News and Messages

March 7, 2018
Congratulations to all of the teams that were involved in the 2018 BC Coastal Soccer League Cup Finals.

The League would like to thank all of you who volunteered for the East and West Cup Finals on the weekend of March 3rd and 4th in order to make the Finals a success.

The West Finals Committee would especially like to thank the Richmond District for arranging the Minoru fields when the previous weekend’s games were postponed due to snow and are pleased that the East games went on Newton Athletic and Aldergrove Park.


February 28, 2018
BCCSL Boys Finals will be played on March 3rd and 4th at Minoru Fields in Richmond 7191 Granville at Gilbert. See the West schedule and Game Day Information documents to the left of the message section on this website.


February 23, 2018
Due to field closures making the league’s ability to play knockout games for the final four Coastal B wild card games very unlikely, the Board proposes to eliminate these games and allocate the four wildcard spots to the teams with the highest average points per game across all Gold 1 East and West, or combined East/West divisions from U13 to U18 once the Coastal B Cup District play down winners have been removed from consideration. Should teams have the same average points per game, the tiebreakers shall be head to head results followed by goal difference if the teams tied or did not play each other. If that is also tied the next tie breaker will be most goals scored and lastly a coin toss.


February 21, 2018
District Cup Finals have been postponed from this weekend to next weekend, March 3–4. New location tentatively set for Richmond. Details to be circulated once a decision has been made due to weather conditions.


February 14, 2018
Team officials are to check with each other regarding field availability for the weekend of February 16–18 due to the recent snowfall.


January 4, 2018
January 5–7 weekend FIELD CONDITIONS REPORT
The following updates are as of Wednesday afternoon so it’s very important that teams contact each other. Also double-check the Got Soccer schedule as there may have been some scheduling changes made on Wednesday.

Alouette District: Mission all fields remain closed they were hit by the ice storm pretty badly. Unsure if they will have fields to play on.
Tri Cities District: Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Turf is open. Grass remains closed. This will be looked at on Friday.
Burnaby District: Burnaby fields open.
Fraser Valley District: Highly unlikely fields will be open in the valley.
North Shore District: Games are a go with Squamish and Whistler likely being scheduled away.
Richmond District: Fields should be good to go. No issues so far.
South Fraser District: Surrey: Grass fields are closed and a couple of turf fields are closed; Delta fields are closed or at discretion. Will know more Thursday or Friday.
Vancouver District: Turf fields are at “user discretion” but will be updated as of 1pm on Friday.


December 18, 2017
ZERO TOLERANCE ON RACIAL SLURS
Having received two complaints in the last week of alleged racial comments, this notice serves as a reminder that racial commentary must be dealt with immediately by the team officials.

The BCCSL Guide states that the onus is on everyone to put an immediate stop to any racial slurs or derogatory commenting.

The BC Soccer Discipline Sanctions state:
(Players who are) Dismissed or reported by a game official or other registrant for racist or sexist comments made during the game or in the vicinity of the playing field either during or after the game – may be levied a 2–6 game suspension.

Decorum
Team officials must take an active role in maintaining discipline on the sidelines and controlling not only themselves but their parents, fans and substitute players. Team officials will be held responsible for activities on the sidelines. Team officials can be disciplined for Failure to Control.

Investigation: Each complaint is dealt with on a case-by-case process with responses being requested from the referee and both teams.

Having said this, the League is not pleased with having received one complaint, let alone two and strongly urge the Districts and Clubs to send this notice to their teams.

Submitted by Jackie Larson on behalf of the BCCSL Discipline Committee


December 3, 2017
January 5th, 6th, 7th – League play recommences
The league calendar was created at the start of the season. Districts have booked fields to accommodate the January 5th & 6th weekend’s games. If there is a problem with games scheduled on this weekend the scheduler through Fred Quan, the BCCSL Scheduling Secretary and Garry Sangha, BCCSL Head Schedule can look at individual cases.

It's important to stay with the calendar and get as many games in as possible as no one knows what the weather will be in the new year.

Thanks. Doug Ross, Chair BCCSL

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PROTESTS
Please see the Protest Form. Protests are to be sent to the BCCSL Protest Committee Chair - within 48 hours of the game in question.

Before you send a protest consider whether it might be a complaint instead. See the BCCSL League Guide, page 17, for particulars on submitting a protest.

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December 13, 2017
TRANSFER RULES
The transfer deadline is January 15th.

A transferred player must have played a league game for his new team before being allowed to participate in a cup game for his new team.
A transferred player shall be not eligible to play for the new team in any Cup competition in which the player has already competed during the current playing season.

(The new team official needs to ask the new player if he’s played in cup prior to coming to his team or check Got Soccer to confirm.)

Players must be transferred seven (7) days before taking part in any Cup competition. This rule shall not apply to League games. A player, after being transferred, may compete in League games as provided by the rules of such leagues. All player transfers for League games must be made at least one (1) day prior to the game-taking place. The grace period commences from the date the completed application and fee is filed with BC Soccer. The transfer application shall be authorized by BC Soccer prior to the player taking part in any competition with the new team.

While new players may be registered up to the last League game of the season he must play at least one League game before he can play in any Cup game for that team.


December 3, 2017
December 15th, 16th, 17th – League Cup make-up and / or in-district B-Cup qualifying games MAY be scheduled if necessary.

January 5th, 6th, 7th – League play recommences

The league calendar was created at the start of the season. Districts have booked fields to accommodate the January 5th & 6th weekend’s games. If there is a problem with games scheduled on this weekend the scheduler through Fred Quan, the BCCSL Scheduling Secretary and Garry Sangha, BCCSL Head Schedule can look at individual cases.

The December 15/16 weekend is set aside for cup games as indicated above.

It's important to stay with the calendar and get as many games in as possible as no one knows what the weather will be in the new year.

Thanks. Doug Ross, Chair BCCSL


November 21, 2017
IMPORTANT: Please see, under League Documents on the left-hand side of this home page, the document titled BCCSL Information Memo (Nov 2017) for important information.

November 24, 25 and 26 – League & Cup games – Third round of Cup play. League games will be cancelled only for the teams (and their opposition) involved in third round play. All other teams play League games as scheduled.

There are two levels of play for provincial competition. The Provincial Cup leads into National Championships and is open to all teams that wish to play. By March 1st of each year each District will have a winner advancing in each age group to the Round of 16 in the Coastal B Cup play-downs.

Each of the Districts will have a winner advancing in each age group to the Round of 16 in the Coastal B Cup play-downs.

B-Cup Wild cards & tiebreaking methodology: In the age groups where the League has a wild card spot in the B-Cup draw (1 each at U-13, U-15, U-17 and 2 each in U-14, U-16 and U-18), those spots will be given to the teams that had the highest standing in the League (descending from Gold 1 through: G1, G2, G3, S1, S2, etc.), no matter with which District they are registered or when they were eliminated from their District B Cup play-downs.


November 17, 2017
Next weekend (November 24–26) for BCCSL U13–U18 there will be a mix of league and league cup games. League games are cancelled for teams and their opposition that are scheduled to play in league cup.

The other teams will have the weekend off, or maybe a B Cup game. Check to see! It's imperative that teams contact each other well in advance to confirm games. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK to do that.


November 3, 2017
Since most of us woke up to a bit of white stuff this morning, it would be wise to remind people to contact the district information as set out on page 5 of the BCCSL Guide.

And if you know if your fields are closed, please make sure your teams contact their opposition.

See pages 12 & 13 of the BCCSL Guide regarding Bad Weather Directions and Called League Games (Abandoned Due to Field & Weather Conditions).

Closing fields could be a day-by-day decision FOR EXAMPLE Friday night games might me cancelled and Saturday and Sunday might be playable or a Friday night game might be playable whereas the rest of the weekend may not be playable. Or games may go on grass and not gravel, or vice-versa.

Communication is key!

Douglas Ross, BCCSL Chair


November 3, 2017
CITY OF SURREY
Inspection Date: Friday, November 3, 2017
All grass fields are closed for the weekend. Snow has been melting on Synthetic Turf Fields so currently there are some openings. However, if it should snow again and fields become covered with snow they are closed to play.

The following turf fields are closed: Tamanawis Synthetic 2 and South Surrey Athletic #3. All other turf fields are open right now but may not last for long.


October 30, 2017
NOTICE REGARDING GAMES FOR NOVEMBER 11th
Remembrance Day this year is Saturday, November 11th.

Please inform your referees and teams, prior to the November 11th weekend, with regards to the minute’s silence to be observed at 11:00am.

Referee’s should remind any teams with games starting prior to 11 o’clock that s/he will blow the whistle and then the team officials should organize their players and fans for the moments silence.

The Remembrance Day Ceremony has played a major role in Remembrance since 1931. Every year, at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, we gather in memorial parks, community halls, workplaces, schools and homes to stand in honor of all who have fallen. Together, we observe a moment of silence to mark the sacrifice of the many who have fallen in the service of their country, and to acknowledge the courage of those who still serve.

Douglas Ross, BCCSL Chair


October 26, 2017
ATTENTION: DISTRICTS, CLUBS, CLUB SCORE KEEPERS, TEAMS, ETC.

The BCCSL will be implementing the following fine and deadlines:
All scores must be reported on GotSoccer no later than 9pm Monday nights. If scores are not reported, there will be a $50.00 per game fine levied to the home district (this fine will likely be passed along to the clubs by their districts.)
All field times must be posted on GotSoccer no later than 9pm on the Tuesdays prior to the weekend.

Doug Ross, BCCSL Chair


Weekend of October 27th–29th

Please be reminded that games scheduled for the October 27th to 29th weekend are League Games.
Reminder to check with your opposition to make sure everyone is at the right field at the right time.


October 17, 2017
The BCCSL League Cup Game schedule for the weekend of October 20th, 21st & 22nd is now posted on the league website. There may be some tweaking of the schedule so please contact whoever it is in your district that’s responsible for scheduling games.

All U15-U18 league cup games must be provided with Assistant Referees.

Scores must be reported by not later than 9pm Monday night by the Club Score Recorders. Failure to do so may result in a $50.00 game fine.

IMPORTANT: See League Cup Play Information under League Documents for additional information.


October 10, 2017
League Games re-start on the weekend of October 13th, 14th, 15th.

The soccer schedule for the balance of the 2017-2018 playing season is on the 4D/BCCSL website.
Some field and time information is still being uploaded.
If there is no time/field information for your game by Thursday morning, teams must contact each other.

At some point this week a “frequently asked questions” document will also be put onto the website with the intention of capturing most of the important steps and access points in GotSoccer.

Please be reminded that scores are to be entered by all home teams by no later than 10 pm every Sunday of the match weekend.

The BCCSL Head Scheduler is working on getting the league cup organized and will provide more information on that.
First round of League Cup starts the weekend of October 20th, 21st & 22nd for U13-U18 – note that there are no league games scheduled for that weekend.

Check the BCCSL Guide for relevant dates on the Calendar of Events.

Good luck with the remainder of the season.


October 9, 2017
Attention: Referees - IMPORTANT
BC Soccer Photo ID cards are to be presented to you for all team players and team officials from October 1st onwards.
See page 4 of the BCCSL Guide that shows either the drop-off or mailing address for return of the cards.

Note: that the directions for Burnaby, North Shore, Richmond and Vancouver are for all cards, no matter what district the card belongs to, is to be dropped-off at the Home District’s Discipline Rep’s address.

Note for East of the River district refs:
Referees doing home games in the Alouette, Fraser Valley, South Fraser and Tri-Cities districts will mail the photo ID directly to their District Discipline Rep.
BTW - Whether dropping-off or mailing this should be done by Monday mornings latest.

Jackie Larson on behalf of the BCCSL Discipline Committee


September 21, 2017
For the weekend of September 22, 23, 24th.
Reminder for team officials to contact their opposition to make sure everyone is going to the same field and the same time.
While the BCCSL Guide states that team officials are to enter their scores on GotSoccer that procedure was changed as of this past Tuesday night.
Scores will now be collected by a designated person in your club and they will post them on GotSoccer.
If your club has not emailed you to tell you who to report your score to please contact your club directly to find out.


September 14, 2017
Thank you for everyone’s patience while awaiting to hear if we’re officially playing this weekend. The answer is Yes, we are.

A schedule, in an Excel sheet format, will be/or has been sent out by someone in your district for the BCCSL (Boys) home games for the weekend of September 15th & 16th. If you have not received it please contact your club.

Here is the link to the schedules. https://events.gotsport.com/events/default.aspx?EventID=61045
Click on the league your team is in. Then click on "Schedule" to find your game.

IMPORTANT: Ignore the fields and times that are listed on the gotsoccer site and only go by the schedule that you received in and Excel sheet. It is up to the home team to contact their opposition asap to let them know the game details. Contacts can be found by clicking on the word "Contacts" near the upper right hand corner.

Submitted on behalf of the BCCSL Chair, Doug Ross


August 8, 2017
Welcome to the new BC Coastal Soccer League comprised of the Alouette, Burnaby, Fraser Valley, North Shore, Richmond, South Fraser, Tri-Cities and Vancouver Youth Soccer Associations.

If you are not already aware, the Lower Mainland District Chairs have agreed to amalgamate all eight districts into one League to be named the BC Coastal Soccer League (BCCSL) and will begin with the 4-District and 5-District boys in September of 2017. This will be a season of transition and more information will be forthcoming.
U13 to U18 Gold teams will be scheduled to play with the eight (8) districts.
U13 to U18 teams in levels below Gold will be scheduled to play geographically.

Note: We will be using Gotsoccer for our scheduling and the link will be circulated in advance of the season to all Districts who will forward it to their clubs.

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PROTESTS
Please see the Protest Form. Protests are to be sent to the BCCSL Protest Committee Chair - within 48 hours of the game in question.

Before you send a protest consider whether it might be a complaint instead. See the BCCSL League Guide, page 17, for particulars on submitting a protest.

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Information & Important Documents

● BC Soccer Rules & Regulations
● BCCSL 2017-2018 Guide

League Discipline: Discipline Meetings are at the Willingdon Community Center: 1491 Carleton Avenue in Burnaby. Check the Guide for details regarding specifics and your District Discipline Representative. Also, be aware that there is a new Discipline Levy Format. Please see this download for more information.

Code of Ethics & Team Behaviour
Please read these two documents concerning conduct and ethics for team coaches, parents, and players
● Racial Slurs and Derogatory Commentary
● BC Soccer Social Media

Head Injuries and Concussions
Please read these two documents regarding concussion / head injuries
● Detailed Concussion Assessment Document
● Concussion Injury Pocket Test
● BC Soccer Concussion Policy

Privacy Policy
● League Privacy Policy