US Club Soccer policies permit movement of players onto rosters with a bit greater facility than other organizations, and teams are free to avail themselves of these policies, provided that a player is properly rostered to a team by the team the game-day roster is printed.
Disciplinary Procedures:
The rules guiding discipline are league wide rules and thus do not differ for the divisions.
What that means is that if a player receives a one game suspension the player must serve that suspension in the next league game that the player is otherwise eligible to participate in.
NJYS Player Transfer Rules:
This rule is a NJYS rule that requires any transfer player (during a seasonal year fall/spring) to sit 3 games as of the date the DC validates his/her addition to a team. MAPS, as part of a member league, is required to enforce this NJYS rule. That means, any player added to a NJYS roster, must sit three MAPS games. (Same applies, obviously, to CJYSA Premier flight teams.) Once the player has missed the three games, they can participate in the team’s next scheduled MAPS games. Since neither MSSL nor Region 1 matches are sanctioned by NJYSA, these games cannot be used to satisfy the NJYSA requirement to sit out three matches before playing again in a NJYSA sanctioned match.
Misplaced Youth Soccer player passes; fill in with player’s CLUB passes?
No pass, no play. There are no acceptable substitute passes. All passes on both teams must be from the same governing body. The player simply can’t play until either the original pass is found or a replacement pass is obtained. The same logic applies to a lost US Club pass.
Without getting involved in onerous detail, let it be noted that insurance concerns are involved, besides the issues involved with unrelated soccer governing bodies. JUST DON’T DO IT!
CENTRAL SITE GAMES
League Provided Central Site games: you may request to play certain games/weekends at central sites arranged and provided by the league. There is a fee associated with central site matches at league arranged sites. The cost is $134 per day, which includes field rental, and referees for 2 games. The league will be setting up central registering for site games on this website, so teams will pay the fees in advance. Both teams scheduled to play would be required to register on the website. More information on that process will follow. Teams would not request or register for central site games until after schedules are published.
SPIRIT OF THE GAME
In spirit, the league is all about development and not winning. We want the players to develop a love of the game and grow as a result of the high level of competition that MAPS provides and the grass roots spirit of the community based soccer. Focusing on game results detracts from this objective. MAPS emphasizes this philosophy at all levels and we should too. While the league is moving to the reporting of scores and standings (primarily to address concerns of teams for tournament record purposes and to comply with NJYS requirements to post schedules and game scores), we shall still continue to request that folks refrain from posting game results or incidents on forum sites and encourage your parents to also refrain. The game belongs to the kids, let it remain with them.
Call (or e-mail) the league administrator/scheduler anytime with questions or problems.
