1. 2017 SPRING PSA Kinder – 4TH OUTDOOR SOCCER COACHES MEETING
MONDAY, February 6TH 7:00PM

2. PSA: VOLUNTEER SOCCER BOARD
LEAGUE
COORDINATOR
ADDRESS
Kindergarten
KEVIN FINK
1st Grade
MICHAEL SHEERAN
2nd Grade
KIM REICHMUTH
3rd Grade
TOD HARROD
4th Grade
ARTHUR CHAN
K-4th Director
RYAN COSTEN (PSA STAFF)
COACHES MENTOR
JON KEEN
REFEREES
MIKE KRAMER (PSA STAFF)
SOCCER DIRECTOR
KAREN WEINERT (PSA STAFF)
Volunteer League Coordinators assist in placing of players, forming of teams, and securing coaches for new teams; they are your first point of contact for player and coach questions
Questions regarding league scheduling should be directed to PSA Staff

3. PSA UNIFORM SHOP PHONE NUMBER: (972) 208-3860
WEBSITE:
HOURS OF OPERATION:
MONDAY-FRIDAY: 12 PM to 7 PM
SATUDAY: 8 AM to 4 PM
CLOSED SUNDAYS or

4. childrens.com/andrews 469-303-3000
Salitza Abrantes, Community Liaison:

5. SPRING OUTDOOR MATRIX LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL FEE TEAM FEE ROSTER SET ON
Field Size
Officials
KINDERGARTEN
$63
$756 12
6v6 PLUS GK
50x30
1 Referee
1st GRADE
$68
$816
2nd GRADE
3rd GRADE
$75
$975 13
8v8 PLUS GK
80x50
2 AR
4th GRADE
2AR

6. Spring Outdoor Soccer Fields
Fields for this Spring Season
K-2nd Arch Gate (6700 Archgate Dr, Plano, TX 75024)
Fields: A, B, C, D, E, G, I
3rd-4th High Point and Schell Park
High Point (6500 Alma Dr, Plano, TX 75023)
Fields: G, I, J, K
Schell Park (2305 Laurel Lane Plano, TX 75074)
Fields: A, B, C
Field maps can be found on PSA website under “Field Maps”
ccer.aspx

7. Arch Gate field Map

8. High point field map

9. Schell park field map

10. OUTDOOR SOCCER TIMELINE
DATE
REGISTRATION CLOSES
FEBRUARY 1
COACHES MEETING
FEBRUARY 6
CONFLICTS DUE
FEBRUARY 7 by 9:00AM
SCHEDULES POSTED
FEBRUARY 13 by 5:00PM
NEW COACHES SEMINAR/TRAINING
FEBRUARY 9 7:00PM
PLAYOFFS (3rd – 4th GRADE)
TBD/APRIL*
SEASON
FEBRUARY 18 – APRIL 23
*All teams are eligible for playoffs 3rd – 4th Grade
*Single Elimination Format
*Specific Dates to be published by April 1st

11. New coaches seminar/training
Thursday, February 9th at 7:00pm at PSA 1 (6500 Preston Meadow Drive, Plano, TX, 75024) in Gym Room #1
Meeting will include important information such as:
Team Set Up
Uniforms
Rules of Game
Coaches Application & Badges
Also discuss how to run age-appropriate practice and provide drills and other important information (Rothman Library, game situations, etc.)
Giveaways of equipment & Dick’s Sporting Goods Certificates at meeting

12. Psa: entering conflicts
Coaches Tools
Enter MySAM Login Info

13. Click on “Conflicts and Setup – All Sports”
Select your Season, League, & Team to enter your Team Conflicts
Your team conflicts will show up in this box

14. Psa: MySam account www.psaplano.org Mysam login link
New customer registration
Adult information
children

15. To view your team schedule, click here
Please contact all of your players with season information no later than Saturday, February 4th
Any roster questions, please contact T.J. Martin
Division requests need to be sent to T.J. Martin
Please confirm that your team is registered in the correct school grade in your MySAM Account
To view your team roster, click here
To invite players to your team, click here
To your team, click here

16. Psa: volunteer to coach
Express interest (to League Coordinator)
Complete application (background check)
Go to PSA to get picture taken
Get Coaches Badge

18. Psa: soccer Teams Registration Game Rules Code of Conduct
Teams or Individuals
Individuals are placed according to request or geography
Game Rules
Code of Conduct
Parent’s Code of Conduct:
Coach’s Code of Conduct:

19. Psa: Soccer teams Rules Roster Form
 Coaches Forms and Rules
Kinder – 10th Grade Soccer Rules
Roster Form
Go to  Coaches Forms and Rules
Spring 2017 Game Roster Form
Each team must submit Roster Form to Referee before each game

20. Each team must submit Roster Form to Referee before each game
Roster Form must have coaches and player names & numbers listed
No roster changes after your team’s 3rd regular season game

21. Score reporting instructions
Both teams should confirm score with referee & then submit the final score in “Coaches Tools”
Click on “Enter Scores”
Enter your MySAM Login information
Enter Scores & Click “Submit”

22. Referee evaluation
Both teams should evaluate referees via our Coaches Tools
Referee Evaluation form will pop up after you have entered final score of game
Both teams have access to fill out referee evaluation online

23. Practice fields
If interested in renting a game field for practice, please contact City of Plano Athletic Operations
All other neighborhood park sites, elementary school sites, etc. are on a first come first serve basis
For more information, please visit:

24. Game scheduling Plan for Spring 2017: Rescheduling Guidelines
Frontload schedule
Rainouts will be rescheduled ASAP on Sunday’s and weeknights
Rescheduling Guidelines
Once the season schedule has been posted, there are NO reschedules
Game Swaps will be allowed; contact PSA Staff

25. cancellations
If we experience bad weather during the week (Monday – Friday), the City of Plano will check the fields sometime early afternoon and notify PSA by 4:00pm on whether or not the fields are playable. Again this is decided by the City of Plano, not PSA
We will then update our PSA Cancellations page as quickly as possible so those who are scheduled to play the first game of the day/night will have plenty of notice
If we experience bad weather over the weekend (Saturday & Sunday), PSA league coordinators and directors will check the fields and update our PSA Cancellations page by 7:00am on Saturday’s and 12:00pm on Sunday’s
If it begins to rain throughout the day, please continue to check the Cancellations page for any updates on game cancellations
Each park & field is different. If you do not see any cancellations for your field, your game is being played
Cancellations Page:

26. Psa is now hiring!
Referees
Steve Buttittia

27. Rules and Information for Outdoor
Jim Hart - Senior Official

28. Psa’s implementation of the heading rule
If a player intentionally plays the ball by using the head
Kinder - 5th Grade Teams
Play is stopped
The opposing team is awarded an Direct Free Kick at the spot where the heading offense occurred
If the heading offense occurs inside the defenders’ own penalty area, a penalty kick is awarded (this is mirroring the hand ball rule)

29. TEXAS THUNDER SOCCER
Texas Thunder Soccer Club has teams at the Club & Academy level
Players may participate on Rec teams & Thunder teams
Professional coaching and development
Skills training
For more information, contact Mike Kramer

30. Sponsor: dick’s sporting goods

31. PSA Soccer Tournaments
K-2nd April Fest April 21-23rd
Futsal May 5-7th
Indoor May19-21st

32. REMINDERS FROM YOUR CHILD
I’m a KID
It’s Just a GAME
My Coach is a VOLUNTEER
The Officials are HUMAN
NO College Scholarships will be Handed Out Today
Thank you and Have Fun!