Sarpy County Soccer League Reschedule Policies

Blackout Dates and Other Conflicts:

• If you coach more than two teams, we may not be able to avoid all conflicts. All teams should be prepared to have an assistant coach cover some games.
• Blackout dates and coaching conflicts should be included with your registration. These will be honored as much as possible but cannot be guaranteed. League policy is to limit each team to 3 blackout date requests (with a weekend counting as a single request).

Recheduling of Games:

• Once the final schedule is published, each team may have ONE free reschedule request per the criteria below.
  
• First Reschedule Request:
  • If received 7 days before the game date, FREE
  • If received 2-6 days before the game date, $25
• Second Reschedule Request:
  • If received 7 days before the game date, $25
  • If received 2-6 days before the game date, $50
• Further Reschedule Requests:
  • If received 7 days before the game date, $50
    
  • If received 2-6 days before the game date, $75

 

• Reschedule requests received less than 48 hours before game time may not be honored, and forfeit fees shall apply.
  
• Reschedule request dates should be at least 5 days in the future (from the time of the request) to allow for field and referee scheduling.
• Reschedule dates should not be submitted unless both coaches are in agreement ahead of time.
• We will try, but you may not get the same field as the originally scheduled game, due to field and/or referee availability.
• Non-standard game time slot requests may not be honored by the scheduler.

Forfeits:

• Teams have a 15 minute grace period from the scheduled start of the game to have a minimum number of players present. After the grace period is up, the game shall be considered a forfeit.
• Any team that requests a game be rescheduled less than 48 hours before its scheduled start time will be considered to have forfeited the game. Such games may be rescheduled at the League's discretion but forfeit fines and reschedule fees will still apply.
  
• The fine for forfeiting a game will be equivalent to a field rental fee and all referee costs for that game. The host facility and the assigned referees will be paid for that game.
  

Rainouts:

• Any game rescheduled due to weather related cancellations or other facility closures beyond team control will not count against your reschedule count for billing purposes.
• The Home Team coach is responsible for submitting reschedule information for rained out games.

Standard Time Slots:

• U7 and U8 games are scheduled at 1 hour start intervals. Older games are scheduled at 90 minute start time intervals
  
• Weeknights: 5:30 or 6:00 p.m., can be dependent on available sunlight
• Saturdays: No games earlier than 9:00 a.m. U7-8 games on the hour (E.g., 9:00, 10:00, 11:00...) U9 and older games every 90 minutes (E.g., 9:00, 10:30, Noon...)
• Sundays: No games earlier than 1:00 p.m., with same staggering as Saturdays.
• Note: Not all facilities are open for all possible hours the above instructions would allow game requests on.

For compliance with US Youth Soccer, Nebraska State Soccer, and US SafeSport rules and regulations, the following policy applies to all Sarpy County Soccer League games.

The team sideline / bench area is for rostered players and coaches only. Siblings, friends, parents, or any other person not on the roster should remain on the spectators' side of the field during the game. No one should be behind the goal areas during a game.

The only adults allowed on the team bench / sideline are those who are legitimately rostered to the team. For U7-U8 games this means your names must appear on an official state roster. For U9 and older games this means coaches, assistant coaches, or team managers with printed or digital passes associated with the team. All other adults should remain on the spectators side of the field during games. Spectators should be on the sideline only, not behind the goal areas unless the referee grants permission (such as to a photographer). No coaching or other instructions / advice to players shall be allowed by any spectator or coach behind the goal areas.

In an emergency situation where no legally rostered coach is available, ONE and ONLY ONE adult associated with the team may function as a coach for that game only. Any ejections or other discipline involved in that game will be applied to the head coach (e.g., if a substitute parent-coach is ejected and a suspension for the next game is warranted, it will apply to the head coach on the roster.)

Referees are instructed to ask anyone without proper documentation to leave the team sideline. If they refuse to do so, referees will abandon the match and subsequent penalties or suspensions will be applied to the rostered coaching staff.

Coaches - to contact other teams for rescheduling purposes, use the instructions in the file per the link below. All teams must have at least one contact in SportsAffinity before the season starts. If you need to contact coaches before the season begins and their info has not yet been uploaded, please contact the club registrar directly. Registrar contacts for all clubs are on the Nebraska State Soccer Website.

How to contact opposing coaches through Affinity instructions.pdf

If the team you are trying to reach does not have a coach listed, or they are not responding in a timely manner, use the following club contacts.

Evolution Soccer Club - Chris Brunt, [email protected] gmail.com
Metro Wolves Soccer Club - David Clements, [email protected] MetroWolvesSoccer.com
Nebraska City Youth Soccer Club - Steve Baltensperger, [email protected] jagwireless.net
NFC - Jeff Ausenbaugh,[email protected] hotmail.com
Omaha Legends - Rebecca Noameshie, [email protected] happyfeetgreateromaha.com
Papillion Soccer Club - Drew Valenta, [email protected] gmail.com
Plattsmouth Soccer Club - Brian Nelson, [email protected] windstream.net
Roja FC - Tami Harrison, [email protected] gmail.com
Springfield Soccer Club - Kurt Schanou, [email protected] gmail.com
Syracuse Soccer Club - Andy DeGoyler, [email protected] gmail.com

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