West United Soccer

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

Here are some key calendar items for the next nine months.

February 25th, 7:00 PM Magna Library - BOARD MEETING
March 25th, 7:00 PM Magna Library - BOARD MEETING
March 27th, 9:00 AM SEASON BEGINS
April 3rd, NO GAMES
April 22nd, 7:00 PM Magna Library - BOARD MEETING
April 17th, NO GAMES (SILENT Saturday)
May 15th, REGISTRATION DAY #1 for 2010-2011 Season
May 22nd, SEASON ENDS
May 22nd, REGISTRATION DAY #2 for 2010-2011 Season

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August 5th, COACHES MEETING for 2010-2011 Season
August 7th, SUPER SOCCER SATURDAY
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 1st. 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 classes for the Spring 2010 season are pending Library Classroom reservations. Please send an email to Greg Wright (Referee Director) to find out more or to sign up.

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.

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 on a stoppage of play and only for the team that has possession of the ball. The league will now allow a substitution by both teams on a stoppage of play. Not just for the team that has possession.

Substitutions will still ONLY be allowed on the following stoppages:

There will be a meeting on Thursday, July 30th @ 7:00 PM at the Magna Library. We would like all coaches to be invited to be there. Coordinators, when you call, please have them provide a shirt size (HEAD coach only) and turn them in to Amy by July 22nd.

All coordinators and board members should plan on being there that evening to help.

Coaches, you will receive your folders, uniforms, equipment, and more.

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.