CONSTITUTION
BYLAWS: POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS
Section 342. Priority Guide for Multiple
Rostered Players
These “priorities of play” are for
players who are multiple rostered. These priorities:
• apply to all State Team players –
regardless of age - rostered on any other team.
• apply to all multiple rostered players
aged U14 and younger; but,
• do not apply to non-State Team players
age U15 and above.
These priorities provide players, coaches and
parents with a set of expectations for players rostered to multiple
teams. They have been developed to enable
players to rise to their highest level of soccer while affording them
access to all levels of play. They developed
with input from representatives of all types and levels of play within
the state. They have been developed to
eliminate such questions as "Who do I play for?, Which practice should I
attend?, or “What team should I play with
on a tournament weekend?” These priorities are to be respected and
adhered to by all of the various soccer
interests that compete for a player's attention and time.
In general terms, a
player’s priorities are as follows.
1. Major Tournaments:
a. Regional ODP Tournament (after Memorial Day)
b. State Cup
c. MTOC and Qualifying Games
d. On a major national holiday weekend:
• Memorial Day – priority to Premier
(MAPLE) Teams
• Columbus Day – priority to Town
Teams
• All other tournaments – players are
to alternate attendance in event of scheduled conflict
2. State Team Tryouts (except Sunday afternoons
during MAPLE seasons)
3. Regularly scheduled League games
4. Make-up games
5. Practices
However, there exist variations in priority
based on the playing season. So please read and understand each
category and how they interrelate.
Soccer Activity
Priority List:
1. Regional ODP Tournament
2. State Cup Tournament
3. MTOC and Qualifying Games
4. State Team Tryouts in summer, fall (other
than on Sunday afternoons) and winter seasons only. Try-out
dates must also be established and available
through the State Office at least one month in advance.
5. All Games:
a. State Team – Summer only
b. Premier (MAPLE) Teams – all year for
any games scheduled from
dusk
c.
d. State Team
e.
6. Tournaments:
a. State Team – (summer only)
b. Premier (MAPLE) Teams – priority for
Memorial Day Weekend only
c. Town Teams – priority for Columbus Day
weekend only
d. All other tournaments – players are to
alternate attendance in event of conflicts.
7. Practices:
a. State Team – priority during the Spring
season. State Team practice dates must be established
and available through the State Office by at
least March 15.
b. Premier (MAPLE) Team – Division 1 only
c. All other teams – players are to
alternate attendance in event of schedule conflict