How F-ing pathetic!! It’s YOUTH SPORTS!! No excuse for it. Ban anyone involved, period. Why do parents/adults always have to F things up? What an embarrassment!!!Heard a bunch of Calsouth teams were DQ’d at FWR for illegal players? Any details?
For LAGSB 2004s...Yes, DQed for fielding an ineligible player. Apparently they transferred in a Cup tied player, a transfer that CalSouth approved. Not sure of the full details yet.Ah I was wondering why some teams that apparently "won" didn't move on? or are the posted scores / team names incorrect?
https://www.usyouthsoccer.org/tourn...l-championships/schedule/18u-boys/division-1/
Strikers FC South Bay (CA-S) 3–4
Santa Monica United FC 2000 (CA-S)
Did SMU get DQ'd? since Strikers appeared in the Final
https://www.usyouthsoccer.org/tourn...l-championships/schedule/14u-boys/division-1/
LAGSB 04 Elite (CA-S) 3–0
LV Revolution FC Gunners 04 (NV)
Did LAGSB get DQ'd? since LV appeared in the Final?
How F-ing pathetic!! It’s YOUTH SPORTS!! No excuse for it. Ban anyone involved, period. Why do parents/adults always have to F things up? What an embarrassment!!!
I ref'd a game in Nat Cup this year where we caught 3 illegal players during check in who were trying to play under another players ID. CalSouth got involved and didn't let the players play, however the game continued and the coach coached the game. Personally, I thought they should have been forfeited out of the tourney right then and coach banned, however as a ref I do what CS asks and did the game.Fly all the way to Hawaii with an illegal roster? If it happens on this stage, imagine what goes on when you can just drive 15 minutes to a local field.
For LAGSB 2004s...Yes, DQed for fielding an ineligible player. Apparently they transferred in a Cup tied player, a transfer that CalSouth approved. Not sure of the full details yet.
I also heard that Santa Monica’s 2000 rostered several ineligible players, one a DA kid.
Others?
Sounds similar to Anaheim Surf’s G06 from 2017. Without ramifications to the coach and club, the reward of trying this by unscrupulous coaches is worth the effort of finding a few willing ringer players.I ref'd a game in Nat Cup this year where we caught 3 illegal players during check in who were trying to play under another players ID. CalSouth got involved and didn't let the players play, however the game continued and the coach coached the game. Personally, I thought they should have been forfeited out of the tourney right then and coach banned, however as a ref I do what CS asks and did the game.
If a player was rostered only Cal South can handle. Far West creates individual player cards. Obviously Cal South fouled that up.For LAGSB 2004s...Yes, DQed for fielding an ineligible player. Apparently they transferred in a Cup tied player, a transfer that CalSouth approved. Not sure of the full details yet.
I also heard that Santa Monica’s 2000 rostered several ineligible players, one a DA kid.
Others?
That’s a quagmire of an issue. FUBAR. Total bummer.Santa Monica United FC B00 were disqualified for an illegal roster during Far West Regionals in Hawaii. This was brought to the attention of FWR committee after our team beat Strikers South Bay 4-3 in the Round of 16. Strikers SB had beaten us 6-0 in the Cal South National Cup final back in May. Our FWR roster had been public for 2 weeks prior to us leaving for Hawaii. The player in question was transferred to our roster by an employee from Cal South. Given that the employee is responsible for Far West and National Cup rosters for Cal South, we believed because Cal South transferred the player to our roster, the player was now eligible for FWR.
Strikers South Bay was aware that one of the players we have added for the 2018-2019 season was cup tied with another club. Strikers South Bay saw us play in Hawaii and per the rule Strikers South Bay should have protested the roster prior to the match. Instead, Strikers South Bay protested after losing the quarter final match to us and opened up the FWR committee looking into more Cal South teams with illegal rosters. 2 other clubs and teams were DQ’ed and we were not the club that rostered a DA player.
To provide some context, five days before the Santa Monica United B2002 team left for Utah for Presidents Cup Far West Regionals, Cal South reviewed all of the traveling teams' rosters and contacted the team to let them know that one of the players was ineligible to play in Utah. The player was removed from the roster and did not play in Far West Regional Presidents Cup. The precedent was set. Cal South should review all of their rosters for eligibility before teams start their travel. How they handled Utah was the way we thought they would handle Hawaii. We received no call or notification from our Cal South contact before we traveled to Hawaii that we had an eligibility issue.
Our process to make sure our girls were clear took 3 weeks with Cal South and consistent follow ups from me personally to ensure players would not be in eligible and to avoid any entanglements.How F-ing pathetic!! It’s YOUTH SPORTS!! No excuse for it. Ban anyone involved, period. Why do parents/adults always have to F things up? What an embarrassment!!!
Santa Monica United FC B00 were disqualified for an illegal roster during Far West Regionals in Hawaii. This was brought to the attention of FWR committee after our team beat Strikers South Bay 4-3 in the Round of 16. Strikers SB had beaten us 6-0 in the Cal South National Cup final back in May. Our FWR roster had been public for 2 weeks prior to us leaving for Hawaii. The player in question was transferred to our roster by an employee from Cal South. Given that the employee is responsible for Far West and National Cup rosters for Cal South, we believed because Cal South transferred the player to our roster, the player was now eligible for FWR.
Strikers South Bay was aware that one of the players we have added for the 2018-2019 season was cup tied with another club. Strikers South Bay saw us play in Hawaii and per the rule Strikers South Bay should have protested the roster prior to the match. Instead, Strikers South Bay protested after losing the quarter final match to us and opened up the FWR committee looking into more Cal South teams with illegal rosters. 2 other clubs and teams were DQ’ed and we were not the club that rostered a DA player.
To provide some context, five days before the Santa Monica United B2002 team left for Utah for Presidents Cup Far West Regionals, Cal South reviewed all of the traveling teams' rosters and contacted the team to let them know that one of the players was ineligible to play in Utah. The player was removed from the roster and did not play in Far West Regional Presidents Cup. The precedent was set. Cal South should review all of their rosters for eligibility before teams start their travel. How they handled Utah was the way we thought they would handle Hawaii. We received no call or notification from our Cal South contact before we traveled to Hawaii that we had an eligibility issue.
I'm sure there are a lot worse jobs out there- But sitting in a Cal-South Office reviewing rosters for rule breaking youth soccer players can't be a very rewarding activity.
It sounds like the club's m-o is to roster players that they shouldn't, then hope Cal South or whoever "approves" the bad roster. If caught, they then the blame the association, and claim ignorance. Cal South caught it for the Utah bound team, but not the Hawaii team. If the system isn't zero tolerance, then teams will continue to try to sneak improper players through. Then when caught by their competition (the best enforcers) , they will make a bunch of excuses as to why it was an innocent mistake, or they didn't know the rules, etc, etc.A couple things to keep in consideration for us. We played in the U18 age group which is comprised of Juniors and Seniors. We lost 6 players to graduation and going to college. Only 1 committed to come play in Hawaii the others had graduation stuff and trips planned long ahead. We had a player who had committed to school trip to Iceland and another player was injured. We did not win National Cup and we were offered a spot as a wild card. When Cal South asked us to attend we said we could do it do it but only if 5 players who signed for next season could also attend. We waited for a response from Cal South and on the final day they approved the roster on 6/4. Of the 18 players on the list our registrar approved 17 and the Cal South employee approved the 1 player in question.
We trusted that Cal South as our governing body approved that our roster was compliant. Cal South made the player transfer AND with the precedent of SMU's B2002 team (we expected Cal South would alert us if there were any problems), we traveled to Hawaii believing that we were in compliance. We would want to get verification from Far West that our roster was compliant but Far West pushes that back to the state association and makes every state association sign an affidavit declaring all their rosters comply. So, Cal South signed an affidavit saying we and every other Cal South team were in compliance.
The confusing aspect of this is that rules change from year to year and no one seems to have a good handle on them. I can assure you moving forward there will be a lot more checks and balances on rosters when traveling out of state.
A couple things to keep in consideration for us. We played in the U18 age group which is comprised of Juniors and Seniors. We lost 6 players to graduation and going to college. Only 1 committed to come play in Hawaii the others had graduation stuff and trips planned long ahead. We had a player who had committed to school trip to Iceland and another player was injured. We did not win National Cup and we were offered a spot as a wild card. When Cal South asked us to attend we said we could do it do it but only if 5 players who signed for next season could also attend. We waited for a response from Cal South and on the final day they approved the roster on 6/4. Of the 18 players on the list our registrar approved 17 and the Cal South employee approved the 1 player in question.
We trusted that Cal South as our governing body approved that our roster was compliant. Cal South made the player transfer AND with the precedent of SMU's B2002 team (we expected Cal South would alert us if there were any problems), we traveled to Hawaii believing that we were in compliance. We would want to get verification from Far West that our roster was compliant but Far West pushes that back to the state association and makes every state association sign an affidavit declaring all their rosters comply. So, Cal South signed an affidavit saying we and every other Cal South team were in compliance.
The confusing aspect of this is that rules change from year to year and no one seems to have a good handle on them. I can assure you moving forward there will be a lot more checks and balances on rosters when traveling out of state.