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    BC Coastal Soccer League

    Thanks for that information - looking at their contact information on their website, Gotsoccer do appear to be in Jacksonville, so that sounds like that may well be the problem. I think the main issue is more the lack of communication regarding this matter. If an email blast or website update...
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    BC Coastal Soccer League

    Haha - we got the same from our club. For anyone coaching Burnaby District who hasn't heard - there is a backup plan in place again to provide exhibition games (like last weekend) for all teams if the league does not have their schedule sorted out in time, however the latest update is that it...
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    BC Coastal Soccer League

    Has anyone heard any inside information from their club regarding this upcoming weekend? I understand we may not get a schedule until tomorrow or Thursday but if we at least knew that it would be forthcoming that would be a help. Really doesn't help our parents get enamored with soccer when...
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    BC Coastal Soccer League

    Silver and Bronze are going to be geographically tiered per the 2017-18 guide which is available here: "U-13 to U-18 Gold teams will be scheduled to play with the eight (8) districts. U-13 to U-18 teams in levels below Gold will be scheduled to play geographically."
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    BC Coastal Soccer League

    It is pretty frustrating when the problem appear to be self-inflicted by approving and leaving a pretty large scale consolidation of Lower Mainland youth soccer so late. Last year the problems were entirely out of control, but this current situation just looks to be a case of trying to...
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    Should youth soccer season move away from the winter months?

    I think the quantity of practices/games is only one side of the issue. The quality is another thing (and is perhaps overlooked by many). Even my most dedicated players will (understandably) perform at a lower level and learn less new skills during a good chunk of the winter sessions when it is...
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    New Year Restart

    I think it is going to vary City to City. According to the District of North Vancouver Fields twitter page they appear to have done an amazing job and actually cleared their fields on a continuous basis and will be good to go as soon as the cold snap finishes/we get a day of light rain. On the...
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    November 4th - November 6th Weekend Recaps

    Parking wasn't bad really (it was $1 per hour and quite a bit of street parking, so no biggie there - better than UBC's parking situation from my experience). The biggest problem (apart from the field's poor condition) is the leftovers from drug use. There is a needle depository in the park...
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    November 4th - November 6th Weekend Recaps

    I'll hashtag it sarcasm next time - I'm completely on board with grass fields ;) In fact I requested and got a grass field last year and lost only one game - which was a District Cup game that was re-booked to our aging turf field (in order to ensure the game wasn't called off), which ended up...
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    November 4th - November 6th Weekend Recaps

    We managed a 5-2 win on the road, although we're still working through some issues and not playing as well as we were for the first few weeks of the season. The big takeaway from the weekend was the field we played at though. I was coaching my first game at Andy Livingstone Park - goodness me...
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    October 21st - October 23rd Weekend Recaps

    We had an interesting Saturday evening. District decided to re-draw out round of cup games, which meant that we only found out our opposition on Tuesday (which meant that most field bookings were already taken so we had a 7:30pm kickoff on Saturday in West Van, travelling from New West). Due...
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    October 14th - October 16th Weekend Recaps

    Unfortunately not. There is one re-tiering meeting, which per the 4District guide occurs the Monday prior to Thanksgiving (so with a maximum sample size of 4 league games for each team and can be more when bye weeks/weather cancellations). Following that there are no re-tiering dates...
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    October 14th - October 16th Weekend Recaps

    That is great news about the re-tiering date. Certainly makes sense - hopefully 4District follows their lead.
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    October 14th - October 16th Weekend Recaps

    Re-tiering if definitely a area that I think could be improved on (at least from our dealings in 4 District) within youth soccer in the area. One of the problems with our team this season is the early nature and infrequency of the re-tiering (at least within 4District). For example we had...
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    4D schedules

    The trouble is that coaches don't know how strong their team will be and have even less of a clue how strong the other teams will be. The team I'm coaching this year started last season in Silver 1, got dropped down in the re-tiering and then were a mid-table team for the remainder of the...
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    September 30th - October 2nd Weekend Recaps

    We had another strong showing to improve to 3-0 this week. The lads have come along really well, and we held some optional off-season training sessions during mid-late summer which the majority attended and really improved their skills and have gone from a middling U13 Silver 2 team last year...
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    Playing time, at younger ages where no scores or standings are kept.

    I think that most people here are in line with what I presume is a consistent policy for the community clubs in the Lower Mainland of equal playing time until divisional play begins and then a minimum of 50% of playing time for each player. Even at HPL I don't see much point in having huge...
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    How to keep players engaged in training sessions?

    To elaborate on some previous comments - every team is going to have days where they're just not "on". This last year I've coached a U13 Bronze team (without an assistant/co coach) who despite being hyper-competitive, also lack focus in a lot of sessions. The only way to keep on top of it was...
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    2015/2016 Hosted Schedules

    I was looking for U13 - and yes - that does help! Thanks so much!
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    2015/2016 Hosted Schedules

    Thanks for the response. I will touch base with my divisional liaison and see if we can get an answer (I was just hoping there was some archive on BCSC that someone could point me to before taking up his time). Just trying to make sure I don't have kids celebrating thinking they're...
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