Competitive Player Responsibilities

The following information is designed to give you, the player, an understanding of the rights and responsibilities that come with playing on a competitive soccer team.

Required Commitment: Competitive Soccer requires a substantial time and financial commitment from its players and parents. The fall season runs from the beginning of August until November. The spring season runs from February to May. The tournament season runs from Memorial Day to late August, and there are some tournaments held from Thanksgiving until the start of the spring season. Your team will have a tournament schedule according to its level of play.

Expectations of Players: Players who choose to play competitive soccer are expected to:

• be committed to the sport of soccer and to becoming the best player they can possibly be.
• accept a position on a team for the equivalent to one soccer calendar year. PRIDE Soccer understands and expects that players have other interests and play on organized sports teams other than soccer.
• be committed to being at every possible practice and game. Special arrangements must be made with the individual coach if the player has other regular commitments (such as other sports teams), which will cause the player to miss, or be late to practices or games.
• attend a PRIDE Soccer tryout session or an individual player tryout session. The Pride Coaching Staff or the Coaches Committee will review the results of such tryout sessions.

Players will be guaranteed a position on the selecting team until the next scheduled tryout session at season end, unless the player is released from the team through the proper CSYSA release/transfer procedure.

Playing time for competitive players is earned and is up to the discretion of the team coach. There are no guaranteed playing times for competitive players. Coaches recognize, however that in order for players to develop, playing time is needed.

Selected players must read, agree to and sign the Players Code of Conduct.