The coaches’ meeting serves as the kick-off to the spring In-House soccer session. As such, the meeting was run by the In-House commissioners.

• No new teams for the spring
• ~50 new players assigned to teams by need first and ability second
• Now a total of ~700 inhouse players
• Reviewed Board positions up for election
• April: Registrar and Girl’s Travel commissioner
• June: Vice-President, Treasurer, Procurement Officer, Coach and Player Development Commissioner and In-House U06 & U08 Commissioners
• Club referee class to be offered (no date yet), see John Papinchak if interested
• Re-emphasized parking restrictions, speed

• www.spsoccer.org
• Summarized information available
• All schedules, assignments & administrative forms
• Organizational guidelines
• Links to coaching sites, PAWest and other soccer-related locations

• Guidelines

• Play games as scheduled, do not cancel without commissioner approval
• Every player gets equal playing time
• Only players on the two teams scheduled at that time may play. Play down and/or borrow from the other team.
• Full-day rainouts will be cancelled, no make-ups

• Overview of each Age Group

• 4+0, 4 x 8 minutes
• Each U05 team got 4 new players; need a parent on the bench to help
• Rear defender should NOT stand in goal
• Coaches should stay off the field
• Coaches can facilitate restarts for EITHER team (one coach on each sideline (NOT behind goals)); do not place players
• Be prepared to substitute quickly
• Teach throw-in but refs should not call for re-throws
• Each child should be engaged with a ball for most practice activities
• Emphasize dribbling and ball control – not kicking

• U8B: 4+1, 4 x 10 minutes
• U8G: 5+1, 4 x 10 minutes
• One throw-in retry
• No official offsides, but cherry-picking will receive a warning

• 6+1, 2 x 24 minutes
• No throw-in retry (different from fall session)

• 2 x 24 minutes
• U12G: 6+1, U12B: 7+1, U15: 8+1
• No throw-in retry

• Overview of Spring Schedule
• Nine playing weeks, 3/27 through 5/22; all games at Evans fields
• For most age groups, one regular season game for each team for the first seven weeks, two shorter tournament games on 5/15, a third tournament game on 5/22 and semi-final and final games also on 5/22
• Exceptions:
• U05 & U06 do not have an end-of-season tournament. They play one regular season game for each of the nine playing weeks
• U15 season structure different due to 8^th grade trip to Washington DC: one regular season game for each team for the first five weeks, followed by single, normal-length tournament games on the sixth and seventh weeks (5/1 & 5/8), an off week on 5/15 (DC trip) and the last, normal-length tournament game on 5/22, followed by the finals, also on 5/22.

• Notable dates:

• 3/27: 1^st Goalpost to contain picture day schedule & order envelopes
• 5/01: Picture Day at Community Room
• 4/24: 2^nd Goalpost with:

• Tournament schedule
• Player evaluation forms (for coaches)
• Coaching evaluation forms (for parents)
• Registration forms for next year

• 5/08: 1st day for fall registration at Evans

• 5/15: Tournament day games & festivities; turn in player and coach evaluations

• 5/22: Championship day games & trophies; 2nd day for fall registration at Evans

• Practices and Work Assignments

• Practice schedule

• Start 3/22, weather & field conditions pending

• Changes through Paul Caracciolo

• Concession
• Two people for 2 hr 10 min time slots
• Coordinated with game schedules

• Set-up/take-down
• First and last teams on fields for the day
• Includes transitions to alternate age groups (Fields A & C) `

• Field maintenance scheduled for beginning and end of spring session

• Tournament and Championship Days; one volunteer from each team needed for two hours, specific work duties to be assigned later

• Next year’s registration

• Coach & Player Development

• Development of all players is top priority

• Attending clinics and getting licensed is very beneficial

• Resources in Library

• Links on website

• Spring clinics for players to be announced

• Rosters & Tournament Matchups

• Distributed updated team rosters for spring session
• Report misspellings, wrong numbers, and dropped players

• Drew team numbers to complete master schedule for tournament