SEATTLE UNITED
TEAM MANAGER MEETING
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
1. Kevin Long, Executive Director: Introduction
2. Paige Blomso, Registrar: Registration
3. Kevin Long: Team Banking Accounts
4. Julie Irwin, Uniform Coordinator: Uniforms
5. Michele Authier, Office Manager: Financial Aid
6. SU Calendar
7. Questions and Answers
Seattle United
Managers’ Meeting 2017
What managers need to know about
registration
Some Basics
• Membership
– USYSA (through WYS and SYSA)
– US Club (as needed for participation in USClub events)
• Contact for registration matters:
– Seattle United & SYSA– Paige Blomsø
[email protected]
• USYSA Seasonal Year – annually, from registration
• US Club Seasonal Year – August 1 – July 31
Player Requirements to Practice/Play
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Current year registration (2017/18)
Birth certificate & player photo upload
Payment in full or payment plan in place
Medical release – hardcopy to manager/coach
For summer tournament guests from outside
WYS , there is the $25.00 insurance registration.
Provide full name and birth date to Paige to
confirm prior to submitting tournament roster
requests.
Completing Current Year Registration
• If a player is on the roster, registration is
complete and they are able to practice & play.
• If not on roster, they are not to play until
cleared by registrar, and added to the roster.
• Note on family privacy: Financial matters are
between the club and each family. Team
volunteers will be informed only as required.
Coach/Manager Registration
–All Coaches/Managers – must register in Affinity.
–National Background Check Required – through
Affinity and backgroundchecks.com (& included in the
coach/volunteer registration).
–Not rostered to team until registered per USYSA.
WYS/USSF sanctioned
Tournaments
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Check WYS soccer website for sanction.
http://www.washingtonyouthsoccer.org/
2017/18 registration required.
Rosters need to be signed
• Review tournament rules to see what is required.
• Create tournament roster request in Affinity.
• Rosters requests due the Tuesday prior to the tournament (in
state).
• Roster requests due two weeks prior to the Monday of
tournament week (out of state travel).
– Player cards (usually) not necessary in-state.
– Out of state – Paige files intent to travel form. Notify her
as soon as you have a chance of your team’s summer
travel plans.
US Club Tournaments
• US Club tournaments that are not WYS sanctioned
and/or do not have joint sanctioning (out of state).
– see http://www.washingtonyouthsoccer.org/
– Tournaments tab for the list of sanctioned tournaments.
– Confirm that individual tournament did not purchase
‘tournament-wide insurance’
– Get a US Club login from SU Registrar
– Cards required ($18 each) for each player and coach
– Import players as .csv file
– Release required from previous team
– Import/upload birth certs and photos for card.
League Play
• Premier teams play in WYS’ ‘RCL’ or Regional
Club League’
• Select (Regional) teams play in the NPSL
(North Puget Sound League).
• Club pays all league fees.
League Registration
• Club registrar will register/submit all teams for
RCL league registration.
• Club registrar will register/submit all teams for
the NPSL as well.
• NPSL league registration information will be emailed by June 19. Please submit questions to
coach and reply to Paige by June 30.
• SYSA registrars review, submit, and provide
follow-up for all NPSL registration.
The WYS Player and Coaches
Membership Pass
• The WYS membership pass, formally know as the player card,
denotes that you are a member of the largest youth sporting
organization in the United States. The "Pass" entitles you to
participate in sanctioned WYS and US Youth Soccer Leagues, State
Cups and Summer Tournaments.
• As an adult team staff member, the "Pass" indicates that you have
passed the WYS Risk Management Acceptance Program. The "Pass"
will provide proof that all of your players are properly registered
and are age appropriate. You may obtain a membership pass from
your association registrar.
• To be valid, a membership pass/player card must have a current
photo of the player and be laminated. Membership pass/player
cards are valid from the time of receipt through the following July,
and will be used for participation in league play, state cup and
summer tournaments (as required).
Player Cards
• Prior year cards used until receipt of 2017/18
cards – get them from previous team
– Not team specific for summer tournaments
• SYSA will distribute 2017/18 cards to team
managers by mid-July.
• Update all player photos now (in June).
– Team specific for league play
– But Player Pass allowed in RCL & NPLS play.
How to Prepare Player Passes
• Verify that all information on the pass is
correct Legal names must be used .
• Laminate card- *REQUIRED
• Attach all the passes, both coaches and
players, on an "O" ring so they can be kept
together and handled easily by the referee.
• Do NOT photo copy or create a duplicate set.
State Cups
• Different deadlines based on gender, age and
which cup.
• Seattle United will pay the fee for all Premier
teams, select teams will pay their own fee.
• Registrar will register all teams for state Cups.
• Club will pay WYS for all teams.
• Select teams will be invoiced by Seattle
United.
Seattle United
Team Naming Convention
• Regional Team Naming Convention
1. Region: South, West, NE, Shoreline
2. Gender: B or G
3. Birth Year (last two digits of year): 00, 07, 99, etc
4. Color level: Blue, White, etc
– E.g.: South G00 Blue, West B04 White, etc
Seattle United
Team Naming Convention
• Premier Teams
1. Gender: B or G
2. Birth Year (last two digits only): 98, 02, 07, etc
3. Level: Copa, Tango, Samba, Nova
– E.g.: B98 Copa, G02 Tango, etc.
Seattle United 2018 Gala
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February 3, 2018 @ Fremont Studios
Mandatory team donation: $150.00.
Will be collected in September, 2017.
Welcoming new volunteers to our committee.
Please consider your team community – your
awareness of your families is greater than ours
– potential donors, volunteers, and the like.
2018 Gala
• Help us promote this exceptional event.
• Contact Paige with any questions, or to
participate: [email protected].
Seattle United 2017/18 Events
Calendar
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June 14: Team Manager Appreciation Night, Rhein Haus, Seattle
June 24-25: SU’s SoccerFest, Select-level in-house event (Shoreline A/B)
July 2: SU Night at Reign FC (v. Boston Breakers; Memorial Stadium)
July 7-9: Seattle Cup, SU’s Select-level only tournament (Starfire)
July 15: SU Night at Reign FC (v. Boston Breakers; Memorial Stadium)
August 14-18: Real Madrid Camp, Ingraham HS
August 20: Seattle United Night at Sounders FC (v. MN United)
September 9: Start of fall season soccer (all teams but high school aged girls)
November 13: Annual Raffle tickets roll-out
December 10: End of fall soccer season (all teams but high school aged girls)
Jan-Feb: WYS State Cup (select and high school boys)
February 3, 2018: SU Annual Gala & Auction
February: High School Boys tryouts
April-May: WYS State Cup (high school girls and U14 and younger premier teams)
April-May: Tryouts