CAPTAIN FAQ's

What is the Mission Statement of the WSC?

What are the Vision Statements of the WSC?

• Provide all women 16 years of age and older, regardless of skill level and past playing experience, with an opportunity to learn and play soccer in the WSC within a safe, organized and structured club environment.
• Empowering women to reach an increased self-esteem, self-confidence and self-acceptance through team building and positive peer role models at all levels of play. 
• Women helping women finding strength in numbers on and off the field.
  

1. Each team is required to have two captains. What are duties as captain?

• Exhibit good sportsmanship & understand the mission of the WSC and the WCI
• Insure that all players are registered with the WSC -direct all new members to WSC to registration page
• Contact the WSC Registrar -sjenik@womenssoccerclub.com if need more players/have too many players
• Add players names and current e-mail addresses to the team webroster, making updates as needed
• Assign player fees to individual player accounts on webroster - if player needs scholarship, direct player to WSC Treasurer - nrett@ticon.net
• Encourage players to pay their fees by the deadline to keep team on the schedule
• Review player RSVP for games and contact subs/club cubs if needed for next game
• Collect $10 sub fees to help defray player fees for following session
• Inform the opposing captain as well as the referee of the name of the club subs they will be using for the game: club sub must present their Club ID card
• File an incident report using the game report RSVP if a card was awarded for an injury sustained OR something out of the ordinary resulted the disruption of the game
• Submit the game score to the Game Report RSVP that captains receive via e-mail after the game on the website
• Attend a captains meeting once or twice a year

2. For outdoor, what are my duties as captain different than in indoor?

• The captain is required to submit the Referee Game Report (found on website>Docs) and ALL Player Passes to the referee BEFORE EACH game
• Participate in the coin toss

3. What is the difference beween a club sub and a team sub?

• A club sub is a registered WSC player who is NOT currently on any roster but is available to play on any team like a 'free agent' for the league or division. They need prior approval in writing to be placed on the club sub list. A $10 fee is paid/game played. Club subs cannot play during playoff games as they are not on a team roster.
• A team sub is a registered WSC member on the roster of a particular team. The team sub can ONLY play for the team that they are rostered. Team subs can play in playoffs as they are on the team roster.
• SUBS CAN ONLY PLAY ONE GAME PER NIGHT.
• It is the responsibility of the captain to inform the opposing captain as well as the referee of the name of the club subs they will be using for the game. The club sub must present their Club ID card.

4. What are the deadlines that I need to know as captain?

For club-wide exact deadlines of specific league team fees and webrosters revisions, please visit FEES.

5. Why do I need to post my preliminary webroster and have fees paid so early?

In order for the schedule to be posted on time so that players receive their RSVP's and can respond accordingly to the RSVP by the first game, all rosters and team fees need to be complete on time so that the schedule can be made and posted. The RSVPs go out 3-4 days before each game announcement. For the benefit of the teams, the scheduler needs turnaround time to create the schedule and post it in a timely fashion. If a team does not pay their team fee by the deadline, the team is not put on the schedule.

6. Can I make changes to my webroster once the deadline has passed?

Yes. The reason we need the preliminary webroster up by the deadline is to allow captians to assign team fees to each player by the deadline. Webrosters can be tweaked after that.

7. How are playoff seedings decided?

Using the stats off the website scoreboard and the total number of possible points, the seeding is determined by the # of points earned during a session. A win = 3 points, a tie = 1 point, a loss = 0 points and a shutout = 1 point. If for example a team plays 7 games, the total possible game points is 21. 7 games x 3 points. If the team won 3 games and tied 2 and lost 2 games, their total points would be 3x3=9 + 2 points = 11 total points out of a possible 21 points = 10 points/21 possible game points. Shutouts add additional points. From the scenario mentioned - the team has 10 points/21 possible game points and 2 of those games won were shutouts, add 2 more points. Their score then would be 12/21 with a points differential of 9. If it is a head to head tie, then the team with the lowest Op score gets the higher seeding. 

8. How can a player pay her fees on-line?

• Please go to www.womenssoccerclub.com  
• Login at the top of the page. 
• Put in Your login:
• Put in Your password:
• To reset your password, click on the ? and follow the prompts.
• On the tabs at the top of the page, click "My Fees" tab.  Click on that.  It will take you to a page showing which fees you owe. 
• It will take you to the PayPal site.  Here, it says "Pay with Credit Card or Log In."  Fill out the form on the left side of that page.  Click on the button that says "review order and confirm." 
• The next page shows you what your total is, and then you click "Pay." You should get a thank you page next, and you are done!

9. How is promotion and relegation decided?

To maintain equal and fair competition through out the club, teams are promoted or relegated within each league using the stats from the previous session to determine seed placement of teams in each division within the league. The top one or two teams in the lower division are promoted to the upper division and the lower one or two teams from the upper division are relegated to the lower division.

10. How many players can I have on my roster?

With the team fee system in place, a team can have as many or as few players on their roster as they would like as long as the team fee is paid by the deadline. For outdoor, the team roster usually ranges between 16-18 players. For indoor, the team roster usually ranges 11-12 players.

11. How many team subs can I have on my roster?

With the team fee system in place, a team can have as many subs as they want as long as the team fee is paid by the deadline.

12. How do I score a game on the website?

After every game, an e-mail is automatically generateed requesting that you put the score in for the game. Do so and submit.

13. Can a game be rescheduled?

Outdoor games can only be rescheduled when they are canceled due to inclement weather. Indoor games cannot be rescheduled. Indoor games are not canceled due to inclement weather or because they don't like the game time. If a team requests a game that they know will be hard for their team to get to BEFORE the schedule is created, i.e. suporting a teammate in a bike-tour; team participating in a triathalon, etc...WSC scheduler will consider request.

14. What if there is an incident in a game? What do I do as captain?

If an incident happens: injury or cards given, these must be documented on the incident updates that you will automatically be receiving after every game via e-mail score game reminder.

15. What constitutes a forfeit?

For outdoor - a game is forfeit if less than 7 players  show up at the start of the game. It is to the discretion of the referee to allow for 5 minute grace period until the minimum of 7 players shows. The 5 minutes will be taken from the game time, A game can still be played if the other team agrees to split up their players and have a friendly scrimmage. However, the game is forfeit and the game is scored as 3-0 forfeit. If the opposing team displays a NO SHOW, a score of 3-0 is recorded and a forfeit penalty fee of $30 is assessed which MUST be paid before the next game.

For indoor - a game is forfeit if less than 5 players show up at the start of the game. It is to the discretion of the referee to allow for 5 minute grace period until the minimum of 5 players shows. The 5 minutes will be taken from the game time. A game can still be played if the other team agrees to split up their players and have a friendly scrimmage. However, the game is forfeit and the game is scored as 3-0 forfeit. If the opposing team displays a NO SHOW, a score of 3-0 is recorded and a forfeit penalty fee of $30 is assessed which MUST be paid before the next game.

16. Why are club members required to get involved for 4 points per year in club sponsored events/tasks?

• Help keep session fees affordable for everyone
• Keeps burnout of dedicated volunteers to a minimum
• If everyone does a little, we can accomplishes great things
• Helps to keep expenses down
• Promotes community from within
• Builds club camaraderie and support for each other
• Provide networking opportunites to members
  

17. Are refunds ever given?

Refunds are not given.

SCHOLARSHIP QUESTIONS

1. Should captains assign WCI scholarship fees to players accounts?

No. The administration marks paid via positions/ project scholarship to a player who has been approved to receive scholarship after their scholarship hours have been filled. 

2. How does a player get a scholarship?

On an as needed or deemed necessary basis, scholarship opportunities are available to defray WSC session fees for WSC members. WSC exchanges scholarship dollars for your time through participation in revenue generating events or tasks for the WSC. Please contact GetInvolved! for more information.

3. How it works: For every full or partial session fee scholarship requested, repayment is made via participating 1 hour in revenue generating club tasks or events per $10 scholarship requested.  i.e.  If you work 4 approved scholarship hours, you will receive a $40 credit in the following session. This is not to be confused with the club-wide requirement for every active club member to participate for 4 hours in club sponsored events/tasks which must be met prior to receiving scholarship dollars earned. Both the scholarship & the club commitments can often times be fulfilled in one or two easy opportunities.  Scholarship hours must be completed in the session(s) PRIOR to receiving a credit in the form of an electronic gift card to be used to pay your session fee. Treat this as cash as with a hard copy gift card, if it is lost, it cannot be replaced. WSC maintains the right to approve or disapprove of any activity as satisfying a member’s commitment.

4. How do I find revenue generating opportunities to participate in?  

If you are not currently receiving the monthly WSC e-Newsletter: ‘WSC KICKS’ which comes out the first of each month, please sign up at the WSC homepage. ‘WSC KICKS’ will have club participation updates and opportunities that are available to fulfill your participation commitment. You can check the ‘GetInvolved’ opportunities on the WSC website. This will be a key communication tool along with email and the WSC website GetInvolved Tab.  You can also work directly with the club Special Events Director to find opportunities to participate in revenue generating tasks/events.  

5. How old does a player have to be to join a team?

• In the O25 Premier, a player must be turning 25 or above in the current calander year.
• In the Open Premier/A and Division 1/B, players must be turning 17 or above in the current calander year.
• In the O30, a player must be turning 30 or above in the current calendar year.
• In the O40, a player must be turning 40 in the current calendar year.

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