2017 SPRING PSA Kinder – 4TH OUTDOOR SOCCER COACHES MEETING MONDAY, February 6TH 7:00PM

PSA: VOLUNTEER SOCCER BOARD LEAGUE COORDINATOR EMAIL ADDRESS Kindergarten KEVIN FINK kevin.fink@att.net 1st Grade MICHAEL SHEERAN michael.sheeran@vinsonprocess.com 2nd Grade KIM REICHMUTH kreichmuth@hotmail.com 3rd Grade TOD HARROD soccer@harrodfamily.com 4th Grade ARTHUR CHAN canadianarthur@gmail.com K-4th Director RYAN COSTEN (PSA STAFF) rcosten@psaplano.org COACHES MENTOR JON KEEN skywing97@hotmail.com REFEREES MIKE KRAMER (PSA STAFF) mkramer@psaplano.org SOCCER DIRECTOR KAREN WEINERT (PSA STAFF) kweinert@psaplano.org Volunteer League Coordinators assist in placing of players, forming of teams, and securing coaches for new teams; they are your first point of contact for player and coach questions Questions regarding league scheduling should be directed to PSA Staff

PSA UNIFORM SHOP PHONE NUMBER: (972) 208-3860 WEBSITE: http://www.psaplano.org/Home/PSAShop.aspx HOURS OF OPERATION: MONDAY-FRIDAY: 12 PM to 7 PM SATUDAY: 8 AM to 4 PM CLOSED SUNDAYS EMAIL: uniforms@psaplano.org or ttownsend@psaplano.org

childrens.com/andrews 469-303-3000 Salitza Abrantes, Community Liaison: 972-816-3682

SPRING OUTDOOR MATRIX LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL FEE TEAM FEE ROSTER SET ON Field Size Officials KINDERGARTEN $63 $756 12 6v6 PLUS GK 50x30 1 Referee 1st GRADE $68 $816 2nd GRADE 3rd GRADE $75 $975 13 8v8 PLUS GK 80x50 2 AR 4th GRADE 2AR

Spring Outdoor Soccer Fields Fields for this Spring Season K-2nd Arch Gate (6700 Archgate Dr, Plano, TX 75024) Fields: A, B, C, D, E, G, I 3rd-4th High Point and Schell Park High Point (6500 Alma Dr, Plano, TX 75023) Fields: G, I, J, K Schell Park (2305 Laurel Lane Plano, TX 75074) Fields: A, B, C Field maps can be found on PSA website under “Field Maps” http://www.psaplano.org/Home/Sports/Soccer/FieldMapsSo ccer.aspx

Arch Gate field Map

High point field map

Schell park field map

OUTDOOR SOCCER TIMELINE DATE REGISTRATION CLOSES FEBRUARY 1 COACHES MEETING FEBRUARY 6 CONFLICTS DUE FEBRUARY 7 by 9:00AM SCHEDULES POSTED FEBRUARY 13 by 5:00PM NEW COACHES SEMINAR/TRAINING FEBRUARY 9 7:00PM PLAYOFFS (3rd – 4th GRADE) TBD/APRIL* SEASON FEBRUARY 18 – APRIL 23 *All teams are eligible for playoffs 3rd – 4th Grade *Single Elimination Format *Specific Dates to be published by April 1st

New coaches seminar/training Thursday, February 9th at 7:00pm at PSA 1 (6500 Preston Meadow Drive, Plano, TX, 75024) in Gym Room #1 Meeting will include important information such as: Team Set Up Uniforms Rules of Game Coaches Application & Badges Also discuss how to run age-appropriate practice and provide drills and other important information (Rothman Library, game situations, etc.) Giveaways of equipment & Dick’s Sporting Goods Certificates at meeting

Psa: entering conflicts www.psaplano.org Coaches Tools Enter MySAM Login Info

Click on “Conflicts and Setup – All Sports” Select your Season, League, & Team to enter your Team Conflicts Your team conflicts will show up in this box

Psa: MySam account www.psaplano.org Mysam login link New customer registration Adult information children

To view your team schedule, click here Please contact all of your players with season information no later than Saturday, February 4th Any roster questions, please contact T.J. Martin Division requests need to be sent to T.J. Martin Please confirm that your team is registered in the correct school grade in your MySAM Account To view your team roster, click here To invite players to your team, click here To email your team, click here

Psa: volunteer to coach Express interest (to League Coordinator) Complete application (background check) Go to PSA to get picture taken Get Coaches Badge

Psa: soccer Teams Registration Game Rules Code of Conduct Teams or Individuals Individuals are placed according to request or geography Game Rules http://www.psaplano.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=fbGIvJuit60%3d&tabid=171 Code of Conduct Parent’s Code of Conduct: http://www.psaplano.org/Home/ParentsCode.aspx Coach’s Code of Conduct: http://www.psaplano.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=WRZ5TnVQ8_I%3d&tabid=39

Psa: Soccer teams Rules Roster Form http://www.psaplano.org/Home/Sports/Soccer.aspx  Coaches Forms and Rules Kinder – 10th Grade Soccer Rules Roster Form Go to http://www.psaplano.org/Home/Sports/Soccer.aspx  Coaches Forms and Rules Spring 2017 Game Roster Form Each team must submit Roster Form to Referee before each game

Each team must submit Roster Form to Referee before each game Roster Form must have coaches and player names & numbers listed No roster changes after your team’s 3rd regular season game

Score reporting instructions Both teams should confirm score with referee & then submit the final score in “Coaches Tools” Click on “Enter Scores” Enter your MySAM Login information Enter Scores & Click “Submit”

Referee evaluation Both teams should evaluate referees via our Coaches Tools Referee Evaluation form will pop up after you have entered final score of game Both teams have access to fill out referee evaluation online

Practice fields If interested in renting a game field for practice, please contact City of Plano Athletic Operations 972-941-5243 All other neighborhood park sites, elementary school sites, etc. are on a first come first serve basis For more information, please visit: http://www.plano.gov/1090/Athletics

Game scheduling Plan for Spring 2017: Rescheduling Guidelines Frontload schedule Rainouts will be rescheduled ASAP on Sunday’s and weeknights Rescheduling Guidelines Once the season schedule has been posted, there are NO reschedules Game Swaps will be allowed; contact PSA Staff

cancellations If we experience bad weather during the week (Monday – Friday), the City of Plano will check the fields sometime early afternoon and notify PSA by 4:00pm on whether or not the fields are playable. Again this is decided by the City of Plano, not PSA We will then update our PSA Cancellations page as quickly as possible so those who are scheduled to play the first game of the day/night will have plenty of notice If we experience bad weather over the weekend (Saturday & Sunday), PSA league coordinators and directors will check the fields and update our PSA Cancellations page by 7:00am on Saturday’s and 12:00pm on Sunday’s If it begins to rain throughout the day, please continue to check the Cancellations page for any updates on game cancellations Each park & field is different. If you do not see any cancellations for your field, your game is being played Cancellations Page: http://www.psaplano.org/Cancellations.aspx

Psa is now hiring! Referees Steve Buttittia (sjbuttitta@verizon.net)

Rules and Information for Outdoor Jim Hart - Senior Official

Psa’s implementation of the heading rule If a player intentionally plays the ball by using the head Kinder - 5th Grade Teams Play is stopped The opposing team is awarded an Direct Free Kick at the spot where the heading offense occurred If the heading offense occurs inside the defenders’ own penalty area, a penalty kick is awarded (this is mirroring the hand ball rule)

TEXAS THUNDER SOCCER Texas Thunder Soccer Club has teams at the Club & Academy level Players may participate on Rec teams & Thunder teams Professional coaching and development Skills training For more information, contact Mike Kramer mkramer@psaplano.org

Sponsor: dick’s sporting goods

PSA Soccer Tournaments K-2nd April Fest April 21-23rd Futsal May 5-7th Indoor May19-21st

REMINDERS FROM YOUR CHILD I’m a KID It’s Just a GAME My Coach is a VOLUNTEER The Officials are HUMAN NO College Scholarships will be Handed Out Today Thank you and Have Fun!