All
Star Competition Rules from Section 10
The All
Star program is intended to provide an opportunity for those players who have
demonstrated outstanding soccer ability and who have displayed an attitude of
fair play, enthusiasm, and cooperative team spirit to participate on a team
composed of players who have similar qualifications.
a)
All star team nomination and formation dates for divisions U19, U16, and
co-ed play will be determined annually by the Section Board.
b) All
star teams shall be formed no sooner than November 15 for all U14, U12, and U10
divisions unless a written exception is submitted to the Section Director and is
approved by the Section Staff prior to requesting region’s start of
season . This shall mean that no player may be confirmed as being on
an all star team, no final roster may be published, no team meeting may be had;
no practice may be conducted, and no tryouts may be had until November 15.
Between
November 1 and 15, coaches may, however, receive nominations or recommendations,
inquire as to whether or not a player will be available to play if chosen for
the team, and evaluate players. A
final team roster shall be given to the Area Director on or before a date
established by the Area Director. This
date shall be prior to the team’s first scheduled game in Area competition, or
such earlier date as the Area Director may establish. No additional or
substitution of players is permitted for any reason regard-less of whether or
not the maximum allowable players was used in forming the team.
c)
Each Area shall determine its own competitive format.
d)
All star players must compete in the division in which they participated in
during the regular season. However,
regions that desire to play U19 through U10 matches intra-regionally and are
unable to field a minimum of four
teams per division, may combine players from within U19 through
U10 for that purpose. The
decision to utilize this format shall be announced prior to the season start,
and the region must obtain the approval of the Area Director.
A region playing with this format may create all star teams for U19
through U10 with players of the appropriate age
to participate in Area and Section play.
e)
To be eligible for all star competition a player must have been
registered and played in at least half of the total number of league games
played by the team to which he/she was assigned during the just concluded
regular season as defined in the National Rules and Regulations.
League games shall be the games played by that team prior to playoffs
within the Region or Area.
Special
circumstance eligibility may include a change of residence, an illness, a
soccer-related injury, parental custodial rights, and conflict with high school
rules (CIF). Approval for special circumstance eligibility must be obtained by
the Area Director.
f)
In order to maintain uniformity of application of these Guidelines, all
teams, including tournament and select teams, shall be governed by the rules
applicable to all star teams, including the rule relating to the date for
formation. All tournaments held in
Section 10 shall be governed by the National Rules and Regulations.
