2025 League Playoff Coach Information

All Head Coaches participating in the 2025 Area 1C League Playoffs must complete and sign this form

AREA 1C LEAGUE PLAYOFF COACH INFORMATION

Dear Area 1C Coaches;

Congrats on finishing your seasons in such a great fashion, and welcome to a fun tournament where you will compete against other teams from Area 1C.  This will be a fun and rewarding weekend, but we will all need to work together to guarantee the success for our youth.

Please review these rules and policies for the League Playoff Tournament; after you have reviewed them, please select the link at the bottom, which will take you to a sheet where you will verify that you have read these rules and policies.

SCHEDULE

1. The weekend schedule is posted on the ayso1c.org website, under PROGRAMS, then League Playoffs.
2. If you finished top of your division, your’re team A from region, if you finished 2nd, you’re team B, and so on (for example, 12UG Region 88 winner is 12UG 88A, and runner up is 88B).
3. This is a single elimination format, so if you win, you move onto the next round.
   First through 4th place will receive medals on Sunday; the champions of each division will move on to the Section 1 Finals, and in the 14UG division, so will the runners up.

FIELDS

There is a link on the ayso1c.org website under the FIELDS tab with directions to each location.

TEAM CHECK IN

1. You will have to check in your team before your first match on Saturday
2. Please check in at the check in table at the field for your first match an hour before your match
3. Have your team together so you check in as a team
4. If you have any players missing during your team check in, you will have to return to the check in desk to check that player in
5. Have one copy of your team roster with you
6. Bring 4 line up cards, printed on hard stock to the check in and hand them to the volunteers 
7. Complete your lineup card; make sure to include your team number (214A, 40B, …), region, division, coach names, and players in ascending jersey number
8. Volunteers will check the player names with the roster, and will ask them their birthdates
9. When they are done checking in your team, they will give you wristbands for you to put on your players’ wrists
10. Volunteers will hand you back all of your game cards for you to take to your matches
11. Wristbands have to be worn during the weekend, if a player loses one, you have to go to a check in table at the field, and check in the player again
12. If a player is absent for your first match, you will have to check in the player before the next match
13. For your players to be eligible to play, they must have played in at least ½ the Core season, and must have registered before the deadline of October 31, 2025
14. If a player is found to be ineligible, the team will forfeit the match
15. Make sure you have a copy of each player’s registration form with the parent’s signature

MATCHES

1. Home team is the team listed first, and will occupy the west or north side of the field, and the away team will occupy the opposite side
2. Home team provides two game balls, away team one
3. In case of uniform color conflicts, home team will wear pinnies
   3 quarter rule for substitutions; each player must play at least ¾ of every game he/she plays in; if because of roster size, any player has to play ½ a game, no other player can play the entire game, and no player can play only ½ a game until everyone else on the team has as well
4. Single elimination format; winner moves on to the next round
5. Spectators on the same touchline as your team, and between the two penalty area lines
6. No spectators beyond the penalty area lines nor behind the goals
7. There will be a 10 minute grace period at the beginning of the match for a team to get its minimum number of players to start; if unable, the match will be forfeited
8. During the first two rounds, basically Saturday, if a match ends in a tie, it will go straight to kicks from the mark; no overtime; however, during the first two rounds, anyone on the team (on the field or on the bench) can take part in the kicks from the mark
9. During the medal rounds, Sunday, if a match ends in a tie, it will go to two 5 minute overtime periods, then if still tied, it will go to kicks from the mark; only players on the field at the end of the match will take part
10. There will be some travel possible between matches, but the schedule allows for teams to get to the next round if they win and move on

FINAL THOUGHTS

1. AYSO - ALL VOLUNTEERS
2. Zero tolerance policy toward volunteer abuse
3. Please tell your team parents to keep the field clean so we can come back and play again in the future
4. Wishing everyone a memorable weekend