February 20, 2025: ONLY SUB ROSTER SPOTS ARE LEFT. The cost is $27 and you'll only be invited to games when we are short players. It's up to you to watch for the app game notifications (email / push / text) and join when you're invited and available.
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Welcome! The age 40+ women's recreational soccer league, hosted by the Scripps Ranch Women's Athletic Club (SRWAC), is run in an Open Roster Format -- that means that players register and pay for the season, but are not on designated / "set" teams.
League format and rules:
- While the league is 40+ division, we are open to women who are age 37 during the calendar year.
- Field is 11v11, natural grass.
- Season is 16 weeks with 32 total games.
- Games are 90 minutes with a half-time break. Teams can request quarter breaks for goalie switches and water breaks. In that case, game time is not extended.
- Referees start the clock at 7pm. If teams are not ready to play, the time is not adjusted to allow for the full game.
- There must be 7 players on each team to start the game.
- Cleats and shinguards are required. Jewelry and watches must be covered or removed.
- No slidetackling. Field players cannot touch or protect the ball while on the ground.
- All experienced / skilled / competitive players should be able to adjust their speed and style of play to keep the competition fair and safe.
- We cannot play when the ground is wet, whether or not it is raining at the time the game starts.
- FULL-TIME is $84 non-members / $77 SRWAC Members
- PART-TIME is for "Tuesdays Only" - or - "Thursdays Only" $64 non-members / $55 SRWAC Members
Here are the benefits of the Open Roster League Format:
- All players have access to all games, rather than only scheduled games for single team.
- The mix of players at each game creates the opportunity to get to know each other, adapt to skill differences and build a stronger community.
- Player levels and field positions can be distributed between teams before the game.
- Team managers aren't required.
- Sub players can opt-in to games using the waitlist feature.
- If players want to play together on any given day, they can choose the same color shirt.
The challenges we experience each season and are working to resolve, or adapt to, are as follows:
- Players RSVP in the app as coming and then cancel on the same day, sometimes only minutes before kickoff, not giving replacement players enough time to fill in. The game is then short players.
- Players wait to RSVP and then the game fills up.
- Players RSVP weeks or months in advance and then forget and disregard then reminder notifications.
- Skill levels and competition attitudes of individual players can vary between advanced and casual-intermediate, leaving some players lacking challenge and others not able to comfortably keep up.
- The field quality is not always good. The grass is often dried, clumpy, patchy and field lines aren't visible enough. At other times, it's flooded in the corners and sticky mud in spot.
- All players will generally need to play goalie at least once.
We are open to your feedback and ideas! Please plan to be a KIND, IN CONTROL and RESPECTFUL to all others, including opponents, teammates, referees and fans.