ODSL Mandatory Preseason Meeting Sunday August 29, Battlefield HS, Haymarket The ODSL mandatory preseason meeting will be held August 29th, 2010 at Battlefield HS, 15000 Graduation Drive, Haymarket VA 20169.  All teams must send a representative.  The meeting for NEW team managers on operating procedures will begin at 6:45 pm (check-in at 6:30 pm). The meeting for all teams will begin at 8 pm (check-in starts at 7 pm). DC United Play on the Pitch at RFK Space is limited--Act Fast Have you ever wanted your team to play on the pitch at historic RFK Stadium?  Now is your chance.  For details Click Here. Team Numbers for New Teams All teams require an ODSL assigned team number to register their roster with VYSA and print their player passes.  If you are a team that is new to the ODSL or playing in ODSL again after a brief absence you can find your assigned number by clicking on the continue link below. Continue... Applications for the Fall 2010 Season Now Closed In addition to the returning teams, a record 134 NEW teams have applied to play in the Fall season Fee Structure for Fall 2010 And Fee Submission form for Clubs U9          $450 League fee for returning teams. Add $150 VYSA fee for a total of $600 U10        $520 League fee for returning teams. Add $150 VYSA fee for a total of $670 U11-12   $685 League fee for returning teams. Add $175 VYSA fee for a total of $860 U13-19   $685 League fee for returning teams. Add $230 VYSA fee for a total of $915 Smallsided HS  $520 League fee.  Add $150 VYSA fee for a total of $670 Teams based in MD or WV do not need to pay the VYSA fees. All teams must pay their fees to their sponsoring club that will cut one check to ODSL for all their teams.  Sponsoring Clubs should mail the check to ODSL, PO Box 825, Gainesville, VA 20156 Fee Submission form for Clubs Randy Rawls Sportsmanship Awards Congratulations to the Fall 2009 Winners ! The winners of the prestigious Randy Rawls Sportsmanship Award for the Fall 2009 Season have been announced.  Presentation of the coaches trophies will take place at the Spring 2010 Preseason Meeting Mar 28th.  Winning teams who are returning for the Spring 2010 season will receive tickets for the entire team to a DC United match.  Teams that have repeated as winners in the last two years will receive individual awards for the players.  To see the results... Continue... HS 6v6 Rules All FIFA, US Soccer, US Youth Soccer, and ODSL Laws apply with these exceptions:  Continue... Home Team Responsibilities for Rain-Outs If your club closes its fields for weather you must Continue... Properly Anchored Goals It is the responsibilty of every team official, referee, and even spectators to insure that goals are properly anchored during any match, practice, or scrimmage.  If a goal is unable to be properly anchored, the activity on that field should be abandoned immediately.   US Consumer Product Safety Commission's Guidelines for Movable Soccer Goal Safety Sportsmanship Expectations The Old Dominion Soccer League has certain expectations of exemplary sportsmanship on the part of the teams, players, coaches, volunteers, and parents participating in the league. The soccer skills that we teach our players will serve many of them well into adulthood.  In addition, all our players will benefit through-out their lives by what we teach them about sportsmanship, respect for their opponent, respect for the officials, and dignity.  Continue... DC United Discount tickets Visit the ODSL and DC United MicroSite for discount tickets Or use This Form and fax to 202-587-5400  For more information, contact Scott Miller (D.C. United) at 202.587.5435 or smiller@dcunited.com Three Ways to Print Roster Labels for Your Game Report Cards For instructions... Continue... Conduct Committee and Appeals Committee Issues concerning conduct on the part of any ODSL team, player,coach, personnel, or official should be directed to your CLUB REPRESENTATIVE who can in turn contact the Chair of the Conduct Committee, Wayne Gardella, vicepresident@odsl.org Protests for misapplication of the rules, or appeal of a Conduct Committee ruling should be directed to the Chair of the Appeals Committee Randy Martin, president@odsl.org through your CLUB REPRESENTATIVE. Disagreement with the judgement of an official is not grounds for a protest. Reporting Match Scores New procedures for 2007 Starting with the Spring 2007 season all match scores are to be reported online by the Home team. Continue... Sportsmanship Ratings  As covered at the preseason meeting, ODSL no longer has the referees use the 10 point system to rate the teams for sportsmanship.  Now the referees are asked to rate separately the players, coaches, and spectators for sportsmanship on a scale from +2 to -2.  +2 being excellent, +1 good, 0 average, -1 poor, and -2 being unacceptable.  The referees submit this information in their online match report.  You can see a team’s averages on these points by passing your cursor over the figures in the SP_AVG column on the standings page.  These ratings help the league reinforce the ODSL Codes of Conduct.  They are also used as a tie breaker in the Randy Rawls Sportsmanship Award voting. The League will apply additional scrutiny to any teams that consistently run a negative average. Total cautions (yellow cards) and total ejections (red cards) are tracked separately under the TC and TE columns.  These also figure into the Randy Rawls Awards.   New Procedures for the Referee Report Card The ODSL Referee Report Card has been redesigned for the Fall 2008 and subsequent seasons.  As part of new ODSL procedures, prior to the match, the home team must fill out the top part of the card and paste their team roster to the card.  They must then present the card to the away team for them to paste their team roster to the card. The home team must then present the card to the Center referee.  The card should be given to the referee in its complete form.  Do not tear off the bottom portion before giving it to the referee as it has instructions for the referee on ODSL Laws of the Game and also instructions for how to file the match report online.

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