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INFORMATION

Spring Meeting
Spring Meeting will be held the fourth (4) Monday in February.

Fall Meeting
Fall General Meeting will be held the third (3) Monday in July.

Spring and Fall Meetings
Roberts Rules of Order will be used to conduct the meeting.
Agenda includes teams, referees, scheduling, league information review and other issues.
Team representatives, one per team, are registered with the league by each team, during the meeting. Team Representatives are the coaches, unless otherwise stated by their team.
Division Coordinators will be selected by team representatives in their division.

Registrations
Team Notification Form - Email to:  office@bachsoccer.com (Due Feb. 10 or July 10)
Team Roster Form -          Email to:  office@bachsoccer.com (Due before first game)

Fees
Team fee $100.00
Make check payable to:      BACH Soccer
Send check to:                    3816 Greenfield Drive, Springfield  IL.  62704
Fees due on or before Spring or Fall Meeting.

Insurance
Nicoud Insurance, LLC provides a liability only Commercial Insurance Policy through the Cincinnati Insurance Company.

Eligibility
Players eligible for league play.
Players must be on the team roster filed with league office.
Players may roster with one team only.
Players eligible for tournament play.
By the fifth (5) week of league play, players must be on the team roster filed with the league office and players must have played in one (1) league game or have a received a Medical Exception Waiver from the league office.
The number of players on a team roster is unlimited.
Players may be dropped from team any time.

Game Information
Home team: Supplies referees, lined field, goals, nets, corner flags and directions to field.
Away team: Verifies game date and time for that weeks game.
Teams shall email game scores to league office , office@bachsoccer.com, the same day following their league game.
League office will update standings with game scores and email to teams and League officers.
Rules:                  USSF
Referee fees:        $70.00 (split between teams, $35.00 per team)
3 referees:     $30 center, $20 asst. referees
2 referees:     $35 centers
1 referee:       $50 center, $10 club linesmen
League discourages player’s immediate family from center refereeing their game.
Game Length:            70 minutes
Game times:               6:00 p.m. Mondays and Fridays.
Number Games:        6 to 8
Spring Game Dates:      First Friday in mid March thru mid June
Spring Tournament dates: Weekend before or after Memorial Day.
Fall Game Dates:       First Friday after mid August thru October
Spring Tournament dates: 1st week after mid October.
Game field directions will be emailed to the league office by each team. League office will update the leagues Field Directory and email to all teams.
Due to sunset, schedule time and length of game may vary later in fall season.

Sportsmanship
Referees, coaches, parents and/or spectators shall handle themselves in a sportsmanship like manner.
Coaches, parents or spectators may not make unsportsmanship like comments or gestures.
Referees are responsible for controlling unsportsmanship like conduct.
Coaches are responsible for controlling any unsportsmanship like conduct not handled by the referee.

Teams
Public school teams shall consist of players living in the same high school area.
Parochial school teams shall consist of players attending the same type of parochial school.
Teams consisting of players living in multiple high school areas or multiple types of parochial schools must be approved by their division team representatives.
Special Team Exemptions: Springfield District #186 Franklin/ Grant/ Jefferson/ Washington/ Ball/ Lincoln Middle Schools may combine teams.