Registering/Transferring players with US Club begins August 1st, 2011.
Hello All 2011 NorCal Cup(s) team Managers and Club Officers,
In 2010, there were some delays in registering players who moved from one Club to another. Some of these were caused by misunderstandings concerning the process for changing players from one Club to another Club; or changing from a team in one Club to another team in the same Club.
Other problems were caused by a number of managers waiting too long to register their players and then having to wait for US Club to catch up. If you have all of your players that are settled registered with US Club by Friday August 5th, 2011 – you should not have any problems having your team properly registered before your first game.
Other problems were caused by many managers having to learn a new Demosphere system for registering players and teams and creating the NorCal Cup(s) roster. There are now hundreds of managers throughout the Clubs who have learned that system; and able to help new managers learn the ropes.
Please reach out to the new managers within your Club and offer that “one to one” help. Eric – the NorCal Web Tech – is also available to help – especially the newer Clubs where everyone is trying to learn a new system. He can be contacted at elafon9@gmail.com.
In 2011 – 2012, NorCal will continue to use the game card system that worked so well in 2010.
a. If a player is not on the NorCal game card that both teams print and take to the game – that player is not allowed to playunless both managers have received a written message from NorCal allowing the player to participate in that particular game.
b. This system creates a process where the two managers are in control of who plays – not the referees who may or may not know the rules.
c. Very Important – It is the name on the game card that determines eligibility to play not having a Player Pass at the game. If NorCal decided that game cards need never be used – neither US Club nor the insurance companies would have any problem with that decision.
d. The Player Pass is important because it is one way for the referee and the other team to know that the players on the field and the roster match. The absence of a Player Pass(es) at a game should be sent to NorCal, but it should never be used as a reason for a game not to be played.
e. By far the most important reason that NorCal and the teams know that everything has been completed according to the rules is because of the “high degree of integrity” of the great majority of managers, coaches and Club Officials.
f. The integrity of the parents should be included because in the early days of NorCal it was parents from a “team that was cheating” that often self reported their own teams because they did not want their children learning the wrong lessons from a team management behaving unethically.
Below are very specific instructions provided by US Club for each of these situations:
Player is transferring from one club to another club:
1. The player should ask their manager or coach for a release from the club.
2. The manager or coach (with approval of the Club’s DOC) would then advise their club registrar to release the player.
3. The registrar should NOT move the player to Open Players, but click on Passcard/Release, check the first release for that player or players leaving the club and submit. 4. Once US Club Soccer Admin approves the release the player’s card with that club is no longer valid and membership canceled. If another club has requested the players card the pending request will then be processed for the new club and new player ID#.
If a player is transferring from one team to another team within the club:
1. The player will continue to use the card they were issued.
2. The registrar will click on Player Mgt, details of the player, drop down the Team Name to change to the correct age appropriate team and update the player.
3. If the team is grayed out it is due to full roster of 26 players.
