Important Parents Meeting

Attendance is strongly encouraged for at least one parent/guardian per player. We will be going over critical information and updates for the upcoming season.

Key Agenda Topics:

League App Registration:

• How to navigate the League App.

SAM SELECT League Rules & Expectations:

• Conduct - Each member team shall be responsible for the conduct of its officers, club members, managers, team officials, Adult Supervisors (Coaches), players, and spectators both on and off the field, in all matters.

• Bound to a Team - When a team roster has been approved by SAM, each player registered to a team is

  bound to that team for the entire seasonal year unless the player has been voluntarily or involuntarily released (as defined by USSF Rule 4031).

• Overtime - There shall be no overtime periods in regular season competition.

• Uniforms - All field players on a team shall wear the same-colored jerseys, shorts, and stockings. A legible, non-duplicating number on the back of each jersey is required.

• Uniforms - Players and substitutes shall not change numbers or remove their jerseys prior to the completion of the game without specific permission of the referee.

• Uniforms - Home team wears light colored uniform, and Away team wears dark colored uniform. If both teams are wearing similar colored jerseys, the home team shall be required to change.

• Goalkeepers - shall change jerseys as the referee directs, regardless of home/visitor status.

• Shin Guards - All players shall wear shin guards at all matches. Knee-high socks will be worn over and shall fully cover the shin guards.

• Coaching - Instruction from the sidelines is permitted, so long as one is giving direction to one’s own team on points of strategy, tactics and position provided that the following conditions are complied with:

  a) No mechanical devices are used.

  b) The tone of voice is informative and sportsmanlike.

  c) No coach, substitute, or player is to be on the same half of their field as their opponent – the two should have separate bench areas on either side of the mid-field line.

  d) No Club official, Club member, team manager, adult supervisor, player, or spectator may enter the field of play regardless of the circumstances, unless they have been given permission by the referee. If disregarded, they shall become subject to disciplinary actions by the League’s Arbitration Board.

  e) No more than 3 coaches/ team managers/ assistant coaches (combination of) can be on the team bench sideline at any time. This will be enforced as necessary.

• Suspended Player - A player who has been placed on suspension is not permitted to dress for any match

  during the time period of his/her suspension, nor be present at the site of a match or areas immediately adjacent. A

  form must be completed by both teams in subsequent game (sit out form on website).

• Number of Players - A match shall be played by two teams. A game may start with a minimum of seven (7) players. If a team does not have enough players to

  start the game after 10 minutes, the game will be cancelled. PLAYERS MUST BE PRESENT AT THE FIELD AND READY TO PLAY.

• Position of the Team and Spectators at the Game Site – Full Sided Fields: Spectators for each team will take a position on the opposite side of the field than the valid Adult Supervisors, and rostered players.

• Substitutions (Unlimited) - A team shall be permitted to use as many substitutes as it desires in any match.

  Substitutions can be made, with referee consent, at the following times:

  1) Prior to a throw-in, in your favor

  2) Prior to a goal kick, by either team

  3) After a goal, by either team

  4) After an injury, by either team, when the referee stops play

  5) Half time

  6) Referees may require players to leave the field at the closest point to a sideline or endline, in order to speed up substitutions.

• Substitution Procedure - When a goalkeeper or any other player is to be replaced by a substitute, the following conditions shall be observed:

  a) The referee shall be informed of the proposed substitution before it is made.

  b) The substitute shall not enter the field of play until the player he is replacing has left, and then only after having received a signal from the Referee.

  c) Enter the field during a stoppage in the game, at the half-way line.

• Change with The Goalkeeper - Any of the other players may change places with the goalkeeper provided that the Referee is informed before the change is made, and that the change is made during a stoppage in the game.

• If a Team Fails to Appear - The team that does appear will be allowed to use the field for training. This team will also be given a 3-0 forfeit win. The referee will then terminate the match and file a referee’s report.

• Player Verification

  1) Game (Match) Roster Form - The referee shall require that both teams enter all the appropriate

  information on the League’s Roster Form prior to the start of the match governed by one entity.

  2) Verify the Player’s Identity - The referee shall verify the identity of the players represented on the

  player’s pass by inspecting the Player’s photograph which is on the pass governed by one entity.

  3)Verify Written Data - The referee shall verify that the player’s pass indicates the correct age group,

  Division, and/or Section, Club and Team name compared to the roster. The referee must see both

  documents to verify player eligibility.

  4) Teams using an unregistered player will forfeit all games in which that player participated and will be

  ineligible for post season awards.

• NO team/Player or parent can sit between fields on the SoccerPlex grass fields.

Q&A Session:

• An opportunity to ask questions and meet the team staff.