West United Soccer

The new soccer season starts on August 21st, 2010 and we will be playing on the Hunter Park fields. If you haven't registered yet, see the link above to register, there are instructions posted to help you along. Get your family signed up to play today.

There is construction occurring at the school parking lot next to the park, so please plan your time accordingly when arriving at the fields.

We are glad to have a new registration system that is online. Click on this link to connect to the online registration system.

http://uysa-westunited.sportsaffinity.com

We will be providing computers at the Pavilion at the Magna-Copper Park to help anyone complete their registration for new or re-newing applications. This will be done for two days, starting in the morning on Saturday 5/15/2010 and Saturday 5/22/2010. Come see us at the Magna-Copper Park fields.

Listed are some simplified instructions to process the registration.

As the new season approaches, we want to provide you with key dates of meetings and events. You can also see our online calendar.

Here are some key calendar items for the next little while.

August 5th, COACHES MEETING for 2010-2011 Season
August 7th, SUPER SOCCER SATURDAY
August 12th, REFEREE TRAINING MEETING (Magna Library 6:30P - 7:30P)
August 21st, October 23rd, 2010-2011 SOCCER SEASON (no games on Sep 4th, or Oct 16th)
August 28th, PICTURE DAY

Coaches are exepected to attend the Coaches meeting. This is when they will receive equipment, uniforms, fill out any missing paperwork, get their team folders/rosters, and more.

This will also get us all on the same page and ready for Super Soccer Saturday on August 7th. We want to make Super Soccer Saturday the great event that it always is. So, everyone's help to make it great will be appreciated.

This is an open forum invitation to have all youth, parents, and volunteers attend. Hope to see you all there at the booth fair.

For grades 7-12" on Wednesday, February 10 at 5:30pm.

The league rules regarding substitutions have been updated to match rules being implemented in the competition league (Razzia).

Our current league Laws of the Game indicate that a substitution can occur only on a stoppage of play and the substitution can be only for the team that has possession of the ball. The league will now allow a substitution by either team on a stoppage of play. Not just for the team that has possession.

Substitutions will still ONLY be allowed on the following stoppages:

We have recently updated the website and desired to provide an advancement in presenting League and Division information in a more organized way. At the top of each page, we have placed a link to each division blog. Within each blog, you will find information that relates directly to that division. We hope this will allow you to get to the details much faster and it will help us to organize the information better and it doesn't get overlooked.

What is offsides? What are the rules pertaining to offsides? How can it be used as a strategy? Often time, this rule is mistaken more or has had more controversy than any other rule. In fact, a player is not offsides in and of itself. A player is only offsides when certain conditions occur and the referee feels that the play is unfair. This should peak an interest in learning more about the rule.

There have been some field adjustments made for some of the divisions. These changes have been updated on the schedule but wanted to summarize them here for your convenience.The changes have been made to conserve paint and man hours painting the fields. We apologize for any confusion and inconvenience this may have caused. The game times have not changed, only the field.

As the season approaches, examine all of your childrens soccer equipment and uniform. Make sure they are up to date and they are safe and fit. We have some recommendations regarding your soccer equipment from our knowledgeable members that have played and taught for decades. Know what to look for in the best athletic equipment which will help the soccer experience be the best.

Soccer equipment required to play:

Ever want to be more informed about the rules of Soccer? What is offsides? What does the referee look for in good sportsmanship? What is the exepectation of the referee, the coach, the players, or the spectators? We want to bring everyone together to all be on the same page about the rules and expectations.

Here are the details about our 2008-2009 Referee/Coaches training session.