2019 MSYSA AGM Booklet

AGM 2019 MSYSA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

MARCH 2, 2019 • TROY, MICHIGAN DETROIT MARRIOTT TROY

THE MICHIGAN STATE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION IS DEDICATED TO EXCELLENCE IN LEADING, EDUCATING, AND SERVING THE SOCCER COMMUNITY.

MSYSA

2019 Annual General Meeting Table of Contents

Section 1

Agenda and Meeting Rules

Section 2

2018 Annual General Meeting Minutes

Section 3

Book of Reports

Section 4

MSYSA Bylaws, Rules, Regulations, and Policies

Section 5

Proposed Revisions to the MSYSA Bylaws, Rules, Regulations, and Policies

Section 6

MSYSA Financial Statement FYE 2018

Section 7

MSYSA Budgets

Section 8

MSPSP Bylaws, Rules, and Regulations

Section 9

MSPSP Financial Statement FYE 2018

Section 10

MSPSP Budgets

Section 11

Notes & Miscellaneous

Section 1: Agenda and Meeting Rules

Section 1

Agenda and Meeting Rules

2019 AGM WEEKEND - SCHEDULE OF EVENTS March 1 - 2, 2019 at the Detroit Marriott in Troy, MI

Friday, March 1, 2019 7:00pm – 9:30pm: MSYSA Awards Ceremony and Dinner Saturday, March 2, 2019 8:00am – 8:30am: Breakfast & AGM Registration 8:00am – 8:30am: MSYSA Board of Director’s Meeting 8:30am – 12:00pm: AGM General Session

CALL TO MSYSA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING To: From: Date: RE:

All MSYSA League Presidents and Delegates Robin Crawford, MSYSA President January 11, 2019 2019 Annual General Meeting

Pursuant to the Michigan State Youth Soccer Association Bylaws, I am officially calling all Presidents and Delegates to meet for the MSYSA Annual General Meeting. The AGM is scheduled for Saturday, March 2, 2019 from 8:30am – 12:00pm at the Detroit Marriott hotel in Troy. Breakfast will be served before the meeting at 8:00am – 8:30am.

The 7th Annual MSYSA Awards Ceremony and Recognition Dinner will be held the night before the AGM on Friday, March 1, 2019 from 7:00pm – 9:30pm. Two complimentary event passes will be provided to each league. Additional event passes can be purchased from MSYSA at $60 per ticket. Please see the order form included in this communication.

The Agenda, Meeting Rules, Nominating Committee Report, and AGM Proxy Statement are also included in this communication. You are encouraged to view the AGM Book online (to be posted at http://mi-agm.com). There will be a limited supply of physical AGM Books available on-site. For your convenience, all items will be posted online at http://www.michiganyouthsoccer.org/Page846.aspx.

Attendees who wish to stay overnight at the hotel on Friday may do so by making their reservations directly with the hotel. The cost per room is $104.00 plus tax. Please call the Detroit Marriott directly at 248-680-9797 and reference the Michigan State Youth Soccer Association. All reservations must be made by February 15, 2019.

Please let us know if your league will be in attendance at the Awards Ceremony and the AGM by filling out the RSVP form at https://www.gotsport.com/forms/open/form.asp?FormID=2428. The RSVP form is due no later than February 15, 2019.

If the League President is unable to attend the AGM but wishes to send a different individual from the League Board of Directors on his/her behalf, the AGM Proxy Statement must be filled out in its entirety with all necessary signatures and sent to the MSYSA State Office no later than 4:30pm on Monday, February 25, 2019.

I look forward to your attendance at the upcoming AGM! Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely, Mr. Robin Crawford President

2019 AGM MEETING AGENDA 1.

Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America

2.

Opening Remarks by Robin Crawford, MSYSA President and Special Guest(s)

3.

Roll Call of Leagues Present

4.

Credentials Committee Report

5.

Adoption of Meeting Rules

6.

Approval of Agenda

7.

Report of Approved 2018 Annual General Meeting Minutes

8.

Approval of New Leagues

9.

Supplemental Credentials Committee Report

10.

Approval of Actions of the MSYSA Board of Directors

11.

Proposed Revisions to the MSYSA Bylaws

12.

Proposed Revisions to MSYSA Budgets for FY 2019 and FY 2020

13.

Proposed MSYSA Budget for FY 2021

14.

Open/Close of MSYSA Nominations

15.

Election of MSYSA Officers (Vice President and Recording Secretary for 2-year terms)

16.

Election of District Commissioners (1 person from each District for 1-year terms)

17.

Election of MSYSA Nominating Committee

18.

Open/Close of MSPSP Nominations

19.

Election of MSPSP Officers (MSPSP Chairperson, Secretary/Treasurer, and Scheduler for 2-year terms)

20.

Proposed MSPSP Budget for FY 2019-2020

21.

New Business

22.

For the Good of the Game

23.

Adjournment

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING RULES – 2019 1.

Identification badges issued by the credentials committee shall be worn for admission to all meetings and events. Badges may not be transferred without proper action by the credentials committee.

2.

The president shall appoint a committee of three to approve the AGM minutes.

3.

AGM delegates and MSYSA Board Members wishing to speak shall line up at the floor microphones.

Upon being recognized, AGM delegates and MSYSA Board Members shall give his or her name and office, title, or league.

4.

AGM delegates and MSYSA Board Members are required to follow rules of decorum in debate especially as it relates to confining remarks to the pending item of business, avoiding the use of other delegates’ or board members’ names, and not carrying on discussion directly with another AGM delegate or MSYSA Board Member.

5.

Debate shall be limited to one speech of not more than two (2) minutes for each AGM delegate and/or MSYSA Board Member on each debatable motion or bylaw amendment. Allowed time is not transferable or cumulative.

6.

For elections with more than the number of candidates to be elected, candidates for office will be allowed up to three (3) minutes to address the assembly immediately after nominations for office are closed.

7.

Motions to close, limit, or extend debate shall require a majority vote.

8.

All main motions and amendments shall be presented to the presiding officer and secretary in writing and shall be signed by the maker of the motion.

9.

An amendment to strike out one word or a set of words in multiple places and to insert a different word or a set of words in all of those places shall be in order, and shall be deemed to include appropriate modifications in capitalization, number (singular or plural), and case (possessive).

10. The secretary will be authorized to correct article and section designations, punctuation, and crossreferences, and to make such other technical and conforming changes as may be necessary to reflect the intent of the membership in connection with the proposed amendments to the bylaws, rules, regulations and policies adopted at the AGM. 11. Proposed MSYSA Bylaws amendments 3 through 23 shall be deemed to be on the consent calendar.

When the proposed bylaws are considered, following any introductory remarks by the MSYSA Bylaws and Standing Rules Committee Chair, the presiding officer shall call up the consent calendar. The presiding officer shall then announce that any delegate may demand separate consideration of any bylaws amendment or amendments on the consent calendar, and shall thereafter allow no less than

30 seconds for delegates to seek recognition to demand such separate consideration and the consent calendar shall not be further considered while any delegate is seeking recognition for that purpose.

The bylaws amendments remaining on the consent calendar after any such demands shall then be considered for adoption in gross without debate or amendment. Thereafter any bylaws amendments originally on the consent calendar whose separate consideration was demanded shall be taken up for consideration under the regular rules established for the 2019 AGM. 12. Electronic keypad voting shall be authorized for all business conducted during this meeting except incidental main motions, uncontested elections, or otherwise as ordered by the president or assembly.

Voting by electronic keypad devices shall be deemed to be a Division of the Assembly.

13. No representative shall vote in more than one (1) capacity. (See Bylaw Article VII, Section 7B). Voting by proxy is permissible given that all MSYSA bylaws and rules are adhered to.

14. Cell phones and pagers shall be silenced during all meetings.

Section 2: 2018 AGM Minutes

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Michigan State Youth Soccer Association Annual General Meeting Saturday, March 10, 2018 Call to Order: The Annual General Meeting of Michigan State Youth Soccer Association was called to order Saturday, March 10, 2018 by President Robin Crawford at 8:34 a.m. at The H Hotel located in Midland, Michigan.

The Pledge of Allegiance is recited.

President Robin Crawford requested a moment of silence for those that have served our sport and are no longer with us today.

President Robin Crawford provided opening remarks. Robin introduced Mr. Gerhard Mengel and spoke about Gerhard’s involvement in soccer and his many years of service. Robin reported on the outstanding individuals who received awards at the MSYSA Annual Awards and Hall of Fame Ceremony the prior evening.

A highlight video was shown.

Robin relayed that two rule amendments need membership approval and will be addressed under New Business.

Robin reported that MSYSA has completed the first phase of the US Soccer’s new Certification Standards Program.

Phase I of US Soccer’s program was designed to measure the alignment of their organizational members with their Bylaws, Rules and Policies.

Robin relayed that MSYSA has contracted Mr. Jim Stewart of Sharper Counsel LLC to facilitate an MSYSA Planning Weekend to address our poaching and illegal recruitment rules. MSYSA leagues will receive a survey from Mr. Stewart in advance of the Planning Weekend.

Robin thanked the Michigan Referee Committee for their efforts towards growing youth referees and retaining youth referees throughout the State of Michigan.

Robin Crawford asked Tom Faro, MSYSA Executive Director, to provide an update on the recently enacted legislation relating to Sex Abuse Prevention and Education.

MSYSA President Robin Crawford recognizes MSYSA Recording Secretary Sam Crabtree to call roll. MSYSA Secretary commences with roll call.

League Name Ann Arbor United Soccer Club Bad Axe Soccer Association Bay Area Soccer Association Birmingham-Bloomfield Soccer Club Bloomfield Hills Youth Soccer League Cadillac Soccer Association Canton Soccer Club Capital Area Soccer League Charlevoix Youth Soccer Cheboygan Soccer Association City of Plymouth Recreation Department

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Present/Absent/Excused Present Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Present Absent Absent Absent Absent

Clawson Youth Soccer Crawford AuSable Soccer Association CW3 Soccer Association Dearborn Heights Soccer Club Dearborn Soccer Club Detroit PAL Downriver Youth Soccer League Eastside FC Elk Rapids Soccer Club Farmington Soccer Club Fraser Soccer Club Freeland Soccer Club Garden City Soccer Club Gaylord Soccer League Gladwin County Youth Soccer Association Goodrich Soccer Club Grand Traverse Soccer League Grand Valley Soccer Association Great Lakes Coed Soccer League Grosse Ile Soccer Association Hamburg Community Soccer Club Harbor Springs Soccer League Hartland Community Soccer Association Hillsdale Soccer Club Houghton Lake Soccer Association Huron Soccer Association Indian River Soccer Association Kalkaska Area Youth Soccer Organization Kingsley Recreational Soccer League Lakes Area Youth Soccer League Lakeshore Youth Soccer League Leelanau County Soccer Club Ludington Soccer Club Macomb Recreational Soccer League Madison Heights Youth Soccer Association Marysville Youth Soccer Association Michigan Chill Soccer Club Michigan Jaguars FC Michigan Premier Soccer Academy (MPSA) Michigan State Developmental Soccer League Michigan Tigers Futbol Club Michigan Youth Soccer League Michigan Yemen Sports Association Midland Soccer Club Mid-Michigan Youth Soccer League Milan Youth Soccer Club Monroe Area Soccer Association

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Present Absent Present Present Present Absent Absent Present Absent Present Absent Absent Present Absent Present Present Absent Absent Present Present Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Present Absent Present Present Absent Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present Present Present Absent

National Youth Soccer (NYS) North Macomb Community Youth Soccer Northland United Soccer Club Northville Soccer League Orion/Oxford Soccer League Petoskey Youth Soccer Association Redford Soccer Club Reeths Puffer Soccer Club Rochester Youth Soccer League Roscommon North Youth Soccer Association Roseville Youth Soccer Club Royal Oak Youth Soccer Association Saginaw Township Soccer Association Saline Area Soccer Association Sault Soccer Association South Lyon Soccer Club South Oakland County Soccer St. Clair Shores Youth Soccer League Superiorland Soccer Association Taylor Soccer League Thunderbay Soccer Association Traverse Bay Area Youth Soccer Troy Soccer Club Troy Youth Soccer League United Soccer League Upper Peninsula Football Association Van Buren Community Soccer Association Warren Youth Soccer Association Wayne/Westland Soccer League West Michigan Youth Soccer Association Western Suburban Soccer League Wolves-Hawks Soccer Club MSPSP Robin Crawford Mike Poulos Sam Crabtree Andrew Klaczkiewicz Wendy Zielen Gerhard Mengel Ron Grobbel Brian Scherzer Dan McEvilly Yvonne Curtis Doug Prim David Jagodzinski Denise Moote David Jagodzinski

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Absent Absent Present Present Absent Present Present Present Absent Absent Absent Present Present Present Absent Absent Present Present Absent Present Absent Present Absent Present Absent Absent Present – Non Voting Present Present Present Present Absent Present Present Present Present Present Present Present Absent Present Present Present Present Present Present Present

Denise Moote

Present

Credential Committee Chairman Sarah Shiguango is recognized and reports that as of 9:12am, there are the following total members present: Total Voting Members: 43 Total Board Members 9 (non-voting) Total Non-voting Delegates 17 Total Attendance 69 Motion: Adoption of the Credentials Committee Report Motion: Approved.

Bay Area Soccer Association Arrived Credential Committee Chairman Sarah Shiguango is recognized and reports that as of 9:21am, there are the following total members present: Total Voting Members: 44 Total Board Members 9 (non-voting) Total Non-voting Delegates 17 Total Attendance 70 Motion: Adoption of the updated Credentials Committee Report at 9:21am.

Motion: Approved.

President Robin Crawford recognizes MSYSA Recording Secretary Sam Crabtree to present the meeting rules.

MSYSA Recording Secretary, Sam Crabtree presents the meeting rules.

President Robin Crawford asks if the membership has objections to the meeting rules.

Motion: Adoption of the Meeting Rules Motion: Approved President Robin Crawford asks if the membership wishes to make any changes to the agenda.

Motion: Adoption of the agenda with amendment to Annual General Meeting Rule #13 which should be Article VII Rule 6B (not 7B).

Motion: Approved President Robin Crawford announces the appointment of Tyler Zbik as timekeeper for the meeting.

President Robin Crawford announces the appointment of the following people who will serve on the 2018 AGM Minutes Approval Committee: Chair – Andrew Cislo, Pete Fenwick and Doug Prim.

President Robin Crawford announces the appointment of those that will serve as Tellers (in the event they are needed) for the 2018 AGM: Chair - Steve Wilson, Josh Sherman and Danielle Guzman.

President Robin Crawford recognizes MSYSA Recording Secretary, Sam Crabtree to report on the 2017 AGM Minutes.

MSYSA Recording Secretary Sam Crabtree announces that the 2017 AGM Minutes have been approved by the 2017 Minutes Approval Committee.

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President Robin Crawford announced National Youth Soccer (NYS) and Macomb Recreational Soccer League as the two new member organizations of MSYSA. National Youth Soccer (NYS) and Macomb Recreational Soccer League are not present.

The next item of business is to approve the 2017 Actions of the Board of Directors.

Motion: To approve the 2017 Actions of the Board Motion: Approved The next item of business is the nominations for the MSYSA officer’s positions.

The nominated candidate for MSYSA President is Robin Crawford.

President Robin Crawford opens the nominations for MSYSA President.

Nominations for MSYSA President are closed.

The nominated candidate for MSYSA Treasurer is Mike Poulos.

President Robin Crawford opens the nominations for MSYSA Treasurer.

Nominations for MSYSA Treasurer are closed.

The nominated candidate for MSYSA Recreational Director is Dan McEvilly.

President Robin Crawford opens the nominations for MSYSA Recreational Director.

Dave Harris, Michigan Youth Soccer League, nominated Brian Scherzer for MSYSA Recreational Director.

Nominations for MSYSA Recreational Director are closed.

Robin Crawford is elected MSYSA President by acclimation.

Mike Poulos is elected MSYSA Treasurer by acclimation.

Brian Scherzer is elected MSYSA Recreational Director.

President Robin Crawford calls for a recess for districts to caucus and elect their respective District Commissioners.

Meeting adjourned at 9:44am.

Meeting reconvened at 10:10am.

President Robin Crawford announces the elected District Commissioners by the members in their respective districts.

David Jagodzinski is elected as District Commissioner for the Metro Central District Denise Moote is elected as District Commissioner for the Metro Southwest District Matt Solek is elected as District Commissioner for the North District Doug Prim is elected as District Commissioner for the West District Yvonne Curtis is elected as District Commissioner for the Metro East District President Robin Crawford calls on the current MSYSA Treasurer, Mike Poulos to present the 2018 and 2019 revised budget. MSYSA Treasurer, Mike Poulos presents the revised budgets.

Motion: Adoption of the 2018 and 2019 MSYSA revised budgets.

Motion: Approved President Robin Crawford calls on current MSYSA Treasurer, Mike Poulos to present the 2020 budgets. MSYSA Treasurer, Mike Poulos presents the 2020 budget.

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Motion: Adoption of the 2020 MSYSA budget as presented.

Motion: Approved President Robin Crawford recognizes the MSPSP Chair, Wendy Zielen, to present the business of MSPSP. The next item of business is the nominations for the MSPSP officer’s positions.

The nominated Candidate for MSPSP Vice-Chairperson is Oscar Castaneda.

Chairperson Wendy Zielen opens the nominations for MSPSP Vice-Chairperson.

Dave Harris, Michigan Youth Soccer League, nominated Pete Morrissey.

Nominations for MSPSP Vice-Chairperson are closed.

The nominated Candidate for MSPSP Statistician is Mark Caddy.

Chairperson Wendy Zielen opens the nominations for MSPSP Statistician.

Nominations for MSPSP Statistician are closed.

The nominated Candidate for MSPSP Commissioner is Bill Smith.

Chairperson Wendy Zielen opens the nominations for MSPSP Commissioner.

Nominations for MSPSP Commissioner are closed.

Oscar Castaneda is elected as MSPSP Vice-Chairperson.

Mark Caddy is elected as MSPSP Statistician by acclimation.

Bill Smith is elected as MSPSP Commissioner by acclimation.

The next item of business is the proposed changes to the MSPSP Bylaws; Rules, Regulations and Policies.

Motion: Amending presented MSPSP Bylaws by consent calendar with the exception of item 9 and 10.

Motion: Approved.

Motion: Amending presented MSPSP Bylaw Article III Section 2 (1).

Motion: Approved.

Motion: Amending presented MSPSP Bylaw Article III, Section 2 (2).

Motion: Approved.

The next item of business is the proposed budget for MSPSP fiscal year 2018-2019.

Chairperson Wendy Zielen presents the 2018-2019 budget.

Motion: Adoption of the 2018-2019 MSPSP budget as presented.

Motion: Approved President Robin Crawford opens the floor for New Business.

Dave Harris, Michigan Youth Soccer League, inquired if MSYSA could provide as part of the Annual General Meeting book a listing of all MSYSA Board Member and MSYSA Committee Members as well as a hierarchy of the National Governing Bodies within US Soccer Federation, US Youth Soccer, MSYSA, etc.

Tom Faro reported on recent staff changes and thanked the MSYSA Staff and MSYSA Board of Directors for their continued support and efforts.

Robin Crawford, MSYSA President presented amended MSYSA Rule 2.11 and amended MSYSA Rule 3.4 for membership approval.

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Motion: To approve the proposed amendments to MSYSA Rule 2.11 and MSYSA Rule 3.4 to be effective immediately.

Motion: Approved.

Floor closed for New Business.

President Robin Crawford opens the floor for announcements that are for ‘Good of the Game’.

Steve McGuirk, Northville Soccer Association, reported on a referee mentoring program that is taking place in Plymouth on April 20, 2018.

The 2019 MSYSA Annual General Meeting will take place on March 1-2, 2019 at the Marriott hotel in Troy, Michigan.

Floor closed for ‘Good of the Game’ announcements.

With no objections, President Robin Crawford adjourns the meeting at 11:06am.

Sam Crabtree, Recording Secretary Michigan State Youth Soccer Association, Inc.

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Section 3

Book of Reports

Section 3: Book of Reports

2018 US SOCCER FEDERATION & US YOUTH SOCCER This chart focuses specifically on the structure of youth soccer. Please visit the US Soccer website for a complete picture of all other areas.

US Soccer

Athletes' Council

American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO)

Professional Council

Soccer Association for Youth (SAY)

Youth Council

US Youth Soccer (USYSA)

State Associations (MSYSA)

Adult Council

US Club Soccer

US Specialty Sports Association (USSSA)

2018 MSYSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS President – Robin Crawford Vice President – Andrew Klaczkiewicz Treasurer – Mike Poulos Recording Secretary – Vacant Recreational Director – Brian Scherzer MSPSP Chair – Wendy Zielen MSA Chair – Gerhard Mengel State Youth Referee Administrator – Ron Grobbel Metro Central District Commissioner – David Jagodzinski Metro East District Commissioner – Yvonne Curtis Metro Southwest District Commissioner – Denise Moote North District Commissioner – Matt Solek West District Commissioner – Doug Prim

2018 MSYSA COMMITTEE MEMBERS TOPSoccer Committee • Dianna Dykstra (Chair)

Nominating Committee • Steve McGuirk (Chair) • Bob Arnold • Bryant Goodreau • Ken Pope • Mike Scobie

Bylaws & Standing Rules Committee • Mark Klein (Chair) • Mike Poulos • George Hageage • John Redente • Danielle Guzman • Robin Crawford

Discipline & Appeals Committee • Steve Wilson (Chair) • Robin Crawford • Others as needed

Poaching & Illegal Recruiting Committee • Ruth Dober (Chair) • Chris Jackett • Anthony Spica • Annalisa Van Houten • Robin Crawford

Budget-Finance Committee • Lori Bederka (Chair) • Mike Poulos • Josh Sherman • Robin Crawford • Andrew Klaczkiewicz • Tom Faro

Cup Competition Committee • Robin Crawford (Chair) • Tom Faro • Steve Wilson • Josh Sherman • Sarah Shiguango

Recreational Committee • Brian Scherzer (Chair) • Paul Thomas • Mark Zathey • Robin Crawford

Risk Management Committee • Tom Faro (Chair) • Duane Johnson • Danielle Guzman • Robin Crawford

AGM 2018 Minutes Approval Committee • Andrew Cislo (Chair) • Pete Fenwick • Doug Prim

2018 MSYSA STATE OFFICE STAFF Executive Director – Thomas Faro Technical Director – Mark Zathey Director of Coaching Education – Paul Thomas Director of Events – Sarah Shiguango Director of Programs – Josh Sherman Member Services Manager – Danielle Guzman Program Manager (MSPSP) – Tyler Zbik Accounting Manager – Lori Bederka Administrative Assistant – Julie Pearson

MSYSA President Report Robin Crawford Dear League Presidents & Delegates: As you may know, there are many changes occurring regionally and nationally. US Youth Soccer recently elected a new Chairperson in Dr. Peter Zopfi, and US Youth Soccer has moved forward with the hiring of General Managers to manage each of its four (4) Regions. US Youth Soccer is also in the process of re-branding and aligning its programs, events, and tournaments so that they are comparable from Region to Region. Recently, State Associations were informed that US Youth Soccer may seek a potential fee increase. Please note that MSYSA has elected not to budget a potential fee increase in fiscal budgets ’19, ’20 or ’21.

In February, Carlos Cordeiro was elected President of US Soccer. In addition, US Soccer established a Member Standards and Certification program. Phase I of their program was designed to measure the alignment of Member Organizations (e.g. State Associations) with US Soccer Bylaws, Rules, and Policies (MSYSA meets the required criteria). We anticipate receiving additional information with respect to potential and/or additional phases of this program. US Soccer recently rolled out in-person and online grassroots education for coaches. In addition, the MSYSA Staff is working with US Soccer to ensure that our registration data is provided to US Soccer, as required, through their new National Data Center (NDC).

Unfortunately, Michigan was not selected by US Youth Soccer to host a Target United (Recreation) Cup. Last year, the tournament was held in Muskegon, MI. MSYSA will continue to work at trying to return the event to Michigan. This summer, however, MSYSA is looking forward to hosting the Regional Championships in June in Saginaw and the Regional Boys & Girls ODP Camps in July also in Saginaw. Thank you to our staff for their efforts to bring these events to Michigan!

The MSYSA Board of Directors continues to be good financial stewards of the Association’s funds. Per policy, approximately 6 months of anticipated expense is restricted in operating reserves. Our financial stability is due, in part, to good financial controls, proper business practices, streamlined processes, good governance, and quality programming and events.

In closing, I thank all of you for what you do to improve and grow our sport.

Sincerely, Robin Crawford

MSYSA Executive Director Report Thomas Faro Dear League Presidents and League Delegates: As relayed at last year’s AGM, the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017 was signed into law. In brief, the legislation requires all National Governing Bodies (e.g. US Soccer) and its members to immediately report suspected child abuse, including sexual abuse, within 24 hours. Other aspects of the legislation include establishing reasonable procedures to limit one-on-one interactions, policies and procedures to prevent emotional, physical, and sexual abuse of amateur athletes, and to provide consistent training concerning child abuse prevention to all Adult Members. MSYSA currently offers online awareness/prevention training, at no cost, using an access code, through the U.S. Center for SafeSport. The awareness/prevention training consists of three (3) training modules which include: Sexual Misconduct Awareness, Mandatory Reporting, and Emotional & Physical Misconduct. For information on accessing and completing the training, please visit our website. Be advised that while the completion of the awareness/prevention training is currently recommended, all MSYSA Adult Members will be required to complete the training on or before September 1, 2019. Please share this information with your MSYSA affiliated Adult Members. An application programming interface (API) that interacts with our GotSoccer registration system should be available in early 2019. In addition, the MSYSA Board of Directors anticipates adopting a specific athlete and participant safety policy, as required by US Soccer, after the New Year. This work is in progress and will be communicated when available.

MSYSA recently addressed poaching and illegal recruitment rules with representatives from affiliated clubs and leagues. In short, the MSYSA Board of Directors adopted an improved means to facilitate grievances. The MSYSA Poaching & Illegal Recruitment Committee now hears all alleged illegal recruitment violations rather than just those allegations involving clubs not affiliated by the same league. Future discussions on Rule 3.7 could include outlining violations that would or would not apply at certain levels of play. (e.g. Recreation, Select/Travel, MSPSP, NLC, etc.)

With respect to coach education, MSYSA now offers grassroots coaching education (in-person modules) and has dedicated resources to assist in the continued development of our coaching instructors.

In closing, I wish to thank all of you! Our sport’s growth and development cannot happen without each of you.

We know that some of you continue to face challenges locally and we remain committed to helping you and your respective organizations in any way that we can.

Finally, thank you to Robin Crawford, MSYSA President and to the MSYSA Board of Directors for their continued hard work and support. I also wish to especially thank my co-workers at the MSYSA State Office. I could not ask for a better team to work with!

Sincerely, Thomas Faro

MSYSA Technical Director Report Mark Zathey I hope this note finds our soccer ambassadors well. The purpose of the following report is to provide an update of MSYSA’s impact on youth soccer in Michigan.

We continue to offer a connection to our grassroots members through a variety of opportunities for our clubs and their coaches to develop their knowledge of the game. We continue to offer our in-service program and our online resources. The content and delivery of these face-to-face meetings can be tailored to the interests of the local members. This helps the coaches and clubs we serve gain a more in-depth knowledge about the age groups they are coaching, which ultimately provides a better experience for their players. I encourage every member to explore the online modules and recreational curriculums, and to take advantage of our free inservice program.

US Soccer has introduced four separate courses which are tailored to age groups and subsequent playing formats. The 4v4, 7v7, 9v9, and 11v11 courses have been introduced in place of what we knew as the USSF ‘E’ License. US Soccer introduced the 4 hour in-person courses in an effort to meet the coaches where they are at in their current coaching environment. Each course is delivered in a four-hour time block. There is an assignment that follows the course that is completed in the online learning portal, the US Soccer Digital Coaching Center. This abbreviated time investment allows more grassroots coaches to access the content from the coaching education pathway. Furthermore, US Soccer released an online learning version of the 4v4, 7v7, 9v9, and 11v11 courses. The objective of the online learning option is to broaden the reach of the coaching education content to allow greater access to those who were hindered to attending in-person courses due to logistics of geography, time constraints, etc.

Furthermore in 2018, the US Soccer coaching education department introduced the USSF Grassroots Instructor License. Following the introduction to this new Grassroots Instructor License, the USSF coaching education department issued a mandate giving current and future coaching education staff instructors a timeline to go through and complete the new USSF Grassroots Instructor License course by 2020. All current and prospective future coaching education instructors must complete the Grassroots Instructors License to deliver US Soccer courses. MSYSA currently has three staff instructors who are in good standing as USSF Grassroots Instructors.

Furthermore, we have two more instructors who we anticipate will complete their Instructor License course in February, giving us a total of five US Soccer Grassroots Instructors in good standing. We anticipate sending our remaining instructional staff for the US Grassroots Instructor course. Zac Crawford has been hired by US Soccer’s Coaching Education department full time. Zac’s role is the lead US Soccer Grassroots Coach Educator.

Barry Pauwels replaces Nico Romenijn as USSF’s new Director of Coaching Education. Nico remains with US Soccer. Nico is taking on a new, broader role as the Chief Sport Development Officer.

More information can be found on U.S. Soccer’s website, www.ussoccer.com.

In July, we again hosted a U.S. Soccer C License in state. We have also been approved to offer a 2019 USSF C License. Phase one will be April 1st-5th at Ultimate Soccer Arena. Phase two is June 24th-28th.

Additionally, MSYSA continues a relationship to broaden coaching education opportunities with the United Soccer Coaches Association, formerly known as the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).

New course offerings included the Goalkeeper Level 1, 2 & 3 Diplomas as well as the Director of Coaching course.

Our Olympic Development Program continues under the umbrella of Region 2. We are fortunate to host the Region 2 summer camp locally at Saginaw Valley State University. The current Region 2 camp is now invitationbased format from the Region 2 staff. Our MSYSA state staff submits our list of players ranked by position to the Region 2 staff. Region 2 subsequently invites players to Regional camp at their discretion. These changes were made to reduce the per player costs, limit the time commitment, and increase the overall quality of the player pool at camp. Our program is now a three-step process: 1) Identify players for the state pool training. Players are identified through the ID weekend (late-July/early-August), club recommendations, and scouting. 2) State Pool Training. These trainings are held in the winter. Trainings are used to train and select each age group’s state team. 3) Sub Regional Events. Each age group’s state team participate in a sub-regional event. These are held in February and are used to identify potential state pool players that should be recommended to the region for their ID camp. Finally, we also continued to see tremendous support and participation numbers in our ODP 101 and GK Academy programs. Both are designed to offer additional developmental training for players around the state.

Our youth soccer community in Michigan is dependent on club and league volunteers, administrators, coaches, players and parents. We will continue to serve in our role as a supporting organization to support our players and coaches!

Yours in soccer, Mark Zathey

MSYSA Vice President Report Andrew Klaczkiewicz Thank you for providing me the opportunity to serve as your Vice President. This past year has been a very active year! The landscape of youth soccer continues to change in our state and across the country. As such, I believe the MSYSA Board of Directors and MSYSA Staff are doing a good job of keeping up and communicating with our affiliated members in a timely manner.

This past year, I promised to be an active and engaged Board Member. I’ve had the opportunity to meet with a number of league delegates and I look forward to meeting with more of you in the coming months at District Meetings. There was no Regional meeting this past fall. However, I will be attending the Regional Meeting in early January at the US Youth Soccer Workshop in Chicago, IL. I also look forward to attending the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) Annual General Meeting in February 2019.

Gerhard Mengel from the Michigan Soccer Association (MSA) provided me the opportunity to represent MSYSA at their Annual General Meeting. The relationship that MSYSA has with MSA is very good and it is worth noting that both organizations work together for the benefit of our sport.

I had the pleasure of attending our Boys and Girls State Cup events this past year. Again, I heard many compliments about the player experience and on how well MSYSA events are run, and I very much enjoyed my interaction with our affiliated coaches and teams.

I continue to help and support STSA, Tom Faro, and the MSYSA staff with the Regional Championships being held in Saginaw in June of 2019. I look forward to seeing our teams compete at the tournament. If any of you are interested in volunteering during the tournament, please let me, the MSYSA State Office, or Saginaw Township Soccer Association know.

In closing, I want to recognize the efforts of our Board and Staff on the recent MSYSA Administrative Workshop.

There was no charge for the event and the sessions were quite good. I encourage all of you to attend future Administrative Workshops. I look forward to my continued relationship with the membership, the MSYSA Board of Directors, and the MSYSA State Office team to continue MSYSA offerings to strengthen our membership.

Warmest Regards, Andrew Klaczkiewicz

MSPSP Chairperson Report Wendy Zielen The Michigan State Premier Soccer Program reports successful seasons on behalf of our 13,000+ players, 600+ coaches, 800+ teams, 110+ clubs, and 50+ divisions in the past year. MSPSP looks forward to the continued betterment of our organization with new and ongoing initiatives in 2019.

Member clubs and leagues: • Now accepting online payments for all fees including reschedules, registration, early pass cards, late player additions, etc.

• Continued streamlining to ease the registration process, including digital pass card distribution and shipment of registration materials upon demand.

Players: • Working to allow player development by allowing new player additions until before the first match is played and less restrictive transfer window, Nov 1st – March 1st • Up to 5 pass card players per team • Granting six $2000 scholarships to graduating seniors currently playing MSPSP Coaches: • Increasing team officials from three to four on the roster at no additional fee to promote flexibility on the field when coaches have conflicting events.

• Co-sponsoring of coaching symposiums in conjunction with MSYSA • Requesting division feedback from coaches and providing divisioning meetings to receive direct input from coaches for the purpose of enhancing optimal play within appropriate divisions.

Referees: • Collaboration with state assignors to facilitate MSPSP referee assignments for 2500+ games per season, including an updated reschedule policy to better accommodate referees and teams.

• Support of referee mentoring programs Parents: • Enhancing MSPSP visibility with updated logo and branding • Working with MSYSA to provide programs that benefit coaches, players, and also include the parents • Development of sportsmanship program - pilot planned for Spring 2019 On behalf of the MSPSP Board of Directors, we are very grateful to all of our coaches, players, parents, and referees for your commitment and dedication to youth soccer, and for the vital feedback you have provided on how we can better serve you. The Board especially wishes to thank program manager, Tyler Zbik, for stepping into your new position with dedication and enthusiasm.

Wendy Zielen

MSYSA State Youth Referee Administrator Report Ron Grobbel Twenty-one referees, and five assessors attended the US Youth Soccer Midwest Regional Tournament (Westfield, IN). Fourteen referees earned a semi-final assignment and nine received a final assignment.

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Six referees from the MI delegation were selected to represent MI/Midwest Region at the US Youth National Championship Tournament: Joshua Abts, Bradley Barlog, Conlan Campbell, Michael Koziara, Joe Suchoski (Referees), and Joseph Knoff (AR). Three of these referees earned a final assignment.

Midwest Region awards banquet. o Joseph Suchoski was honored with the Terry Vaughn Male referee of the tournament award.

Eight referees and two assessors attended the US Youth Soccer Midwest Presidents Cup Tournament (West Chester, OH). Seven of the referees earned a final assignment.

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Meghan Brasseur, Tyler Gregory, and Nicola Vesia were selected to represent MI at the US Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup.

A total of 174 matches were played at the MSYSA Spring State Cup weekends and 66 were played at the Fall State Cup weekends. A total of 815 referee assignments were scheduled for these events.

Referee development continues to be a priority for the Michigan Referee Committee. This past year the MRC registered a total of 4,853 referees.

Almir Celovic (Lansing) and Amber Festian (Plymouth) were recognized as the 2018 MSYSA Young Referees (male and female) of the Year. They were selected by a committee that reviewed six applications (4 - male, 2 female) that were submitted by local referee assignors or clubs.

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Almir Celovic was selected as the US Youth Soccer Midwest Region Male Young Referee of the year.

Amber Festian was selected as the US Youth Soccer Midwest Region Female Young Referee of the year.

The Michigan Referee Committee wishes to acknowledge the MSYSA and MSPSP for their support of the referee program as well as staff volunteers who have assisted with the program.

Respectfully submitted Ron Grobbel

MSYSA Recreational Director Report Brian Scherzer Over the last year, the Michigan State Youth Soccer Association total number of registered recreational players has stayed fairly consistent with the previous years.

One of my goals in the coming year is to work at finding creative ways to reach out to not only the kids that have played in the past, but to get information about soccer and MSYSA to those players who have not been involved in our sport.

Having the opportunity to talk to several representatives from clubs and leagues throughout the state has helped me gain the knowledge on the differences in recreation programs across the State. During the Recreational Roundtable Session at the MSYSA Administrator’s Workshop, there was some very good conversation on some topics that we all have to work with. It was promising to hear about the collaboration between clubs of different sizes, locations and experience. This was a very helpful way we can work together and share our “best practices”. Please mark your calendars for the 2019 MSYSA Administrator’s Workshop which will be held at the Livonia Marriott on November 9, 2019. Moving forward, Doug Prim (MSYSA West District Commissioner) and I are planning to have this type of open round table discussions with the recreational organizations on a more frequent basis and work to vary the locations to be able to reach everyone.

I would also like to work with the MSYSA State Office, specifically, Paul Thomas (MSYSA Director of Coaching Education) and Mark Zathey (MSYSA Technical Director), to continue to pursue getting more information, training, and assistance to the recreational coaches to help them to grow themselves as well as their players.

I would like to thank Tom Faro and the MSYSA State Office Staff for all of the help and efforts over the last year.

Sincerely, Brian Scherzer

MSYSA TOPSoccer Chair Report Dianna Dykstra TOPSoccer continues to grow - we currently have 16 programs. I was able to visit most of them this year and am pleased with our progress. I also attended several special events this year which included: • •

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Central Michigan University Women’s soccer team invited us to one of their games for a “TOPSoccer Day”. After the game, the TOPSoccer athletes were allowed onto the field to meet the CMU team!

Dearborn Heights Soccer Club attends Dearborn’s Homecoming to promote TOPSoccer. Special needs children have a great time scoring goals, receiving goodie bags, and they also receive a trophy or medal.

Danny Torres and his volunteers do an outstanding job with this annual event.

Clawson has an event called the “Big Game” - the TOPSoccer athletes played against the high school team and, of course, the TOPSoccer team won. After the game awards were presented to each athlete and they had a pizza party. I was amazed by this event and would encourage anyone to attend this yearly event and check it out. Shaun Ervin and his volunteers do an outstanding job to make sure every athlete has a great time.

Northville TOPSoccer (formerly Plymouth TOPSoccer) under the direction of Mary Poisson is designed to learn the game of soccer. They have the children stretch and exercise first, followed by passing and shooting drills, then they divide the children up into 2 teams and play an actual game. The last game they provide trophies and a pizza party.

Grand Valley Soccer Association TOPSoccer under the direction of David Wood started their program in the fall of 2018. They have 10 athletes signed up and multiple volunteers. David said this program is a blessing to all involved and hopes the program will continue to grow.

Marysville Youth Soccer Association TOPSoccer will be under new direction with Erin Vito Cruz in the spring of 2019. We are looking for more growth in this area and are excited to see what the future brings.

Dearborn Heights Soccer Club TOPSoccer under the direction of Donna Smith did not hold TOPSoccer sessions this year and they hope to get back on track in the fall of 2019.

Lakes Area TOPSoccer under the direction of Franci Silver had another busy year even though a few sessions had to cancel due to rain. The players learned new skills and played some awesome games.

Taylor Soccer Club TOPSoccer under the direction of Christie McNamara had to cancel their fall session but plan to start up again in the spring. In the spring of 2018 they worked on shooting and dribbling drills.

North Macomb TOPSoccer under the direction of Jessica Newby held sessions in the spring and fall. They work on shooting, passing and end with a scrimmage.

Fury FC Muskegon TOPSoccer (formerly Great Lakes Coed Soccer League TOPSoccer) under the direction of Chris Belasco plans to start the program under new leadership in November 2018.

Midland Soccer Club TOPSoccer and Central Michigan University TOPSoccer under the direction of Peter McGahey continues to grow with new friends each season. They have sessions in the fall and spring for 5 weeks with 20 athletes participating.

Eastside FC TOPSoccer under the direction of ESFC coaching staff have sessions in the fall and spring. They end each season with a big awards ceremony where everyone receives a ball, t-shirt, treats, prizes and a trophy.

Each session consists of drills that include passing, dribbling, finishing, and a scrimmage.

SWM Kickers Soccer Club under the direction of Carrie Ogonowski had 14 registered players for the fall season.

They met for 5 Saturday sessions in the fall and do sessions in the spring as well. The buddies were primarily high school soccer players from area high schools including Lakeshore, St. Joseph, and Niles. SWM Kickers Club and West Michigan Youth Soccer also assisted with registration fees and t-shirts. They are hopeful for continued growth and participation in the spring.

Ann Arbor TOPSoccer under the direction of Mark Swinley ran into some problems this year with lower numbers. Mark is exploring different options to expand and promote the program.

Kalamazoo Soccer Club TOPSoccer under the direction of Kelley Chenier continues to grow. This program has had 3 sessions in their first year and have grown from 5 athletes for their first session to 18 athletes their last session. They consistently have an abundance of Buddy volunteers with 23 in their most recent session, mostly made up of players from the Kalamazoo Soccer Club. They have a dedicated group of volunteer coaches from their club who have designed coaching plans for each session, a different coach acts as the lead coach each week with the others assisting. Kelley does an outstanding job making contacts, spreading the word of the program, registering players, recruiting and coordinating volunteer buddies/coaches, ordering supplies, and buddy training. They have a great partnership with Kalamazoo Soccer Club, who has provided player/Buddy/coach t-shirts and end of session medals as well. SoccerZone has donated indoor space for every session and committed space to TOPSoccer going forward.

Clawson Soccer Club TOPSoccer under the direction of Shaun Ervin continues to grow due to community outreach efforts and word of mouth. They had record participation of 40 players in the spring session and 32 players in the fall session. None of this would be possible if not for the Clawson community and the numerous volunteers who continue to dedicate their time and their energy for these amazing kids. They have participated in the past three Autism Hero Walks at the Detroit Zoo, where they had a booth set up to promote TOPSoccer.

Rochester Soccer Club TOPSoccer under the direction of Keith Wienke has sessions in the fall, winter, and spring. The practice sessions consist of drills and one on one interaction with their buddy. They have 10 athletes and play actual games with their buddies.

Sincerely, Dianna Dykstra

MSYSA Nominating Committee Report Steve McGuirk (Chair), Bob Arnold, Bryant Goodreau, Ken Pope, and Mike Scobie Below is a list of candidates nominated by November 1, 2018 for positions on the MSYSA Board of Directors.

Each candidate accepted their respective nomination and was asked to complete a questionnaire detailing their relevant experiences and goals for MSYSA. The Nominating Committee has reviewed the information submitted (provided on subsequent pages) and has verified the qualifications of each candidate (outlined below).

MSYSA Vice President: Andrew Klaczkiewicz Based on the information available to us, the 2018 MSYSA Nominating Committee finds the candidate in good standing and meeting the qualifications for the position of MSYSA Vice President.

MSYSA Recording Secretary: NA As of November 1, 2018, there were no nominations received for position of MSYSA Recording Secretary.

MSYSA District Commissioner: David Jagodzinski (Metro Central) Based on the information available to us, the 2018 MSYSA Nominating Committee finds the candidate in good standing and meeting the qualifications for the position of MSYSA Metro Central District Commissioner.

MSYSA District Commissioner: Yvonne Curtis (Metro East) Based on the information available to us, the 2018 MSYSA Nominating Committee finds the candidate in good standing and meeting the qualifications for the position of MSYSA Metro East District Commissioner.

MSYSA District Commissioner: Denise Moote (Metro Southwest) Based on the information available to us, the 2018 MSYSA Nominating Committee finds the candidate in good standing and meeting the qualifications for the position of MSYSA Metro Southwest District Commissioner.

MSYSA District Commissioner: Matt Solek (North) Based on the information available to us, the 2018 MSYSA Nominating Committee finds the candidate in good standing and meeting the qualifications for the position of MSYSA North District Commissioner.

MSYSA District Commissioner: Doug Prim (West) Based on the information available to us, the 2018 MSYSA Nominating Committee finds the candidate in good standing and meeting the qualifications for the position of MSYSA West District Commissioner.

MSPSP Chair: Wendy Zielen Based on the information available to us, the 2018 MSYSA Nominating Committee finds the candidate in good standing and meeting the qualifications for the position of MSPSP Chair.

Respectfully Submitted, Steve McGuirk

MSYSA Nominating Committee Report Nomination #1 – Vice President Name: Andrew Klaczkiewicz Nominated For: MSYSA Vice President Previous Soccer Board Experiences: Years Served 2017 – Present 2012 – 2017 2008 – 2016 2006 – 2007 2005 – 2006

Position or Title Vice President North District Commissioner President Secretary U8 Girls Coordinator

Club/League Name MSYSA MSYSA Saginaw Township Soccer Association Saginaw Township Soccer Association Saginaw Township Soccer Association

Other Soccer Experiences: Years Served 2018 – Present 2014 – 2016 2013 – 2015 2010 – 2012 2009 – 2014 2001 – Present

Position or Title Varsity Girls Head Coach Director of Coaching Varsity Girls Head Coach Referee Referee Coach

Club/League Name Heritage High School Saginaw Township Soccer Association Swan Valley High School Saginaw Valley HS Referees Assn.

US Soccer Saginaw Township Soccer Association

Vision & Goals for MSYSA: My vision and goals for MSYSA, both short and long term, are to continue to advance my active participation within the state, regional, and national bodies.

Having had the opportunity to serve the membership as Vice President over the past two years, I’ve worked very hard to honor the commitments that I made at the 2017 AGM. I’ve attended state and regional events and have begun to build important relationships as well as continuing to have conversations with member leagues throughout the state to ensure that I understand the challenges that face our clubs and leagues; to better represent them.

I believe together we can make significant strides to decrease the number of youth players leaving not only our game but many youth sports, and instead get them interested in the game we all love. I believe that ensuring a wonderful overall experience to our players, regardless of the level in which they participate in, will not only help us achieve our goal of keeping our players in the game, but also further help recruit players that may have lost interest in other sports.

I hope to have the opportunity to continue to serve as your Vice President and progress the work that’s been done for the betterment of the game while providing the best experience to our players.

This nominee states that he does not earn significant income from soccer related activities nor does he have significant involvement in competing soccer organizations.

MSYSA Nominating Committee Nomination #2 – District Commissioner

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Name: David Jagodzinski Nominated For: MSYSA Metro Central District Commissioner Previous Soccer Board Experiences: Years Served 2017 – Present 2016 – Present 2011 – 2016 2010 – 2011

Position or Title Metro Central District Comm.

Director of Soccer Operations Vice President Division Manager

Club/League Name MSYSA Royal Oak Football Club Clawson Soccer Clawson Soccer

Position or Title Coach Coach

Club/League Name Royal Oak Football Club Clawson Soccer

Other Soccer Experiences: Years Served 2016 – Present 2009 – 2016 Vision & Goals for MSYSA: If re-elected, I plan to continue serving the Metro Central District by assisting the talented staff of this organization in maintaining MSYSA’s status as a leader in the region and one of the strongest state associations in the country. This is achieved through innovative and proactive thinking by our leaders, as well as cooperation and communication between MSYSA and the leagues and clubs that comprise this organization.

MSYSA Nominating Committee Nomination #3 – District Commissioner

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Name: Yvonne Curtis Nominated For: MSYSA Metro East District Commissioner Previous Soccer Board Experiences: Years Served 2008 – Present 2000 – Present 1990 – Present

Position or Title Metro East District Comm.

Vice President Vice President

Club/League Name MSYSA Michigan Youth Soccer League Sterling Clinton Soccer Club

Position or Title Coach

Club/League Name AYSO

Other Soccer Experiences: Years Served 3 years

MSYSA Nominating Committee Report Nomination #4 – District Commissioner Name: Denise Moote Nominated For: MSYSA Metro Southwest District Commissioner Previous Soccer Board Experiences: Years Served 2013 – Present 2009 – Present 2006 – Present 2011 – 2013 2011 – 2013 2005 – 2009 2002 – 2007

Position or Title Metro SW District Comm.

Administrator Scorekeeper Poaching & Illegal Recruitment Committee Chair Discipline & Appeals Panel Treasurer President/Treasurer/Secretary

Club/League Name MSYSA Western Suburban Soccer League Western Suburban Soccer League MSYSA

Position or Title Coach (D License)

Club/League Name Plymouth Soccer Club

MSYSA Western Suburban Soccer League Plymouth Soccer Club

Other Soccer Experiences: Years Served 2000 – 2007

Professional or Non-Soccer Related Experiences: Years Served 25+ years

Position or Title Small Business Administration and Bookkeeping Services

Club/League Name Plymouth Area

Vision & Goals for MSYSA: As Metro Southwest District Commissioner, I will promote and support the programs of MSYSA within the District, State, and Region. I will act as liaison between MSYSA and the Metro Southwest District members.

MSYSA continues to provide, among other things, positive leadership and continuing education opportunities, and promotes fair play in and for all aspects of soccer for the greater good of the beautiful game.

MSYSA Nominating Committee Report Nomination #5 – District Commissioner

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Name: Matt Solek Nominated For: MSYSA North District Commissioner Previous Soccer Board Experiences: Years Served 2018 – Present 2016 – Present 2014 – 2016 2012 – 2014

Position or Title North District Commissioner President & Director of Coaching Travel Director U15 Rec Coordinator

Club/League Name MSYSA Saginaw Township Soccer Association Saginaw Township Soccer Association Saginaw Township Soccer Association

Position or Title Girls Varsity Coach Travel Coach Assistant Travel Coach Recreational Coach

Club/League Name Nouvel Catholic Central Saginaw Township Soccer Association Saginaw Township Soccer Association Saginaw Township Soccer Association

Other Soccer Experiences: Years Served 2013 – Present 2008 – Present 2007 – 2008 2003 – 2007

Professional or Non-Soccer Related Experiences: Years Served 2002 – Present

Position or Title President

Vision & Goals for MSYSA: To make the game a safe and fun environment.

Club/League Name Sunshine Pools

MSYSA Nominating Committee Report Nomination #6 – District Commissioner Name: Doug Prim Nominated For: MSYSA West District Commissioner Previous Soccer Board Experiences: Years Served 2017 – Present 2012 – Present 2009 – 2012 2006 – 2009 2003 – 2012

Position or Title West District Commissioner President Vice President Co-Treasurer Director/President

Club/League Name MSYSA Great Lakes Co-Ed Soccer League Great Lakes Co-Ed Soccer League Great Lakes Co-Ed Soccer League Laketon Youth SC/Reeths Puffer Youth SC

Position or Title Referee Coach

Club/League Name US Soccer Laketon Youth SC/Reeths Puffer Youth SC

Other Soccer Experiences: Years Served 2004 – Present 1998 – 2016

Vision & Goals for MSYSA: My goal is to work with MSYSA and the leagues in the west district to continue to grow soccer and soccer programs in the west district and the state of Michigan.

MSYSA Nominating Committee Report Nomination #7 – MSPSP Chair Name: Wendy Zielen Nominated For: MSPSP Chair Previous Soccer Board Experiences: Years Served 2015 – Present 2013 – 2015 2010 – 2015 2007 – 2015 2006 – 2008 2004 – 2010

Position or Title Chair Chair President Secretary Co-Chair President

Club/League Name MSPSP MSYSA Nominating Committee MPSA WSSL MSYSA Nominating Committee Soccer Blast

Position or Title Grade 8 Referee Select Coach – D License Administrator Delegate Recreational Coach – E License Team Manager Administrator

Club/League Name US Soccer Soccer Blast Soccer Blast MSPSP BAYSA & Soccer Blast Various youth and adult leagues BAYSA

Other Soccer Experiences: Years Served 2006 – 2007 2005 – 2007 2004 – 2008 2003 – 2009 2003 – 2005 2001 – 2006 2000 – 2003

Professional or Non-Soccer Related Experiences: Years Served 2010 2003 – 2009

Position or Title Presenter Soccer Mom of MSPSP players

Club/League Name US Youth Soccer Workshops

Vision & Goals for MSYSA: My objectives as MSPSP Chair 2019-21 are to further these initiatives: 1. Continued streamlining of registration, scheduling, and game day paperwork, including online communications and other administrative operations to improve services to MSPSP members;

2. Ongoing work with the Michigan Referee Association to further develop and retain the base of quality referees necessary to cover MSPSP’s 2500+ games statewide per season; 3. Expansion of educational programs for coaches, parents, and players, including supporting programs in tandem with MSYSA and other leagues, and broadening initiatives that ensure sportsmanlike environment for all of our participants; 4. Encouraging retention of youth players jumping from middle to high school (age of substantial drop-off) including regional divisioning and fostering new teams in underserved communities; 5. Listening to leagues’ and clubs’ suggestions and requests about how MSPSP can better serve their players’ needs for a quality soccer experience at the right competition level.

MSYSA Bylaws Committee Report Mark Klein (Chair), Mike Poulos, George Hageage, John Redente, and Danielle Guzman On October 15, 2018, the Bylaws and Standing Rules Committee chairperson received the proposed bylaw amendment from the MSYSA state office. Upon receipt, the proposed bylaw amendment was distributed to all committee members for review and discussion at the first committee meeting held on October 25, 2018. In addition to the proposed bylaw amendment, the committee also reviewed the current rules and bylaws for clarity and accuracy based on current practice. After a lengthy discussion on the proposed amendment and comments to the current rules and bylaws, a second meeting date was established.

The second committee meeting was held on November 7, 2018, where discussions of the proposed bylaw amendment and review of the current rules and bylaws were continued with input and guidance from the Parliamentarian, Maurice Henderson. After a lengthy discussion and review of the current bylaws and rules, the committee agreed to put forth various housekeeping bylaw amendments to clarify the current practice. In addition, the committee agreed to put forth various rule amendments to be voted on by the Board of Directors at the November meeting. At the conclusion of the meeting, the committee had reached an agreement on its' recommendations for each of the attached proposed amendments. See Section 5 of the AGM Book for the committee’s recommendations on bylaw amendments.

Meetings: Meeting No. 1 Date: October 25, 2018 Time: 8:00 PM Location: MSYSA BOD Conference Room Invited Participants: Mark Klein, Mike Poulos, George Hageage, John Redente, and Danielle Guzman Attending Participants: Mark Klein, Mike Poulos, George Hageage (via conference call), John Redente, and Danielle Guzman Meeting No. 2 Date: November 7, 2018 Time: 7:00 PM Location: MSYSA BOD Conference Room Invited Participants: Mark Klein, Mike Poulos, George Hageage, John Redente and Danielle Guzman Attending Participants: Mark Klein, Mike Poulos, George Hageage (via conference call), Danielle Guzman, and Maurice Henderson (via conference call) Proposed Amendments: • Amendment #1 – MSYSA Bylaw Article V, Section 3.B • Amendment #2 – MSYSA Bylaw Article X, Section 3.B • Amendments #3 through #23 – MSYSA Bylaw clarification amendments

Please see Section 5 of the AGM Book for proposed amendments to the MSYSA bylaws and for the committee’s recommendations on the proposed amendments.

Thank you, Mark Klein

MSYSA Discipline & Appeals Committee Report Steve Wilson The purpose of the MSYSA D&A Committee is to hear evidence regarding Misconduct of Game Officials, Referee Abuse or Assault that has been committed by either/or both: Player(s), Parent(s) or Coach(es)/Team Official(s).

Reports that involve Referee Assault/Abuse or Misconduct of Game Officials are reviewed by an independent party to determine if there is enough evidence/material to hold a hearing. Once it is determined that there is sufficient evidence/material to hold a hearing, the material is sent to the State Office and all parties involved are notified that a hearing will be taking place within 30 days on either the 2nd or 4th Wednesday of each month.

I wish to extend a thank you to all the volunteers who have served and assisted with MSYSA Discipline & Appeal Hearings. Thank you to following individuals who have served as part on the MSYSA Discipline & Appeals Committee over the past year: Jeff Wilkinson, Annalisa Van Houten, Steve Anderson, Rita Vershum, Ruth Dober, Dave Mashni, David Jagodzinski, Steve Blanchard, Andrew Cislo, Dianna Dykstra, Chris Jackett, Nancy Jackett, Lee Katterman, Kelly Tomaszewski, Amy Grzymkowski, and Brian Fitzgerald. Also, I would like to thank MSYSA Executive Director Tom Faro, MSYSA Director of Programs Josh Sherman, and the MSYSA Board of Directors for their assistance, efforts, and support towards the MSYSA Disciple & Appeal Hearings.

Additionally, over the past few years, the MSYSA D&A Committee, in conjunction with the MSYSA State Office, has assisted and advised various member organizations and the Michigan Referee Committee on Rule/Bylaw interpretations, US Soccer Policies as it relates to due process and the rights of all parties involved in a hearing, and much more. If you, or someone within your affiliating league, has questions relating to hearing procedures, please feel free to utilize the MSYSA Discipline & Appeals Committee for guidance and support.

Since the 2018 MSYSA Annual General Meeting, the MSYSA D&A Committee has held the following hearing(s): Date: May 24, 2018 MSYSA Hearing: Alleged incident involving referee assault or referee abuse.

Background: An alleged incident involving a coach of a team within the MSYSA State Cup tournament took place that involved the referees submitting reports of the alleged incident.

Decision: Guilty of Referee Abuse.

In closing, if you, or someone you may know, is interested in participating as part of the MSYSA Discipline & Appeals Committee, please feel free to reach out to the MSYSA State Office. Thank you for your continued support of youth soccer in Michigan.

Sincerely, Steve Wilson

MSYSA Poaching & Illegal Recruitment Committee Report Ruth Dober The MSYSA Poaching & Illegal Recruitment Committee consists of volunteer members. A special thank you to Chris Jackett, Anthony Spica, and Annalisa Van Houten. These members of the committee are ‘disinterested and impartial fact-finders’ for any cases relating to Poaching & Illegal Recruitment. The Committee reports directly to the MSYSA President and the MSYSA Executive Director.

Committee Objectives • The MSYSA Poaching & Illegal Recruitment Committee shall only hear disciplinary cases relating to poaching and illegal recruitment (with the exception to MSYSA Rule 3.7.F.) • The Poaching & Illegal Recruitment Committee shall monitor the efficiency of the organization’s poaching rules and purpose amendments when appropriate as outlined in the MSYSA Bylaws.

• The MSYSA Poaching & Illegal Recruitment Committee shall continue, through the MSYSA State Office, to assist MSYSA Member Organizations with inquires on alleged poaching incidents, procedural matters, and decision letters in order to comply with standards set by the United States Soccer Federation.

Key Outcomes • On July 26, 2018, and as a result of a Planning Weekend, the MSYSA Board of Directors approved changes to MSYSA Rule 2.18, MSYSA Rule 3.6 B-2, and MSYSA Rule 3.7, subject to membership approval at the AGM or at a special meeting. In brief, these changes relate to the publication and promotion of Open House activities, delineates specific instances in which a player could be granted a transfer by MSYSA, and removes member organizations from hearing allegations of poaching & illegal recruitment involving clubs from within their respective leagues. For more information, please read the memo from MSYSA that was disseminated on July 26, 2018.

2019 Outlook The MSYSA Poaching & Illegal Recruitment Committee has reviewed and answered a number of inquiries as well as poaching allegations over the past year. The Committee will continue to conduct a review of each inquiry and develop prompt responses to better assist each Member Organization.

Hearing Calendar As outlined in the MSYSA Rules and Bylaws, any and all hearings relating to the MSYSA Poaching & Illegal Recruitment Committee shall be scheduled within thirty (30) days after it is been determined necessary to schedule a hearing.

If you, or someone you know, is interested in becoming a member of the MSYSA Poaching & Illegal Recruitment Committee, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Respectfully Submitted, Ruth Dober

MSYSA Risk Management Committee Danielle Guzman MSYSA conducted over 10,000 background checks of Adult Members in 2018, including an increase in international criminal background checks. As previously relayed to membership and also communicated at the 2018 MSYSA Annual General Meeting, the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017 (the “SafeSport Act”) became law in February 2018.

According to the new legislation, MSYSA must offer and provide consistent training concerning child abuse prevention to our Adult Members. MSYSA currently recommends our Adult Members complete the online training provided by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, which is offered and provided at no cost to our Adult Members. This awareness/prevention training consists of three (3) training modules which include: Sexual Misconduct Awareness Education, Mandatory Reporting, and Emotional and Physical Misconduct. For more information about the SafeSport training, look for the “Risk Management Resources” page under the Resources section of the MSYSA website, or contact the MSYSA State Office.

The SafeSport Act also extends the duty of mandatory reporting to all MSYSA Adult Members. As such, the MSYSA Board of Directors approved an amendment to MSYSA Rule 2.8, which requires any Adult Member to immediately report suspected child abuse, including sexual abuse, within 24 hours.

Another approved amendment to MSYSA Rule 2.8 was the adoption of US Youth Soccer’s Code of Conduct. The policy outlines prohibited substance(s) use, prohibited activities, prohibited physical contact with and/or between athletes, bullying, harassment, and hazing. It also requires individuals to report any violations or suspected violations of the policy.

In addition, the new SafeSport Act authorizes National Governing Bodies (e.g. US Soccer) to develop training, practices, policies, and procedures in order to prevent the abuse of youth participants, and also to report and respond to abuse if it does occur. US Soccer recently communicated a new Athlete and Participant Safety Policy.

US Soccer’s new policy requires MSYSA to implement certain components into our Risk Management Program, in accordance with the new legislation. A few changes that MSYSA expects to incorporate into our Risk Management Program include the adoption of US Soccer’s Prohibited Conduct Policy, mandating the online SafeSport training for all Adult Members, and implementing policies and/or procedures that limit one-on-one interactions between youth and adult participants. Additional information will be disseminated to MSYSA Member Organizations as soon it becomes available, but we expect that the changes to our Risk Management Program will be issued by the time of the AGM, with an effective date on or before September 1, 2019.

Change is rapidly occurring across the scope of risk management in youth soccer. The committee appreciates your commitment to the safety of our youth participants, and your willingness to evaluate and adapt your own policies and procedures to create a safer, better soccer experience for all.

Sincerely, Danielle Guzman

MSYSA Board Motions 2018 January 2018 Motion (Yvonne Curtis): To approve the ‘Non-Binding Feedback Period’ proposal as presented.

Second: Wendy Zielen Motion: Failed.

Motion (Yvonne Curtis): To approve June 15, 2019 as the official MSYSA tryout date for 2019.

Second: Wendy Zielen Motion: Passed.

Motion (Wendy Zielen): To amend the MSYSA Risk Management Policy to replace Joel Dragan with Danielle Guzman.

Second: Mike Poulos Motion: Passed.

February 2018 Motion (Sam Crabtree): To approve proposed Rule 2.11 as presented.

Second: Mike Poulos Motion: Passed Motion (Sam Crabtree): To approve proposed Rule 2.18 as presented.

Second: Dan McEvilly Motion: Tabled. Deferred to a Planning Weekend with a facilitator.

Motion (Sam Crabtree): To approve proposed Rule 3.4 as presented with the word ‘of’ removed after ‘June 30’.

Second: Dan McEvilly Motion: Passed Motion (Dan McEvilly): To approve proposed Rule 3.7 as presented.

Second: No Second Motion: Failed. Deferred to a Planning Weekend with a facilitator Motion (Dan McEvilly): To approve proposed Rule 3.8 as presented.

Second: Sam Crabtree Motion: Tabled. Deferred to a Planning Weekend with a facilitator.

Motion (Denise Moote): To approve the proposed amendments to the MSYSA Glossary as presented.

Second: Sam Crabtree Motion: Failed. Deferred to a Planning Weekend with facilitator.

Motion (Denise Moote): To amend the MSYSA Executive Committee Eligibility Restriction Policy by striking the words, ‘Any candidates who earn a significant income, 50% or more, from MSYSA leagues, clubs or otherwise related soccer activities, are not qualified to be members of the Executive Committee. Furthermore,’ Second: Yvonne Curtis Motion: Tabled until the April 23, 2018 MSYSA Board of Directors Meeting.

March 2018 No actions of the Board of Directors to report.

April 2018 Motion (Wendy Zielen): To approve the MSPSP Rule 10 Section 4 rule change as presented.

Second: Mike Poulos Motion: Passed.

Motion (Sam Crabtree): To approve the rule amendment to MSYSA Rule 4.3.B as presented.

Second: Wendy Zielen Motion: Passed.

Motion (Doug Prim): To approve the rule amendment to MSYSA Rule 2.8 as presented.

Second: Sam Crabtree Motion: Passed.

May 2018 Motion (Gerhard Mengel): To adopt the presented rule proposals to MSYSA Rule 2.18, MSYSA Rule 3.7 and MSYSA Rule 3.6.B.2.

Second: Denise Moote Motion (Wendy Zielen): To adopt the amended verbiage to proposed MSYSA Rule 3.6.B.2.

Second: Doug Prim Motion: Passed.

Motion (Wendy Zielen): To approve new member application of Michigan FC as a provisional direct member organization of MSYSA. Second: Brian Scherzer Motion: Passed

June 2018 No actions of the Board of Directors to report.

July 2018 Motion (Wendy Zielen): To approved and ratify MSPSP Rule 8.2.1 amendment which doesn’t take effect until next season.

Second: Denise Moote Motion: Passed.

August 2018 No actions of the Board of Directors to report.

September 2018 Motion (Andrew Klaczkiewicz): To remove Grand Traverse Soccer League and Roseville Youth Soccer Association as direct (voting) members of MSYSA. Second: Mike Poulos Motion: Passed.

October 2018 Motion (Andrew Klaczkiewicz): To approve proposed MSYSA Rule 2.8.C. as it relates to federal legislation within the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017.

Second: Wendy Zielen Motion: Passed November 2018 Motion (Andrew Klaczkiewicz): To approve the proposed MSYSA rule amendments #1 through #26 as proposed by the MSYSA Bylaws & Standing Rules Committee, primarily to make grammatical or typographical edits.

Second: Ron Grobbel Motion: Passed

Motion (Yvonne Curtis): To continue to match 401K contributions, up to 3% in January 2020 for the 2019 calendar year.

Second: Doug Prim Motion: Passed Motion (Yvonne Curtis): To approve the amended FY ’19, FY’ 20 and proposed FY’ 21 budgets as presented.

Second: Brian Scherzer Motion: Passed.

December 2018 No Board of Directors Meeting

AGM 2019

2018 PLAYER REGISTRATION REPORT

SPRING 2018

Ann Arbor United Soccer Club Bad Axe Soccer Association Bay Area Soccer Association Birmingham Bloomfield Soccer Club Bloomfield Hills Youth Soccer League Cadillac Soccer Association Canton Soccer Club Capital Area Soccer League Charlevoix Youth Soccer Cheboygan Soccer Association Chill SBC Soccer Club City of Plymouth Recreation Department Clawson Soccer Crawford AuSable Soccer Association CW3 Soccer Association Dearborn Heights Soccer Club Dearborn Soccer Club Detroit PAL Downriver Youth Soccer League Eastside FC Elk Rapids Soccer Club Farmington Soccer Club Fraser Soccer Club Freeland Soccer Club Garden City Soccer Club Gaylord Soccer League Gladwin County Youth Soccer Association Goodrich Soccer Club Grand Traverse Soccer League Grand Valley Soccer Association Great Lakes Coed Soccer League Grosse Ile Soccer Association Hamburg Community Soccer Club Harbor Soccer Inc. Hartland Community Soccer Association Hillsdale Soccer Club Houghton Lake Soccer Association Huron Soccer Association Indian River Soccer Association Kalkaska Area Youth Soccer Organization Kingsley Youth Soccer League Lakes Area Youth Soccer League Lakeshore Youth Soccer League Leelanau County Soccer Club Ludington Soccer Club Lyon FC / South Lyon SC Macomb Recreational Soccer League Madison Heights Youth Soccer Association Marysville Youth Soccer Association Michigan FC Michigan Jaguars FC Michigan Premier Soccer Academy (MPSA) Michigan State Developmental Soccer League Michigan Tigers FC Michigan Wolves-Hawks Soccer Club Michigan Yemen Sports Association Michigan Youth Soccer League Mid-Michigan Youth Soccer League Midland Soccer Club Milan Youth Soccer Club Monroe Area Soccer Association National Youth Soccer (NYS) North Macomb Community Youth Soccer Northland United Soccer Club Northville Soccer Association Orion/Oxford Soccer League Petoskey Youth Soccer Association Redford Soccer Club Reeths-Puffer Youth Soccer Club Rochester Soccer Club Roscommon North Youth Soccer Association Roseville Youth Soccer Club Royal Oak Youth Soccer Association

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SPRING '18 SPRING '18 MSPSP PLAYERS COUNT 49 50 742 8 309 269 12 104 91 697 18 271 53 74 79 127 2 80 255 19 235 429 155 226 129 143 40 2 38 121 81 27 72 37 5 1050 448 887 108 24 32 208 6 48 68

VOTING STRUCTURE PLAYER ALLOCATION 16 4 6 46 442 (7)

30 68 2 119 13 144

37 117 4 15 21

3 (186) (77) 41 19 109 7 15

46 6

217 195

130 2

111 107 55 198 145 1079 73 1332 325 615 96 158 167 100 119 172 42 39 150 661 44 22 325

201 349 111 65 19 1151 34 89

58 362 37

437 32 (736) 247 378 (276) (57) 32 17 123 33 23 100

128

29 64 91

52

95

TOTAL SPRING '18 PLAYERS 65 50 754 315 269 58 637 690 18 271 157 147 131 80 374 32 379 429 155 392 143 157 44 136 102 27 72 40 5 1,312 810 149 43 32 317 13 48 83 46 6 217 195 130 113 107 55 836 177 692 358 516 19 2,207 302 736 113 281 258 123 581 172 79 68 214 880 44 22 472

FALL 2018 FALL '18 PLAYERS 232 624 791 949 66 139 3304 190

FALL '18 MSPSP COUNT

VOTING STRUCTURE PLAYER ALLOCATION 44

111

96

198

26 319 256 184 252 16 345 172 135 708 216 50 41 244 96 567 104 186

82

5386 1767 178 66 95 152 51 143 93 280 101 178 39 192 350 136 64

1098

208 213 116 642 108 2164 68 93 5180 1220 1196 139 149 485 144 334 385 432 23 231 1766 89 1348

14

123 1,467 (46)

83 356 136 198 51 480

45

217

60 17

410 109 134 173

123

48

(499) (189) 174 31

31

196 46

15

155

16

218 46

621 568 134 141 43 1994 286 136

121 532 22

1,258 278 (1,335) 494 925 (1,799) (481) 178 94 101 184 116 480

18 160

79 231 419

127

290

TOTALS TOTAL FALL '18 PLAYERS 44 232 831 791 949 189 1,804 3,258 190 191 675 406 184 450 67 825 172 135 970 216 460 210 395 269 567 104 309 5,985 1,578 400 97 95 379 97 143 263 280 101 178 55 192 350 354 110 208 213 116 2,521 386 1,397 628 1,134 136 5,375 1,025 1,510 233 250 790 260 1,346 385 454 102 480 2,345 89 1,765

TOTAL LEAGUE PLAYERS '18 109 282 1,585 1,106 1,218 247 2,441 3,948 208 271 348 822 537 264 824 99 1,204 601 290 1,362 359 617 254 531 371 594 176 349 5 7,297 2,388 549 140 127 696 110 191 346 280 147 178 61 409 545 484 223 315 268 116 3,357 563 2,089 986 1,650 155 7,582 1,327 2,246 346 531 1,048 383 1,927 557 533 170 694 3,225 133 22 2,237

2019 AGM WEIGHTED VOTES 1 2 15 11 12 2 24 39 2 2 3 8 5 2 8 12 6 2 13 3 6 2 5 3 5 1 3 72 23 5 1 1 6 1 1 3 2 1 1 4 5 4 2 3 2 1 33 5 20 9 16 1 75 13 22 3 5 10 3 19 5 5 1 6 32 1 22

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AGM 2019

2018 PLAYER REGISTRATION REPORT SPRING 2018

Saginaw Township Soccer Association Saline FC Sault Soccer Association South Oakland County Soccer St. Clair Shores Youth Soccer League Superiorland Soccer Association Taylor Soccer Club Thunder Bay Soccer Association Traverse Bay Area Youth Soccer Troy Soccer Club Troy Youth Soccer League United Soccer League Upper Peninsula Football Association Van Buren Community Soccer Association Warren Youth Soccer League Wayne-Westland Soccer League West Michigan Youth Soccer Association Western Suburban Soccer League

SPRING '18 SPRING '18 MSPSP PLAYERS COUNT 295 21 241 235 67 950 95 248 145 65 375 205 18 64 609 109 346 2537

Michigan State Premier Soccer Program (MSPSP)

VOTING STRUCTURE PLAYER ALLOCATION 3 112

36

20

52

126

50 68

4 153

78 73 289 449

28 (1,862)

TOTAL SPRING '18 PLAYERS 319 353 291 67 950 273 248 199 286 375 205 18 142 609 210 635 1,124

4,533

MSYSA Director's Academy US Youth Soccer National League Conferences (NLC)

OTHER/MISCELLANEOUS

FALL '18 FALL '18 MSPSP PLAYERS COUNT 449 71 507 658 251 344 22 363 559 81 1175 1043 50 306 40 2313 8486

VOTING STRUCTURE PLAYER ALLOCATION 77 200

72

148

67

166

140 164

86 498

243 48 628 861

173 (5,842)

26,179 65,781

TOTAL PLAYERS 2018

91,960

TOTALS TOTAL FALL '18 PLAYERS 597 707 878 251 344 255 363 785 743 1,175 1,043 293 306 261 2,941 3,505

8,673

TOTAL LEAGUE PLAYERS '18 916 1,060 1,169 318 1,294 528 611 984 1,029 1,550 1,248 18 435 915 471 3,576 4,629

2019 AGM WEIGHTED VOTES 9 10 11 3 12 5 6 9 10 15 12 4 9 4 35 46

13,206

1

53

2237

2,290

-

932

1668

2,600

-

375

TOTAL PLAYERS SPRING '18 TOTAL PLAYERS FALL '18

MEMBER LEAGUES NEW / PROVISIONAL LEAGUES INACTIVE / EXPIRED LEAGUES TOTAL 2019 AGM WEIGHTED VOTES

FALL 2018

340

715

89 1 2 842

The BOLD leagues indicate the voting strength after approval by the membership The GREY leagues indicate a member who has been removed from MSYSA. These leagues have no voting privileges.

MSYSA Bylaws: Article VII; Section 7: Voting Body:

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C. Each full member organization in good standing shall have voice and one (1) vote, unless a weighted vote is called for regarding a motion, and authorized by a majority vote of the quorum. Weighted votes for full member organizations will follow the voting structure listed below. When the weighted vote is called for and authorized by the assembly, as indicated in this Article, the members of the executive committee remain part of the voting body.

D. MSYSA member organizations shall register and retain player counts for their own players who play on teams in other MSYSA member organizations.

E. The weighted voting structure, when used, will be one (1) vote per one-hundred (100) players.

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Section 4 MSYSA Bylaws, Rules, Regulations, and Policies

Section 4: MSYSA Bylaws, Rules, Regulations and Policies

Effective July 31, 2018 MICHIGAN STATE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION OF THE United States Youth Soccer Association BYLAWS Table of Contents Article I: Name Article II: Purpose Article III: Member Organizations Section 1: Eligibility Section 2: Full Member Organization Qualifications Section 3: Associate Member Organizations Section 4: Good Standing Section 5: Member Responsibilities Article IV: Fees and Finance Section 1: Fees Section 2: Budget Section 3: Audit Section 4: Fiscal Year Article V: Officers Section 1: Officers Section 2: Qualifications Section 3: Term of Office Section 4: Vacancy in Elected Office Section 5: Duties of Officers Article VI: Nominations and Elections Section 1: Nominations Section 2: Election of Officers Article VII: Meetings Section 1: Parliamentarian Section 2: Annual General Meetings Section 3: Special Meetings Section 4: Quorum Section 5: Electronic Meetings Section 6: Voting body Section 7: Cancellation Article VIII: Board of Directors Section 1: Composition Section 2: Officers Section 3: Duties Section 4: Meetings Section 5: Quorum Section 6: Voting Article IX: Executive Committee Section 1: Composition Section 2: Duties Section 3: Meetings Section 4: Quorum Article X: Committees Section 1: Committees Section 2: Budget-Finance Committee Section 3: Bylaws and Standing Rules Committee Section 4: Cup Competition Committee Section 5: Discipline and Appeals Committee Section 6: Poaching and Illegal Recruitment Committee Article XI: Indemnification Section 1: Third Party Suits Section 2: Suits by or in Right of the Association

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Effective July 31, 2018 Section 3: Indemnification against Expenses Section 4: Determination that Indemnification is Proper Section 5: Reimbursement of Expenses Section 6: Insurance Section 7: Merged and Reorganized Corporations Section 8: Severability Article XII: Parliamentary Authority Article XIII: Amendments Article XIV: Dissolution Provisos

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Effective July 31, 2018 ARTICLE I NAME The name of this organization shall be Michigan State Youth Soccer Association.

ARTICLE II PURPOSE The purpose of the Michigan State Youth Soccer Association is to provide an opportunity through our member leagues for all youth in the state to have an enjoyable soccer experience while moving toward their personal goals. The Association shall provide: A. The governing structure to administer youth soccer in Michigan, and B. A vehicle to communicate information to players, parents, coaches, referees, and other interested parties.

ARTICLE III MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS Section 1. Eligibility Approval and Acceptance The Michigan State Youth Soccer Association, herein known as MSYSA, is a member of the United States Youth Soccer Association (US Youth Soccer), and a member of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF). The MSYSA and its members are open to all soccer organizations. The MSYSA and its member organizations shall provide an equal opportunity to all soccer players, coaches, trainers, managers, administrators and officials, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex or national origin to participate. An organization or individual subject to suspension under Section 4 of USSF Bylaw 241 is ineligible. Provisional approval may be granted by the board of directors to eligible candidates, formal approval for membership is subject to acceptance by the members of this association.

Section 2. Full Member Organization Qualifications Full Members are voting members of MSYSA. Full Members of MSYSA are domiciled and operating within Michigan State Youth Soccer Association territory and are in good standing with MSYSA and USSF. Only soccer organizations (sometimes referred to locally as clubs, leagues or associations) which conduct competition between soccer teams are eligible. Full Members must have youth players among its participant members with at least one hundred (100) players and containing a minimum of four (4) teams in the same divisional age group.

Section 3. Associate Member Organizations Associate Members are non-voting members of MSYSA. Associate Members of MSYSA are domiciled and operating within Michigan State Youth Soccer Association territory and are in good standing with MSYSA and the USSF. Associate Members must have youth players among its participant members with a minimum of four (4) teams participating.

Section 4. Good Standing A member in good standing is one whose current MSYSA fees are paid and who complies with the provisions of the USSF Articles of Incorporations, Bylaws, policies and MSYSA Bylaws and Standing Rules. The board of directors may review the status of any member organization. If any member organization fails to meet member organization qualifications, the board of directors may recommend deactivation of their membership. In the event a member falls below the minimal player and/or team requirements, the Board of Directors may recommend a change to provisional membership status.

Section 5. Member Responsibilities A.

Each MSYSA Member Organization, Full or Associate, shall: 1. Annually submit: Membership Fee and Membership Affiliation Form.

2. Have a Board of Directors that consist of at least five (5) officers who are distinct and different individuals.

3. Register at least one coach and an unlimited number of team officials for each team.

4. Register every soccer player on a team which is sponsored, financed, coached or administered by the member.

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7.

8.

9.

Provide a list of fields and their location with address for insurance purposes.

Participate in the MSYSA Risk Management Program.

Develop coaching and referee education with the Director of Coaching and the State Youth Referee Administrator.

Send a copy of any updated bylaws, policies and procedures that are adopted at the member’s annual meeting to the MSYSA office within ninety (90) days, for review by the MSYSA Board of Directors.

Adhere to the MSYSA Concussion Policy ARTICLE IV FEES AND FINANCE

Section 1. Fees A. B. C.

Annual Member Organization Affiliation Fees shall be as determined by the board of directors.

Annual Member Organization Affiliation Fees shall be due and payable to the MSYSA office at the time of fall registration.

Spring and fall registration fees shall be determined by the member organizations. The board of directors shall determine when these fees are to be submitted by each member organization.

Section 2. Budget The budget-finance committee shall prepare a budget annually for adoption by the membership.

Section 3. Audit The financial records shall be audited at the end of the fiscal year, by an independent auditor, and at such other times as requested by the board of directors. The full audit report shall be presented to the member organizations annually for adoption annually.

Section 4. Fiscal Year The fiscal year shall be from September 1 to August 31.

ARTICLE V OFFICERS Section 1. Officers A.

The elected officers shall be a president, a vice-president, a recording secretary, a treasurer, a recreational director and the state premier soccer program chairman.

B.

The appointed officer shall be a state youth referee administrator.

Section 2. Qualifications A.

A candidate for elected office shall: 1. Be in good standing with USSF for the past year; 2. Not be a paid employee of the Association; 3. Not hold more than one (1) office, or serve concurrently as an officer of a member organization.

4. Be risk management certified.

5. Have their principal residence and reside in the state of Michigan at the time of the election.

B.

A candidate for the office of president shall have served on the board of directors for at least one (1) year.

Section 3. Term of Office A.

All officers shall serve for a term of two (2) years or until their successors are elected or appointed.

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Effective July 31, 2018 B. C.

Elected officers shall assume office at the conclusion of the meeting at which they are elected. An officer may not serve more than (3) three consecutive terms in the same office.

Officers may be removed, with cause, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the full member organizations at the annual general meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose.

Section 4. Vacancy in Elected Office A.

A vacancy in the office of president shall be filled by the vice-president.

B.

Any other vacancy in elected office shall be filled by ballot vote of the board of directors. Previous notice of any election shall be included in the call of the meeting.

C.

For any vacancy filled, if the length of time served by the new officer in position is 50% or greater of the normal term, this shall be deemed a “full term” served. Serving less than 50% of the normal term length shall not be recognized as a full term.

Section 5. Duties of Officers A.

The President shall: 1. Be the Chief Executive Officer of the Association and preside at all meetings of MSYSA and of the board of directors; 2. Execute all authorized conveyances, contracts, or other obligations in the name of the Association except where required by law to be otherwise signed and executed, and except where the signing and the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the Association; 3. Serve as an ex-officio member of all committees with the exception of the nominating committee; 4. Serve as the state youth commissioner; 5. Make employment decisions concerning the executive director with prior approval of the board of directors; 6. Appoint: a. A state referee administrator (SRA) subject to the approval of the board of directors and the Michigan Soccer Association (MSA), beginning January 1 of odd-numbered years for a two (2) year term; b. A state youth referee administrator (SYRA) subject to the approval of the board of directors and the State referee administrator (SRA); c. A state director of coaching subject to the approval of the board of directors, whose duties and remuneration shall be specified in a written contract approved by the board of directors; d. Except as otherwise provided for in these bylaws, standing committee chairmen subject to the approval of the board of directors; e. Special Committees.

7. Attend MSA board of directors meetings or send an appointee; 8. Perform the duties of the office as set down in the bylaws, the standing rules of MSYSA, the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, and as assigned by the board of directors.

B.

The Vice-President shall: 1. Perform the duties of the president in the absence of the president; 2. Succeed to the office of president for the unexpired term in the event of a vacancy in that office; 3. Be an ex-officio member of the budget-finance committee; 4. Perform the duties of the office as set down in the bylaws, the standing rules of MSYSA, the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, and as assigned by the board of directors.

C.

The Recording Secretary shall: 1. Record the proceedings of all MSYSA member organization meetings, board of directors meetings and executive committee meetings and be custodian of the records of MSYSA during the term of office; 2. Provide oversight of the registration process as implemented by the Executive Director; 3. Perform the duties of the office as set down in the bylaws, the standing rules of MSYSA, the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, and as assigned by the board of directors.

D.

The Treasurer shall: 1. Be custodian of all funds;

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Be a member of the budget-finance committee and provide information to assist the committee in preparing a budget; 3. Be an ex-officio member of the Michigan State Youth Soccer Association Foundation (MSYSAF); 4. Direct the keeping of full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements; 5. Ensure all funds are deposited in a financial institution approved by the board of directors; 6. Oversee the preparation of financial statements on a monthly basis and send them to all member organizations; 7. At the AGM, submit an audited annual financial report, compiled by an independent auditor; 8. Provide the MSYSA with a bond in the amount and with such sureties as are satisfactory to the board of directors; 9. Be responsible for the preparation of forms relative to the MSYSA non-profit status and all federal and state tax returns; 10. Require two original signatures on all checks; 11. Provide the secretary general of the USSF with an annual report regarding MSYSA activities including the most current financial report no later than ninety (90) days following the beginning of the fiscal year; 12. Perform the duties of the office as set down in the bylaws, the standing rules of MSYSA, the financial policy and procedures manual, the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, and as assigned by the board of directors.

E.

F.

The Recreational Director shall: Represent and advocate the recreational soccer player at all meetings and on the field; Promote the game of soccer in the state of Michigan to non-participants; Promote soccer events, tournaments and programs to the recreational player; Help and support the recreational/volunteer coaches with resources and educational opportunities; Perform the duties of the office as set down in the bylaws, the standing rules of MSYSA, the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, and as assigned by the board of directors.

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3.

4.

5.

The Michigan State Premier Soccer Program Chairman shall: 1. Be the chief executive officer of the MSPSP; 2. Preside at all meetings of the MSPSP delegates and of the MSPSP board of directors; 3. Have general and active management of the activities of the MSPSP; 4. Be responsible for the implementation of all resolutions adopted by the MSPSP board of directors; 5. Attend all MSYSA delegate and board of directors meetings, reporting all MSPSP activities; 6. Perform the duties of the office as set down in the bylaws, the standing rules of MSYSA, the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, and as assigned by the board of directors.

ARTICLE VI NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS

Section 1. Nominations A.

A nominating committee consisting of one (1) member from each district shall be elected by ballot for a two (2) year term at the annual general meetings held in the odd-numbered years: 1. Nominations for the committee shall be made from the floor with the consent of the nominee; 2. The election shall be held at the same time as the election of officers; 3. No member shall serve two (2) terms consecutively on the committee and board members (other than the chair of this committee) are ineligible; 4. A plurality vote shall elect. If more than one (1) member from a member organization receives sufficient votes to be elected, the one receiving the highest number of votes shall serve; 5. The nominee receiving the highest number of votes on the first ballot shall serve as chairman of the committee. In case of a tie, a separate ballot shall be cast with the names of the nominees with the tied number of votes placed on the ballot. A majority vote shall elect; 6. Vacancies on the nominating committee shall be filled by the president with the candidate who received the next highest number of votes, if available, in accordance with paragraph 3 above. If not available, by a ballot vote of the board of directors from qualified nominees nominated by the board of directors. In the event there is but one nominee, the election may be by voice vote.

B.

Duties of the Nominating Committee

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C.

The nominating committee shall accept nominations and consider the qualifications of the candidates proposed by the membership or the nominating committee no later than November 1.

Report 1. The nominating committee shall submit at least one (1) name for each office to be filled. No member shall be nominated who has not given consent to serve.

2. The report of the nominating committee shall be sent to the president at least sixty (60) days prior to the date of the annual general meeting, included in the call of the meeting, and shall be read at the meeting when additional nominations from the floor may be made.

Section 2. Election of Officers A. B. C. D.

The election shall be under the direction of the elections committee appointed by the president.

Election shall be by ballot unless there is but one (1) nominee for office, when the vote may be taken by voice.

The president, treasurer and recreational director shall be elected by majority vote in the even-numbered years.

The vice-president, recording secretary, and Michigan State Premier Soccer Program chairman shall be elected by majority vote in the odd-numbered years.

ARTICLE VII MEETINGS

Section 1. Parliamentarian The parliamentarian shall serve in an advisory capacity while in attendance at any meeting.

Section 2. Annual General Meetings A.

Annual general meetings of MSYSA shall be held in the first quarter of the year at a time and place determined by the board of directors.

B.

Notices and materials required or permitted under these Bylaws may be distributed by U.S. mail or by electronic communication, or both, in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors shall be distributed at least thirty (30) days but no more than sixty (60) days before the meeting.

C.

Meetings shall be for the purpose of electing officers and commissioners, receiving reports of officers and committees, approving the actions of the board of directors (since previous Annual General Meeting), electing a nominating committee in the odd-numbered years, and such other business as may properly come before it.

D.

Voting for the annual general meetings is per Section 7 of this Article.

Section 3. Special Meetings A. B. C. D.

Special meetings of MSYSA may be called by the president or shall be called by the majority of the board of directors or upon petition by at least twenty-five (25) full members.

Notification of the meeting shall take place no less than fifteen (15) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting and shall state the time, place and purpose.

No business other than that stated in the call may be transacted.

Voting for the special meetings is per Section 7 of this Article.

Section 4. Quorum To transact any business at the annual general meeting or special meetings there shall be a minimum of fifteen (15) full member organizations in good standing, and at least three (3) elected officers present to constitute a quorum.

Section 5. Electronic Meetings Electronic meetings of the membership shall be for the purpose of dissemination of information, and shall not be for the purpose of voting.

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Effective July 31, 2018 Section 6. Voting Body A.

The voting body shall be composed a representative from each full member organization in good standing.

B.

No representative shall vote in more than one (1) capacity. Proxy voting is permitted if the declaration is received by the MSYSA State Office at least five (5) days prior to the Annual General Meeting. The proxy statement must include the signature of that organization’s president and that of at least two other board members, and must clearly designate the name of the person representing that organization. For the entire meeting, the votes for every decision are given to the person carrying the proxy. The voting representative designated as the voting member for that organization must be a current member of that organization’s board of directors and/or listed on the member organization’s affiliation form with the MSYSA State Office.

C.

Each full member organization in good standing shall have voice and one (1) vote, unless a weighted vote is called for regarding a motion, and authorized by a majority vote of the quorum. Weighted votes for full member organizations will follow the voting structure listed below. When the weighted vote is called for and authorized by the assembly, as indicated in this Article, the members of the executive committee remain part of the voting body.

D.

MSYSA member organizations shall register and retain player counts for their own players who play on teams in other MSYSA member organizations.

E.

The weighted voting structure, when used, will be one (1) vote per one-hundred (100) players.

Section 7. Cancellation In the event of a national or local emergency, the executive committee by an affirmative vote of three (3) members in a meeting, by mail, electronic communication, or telephone, may dispense with any meeting of MSYSA. All member organizations shall be notified and the meeting shall be rescheduled in a reasonable amount of time.

ARTICLE VIII BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Composition A.

The members of the board of directors shall be: 1. Elected officers; 2. Appointed officers; 3. District Commissioners; 4. The Michigan Soccer Association president or designee elected by their respective membership; 5. Chairman of the nominating committee (non voting); 6. Immediate past president (non-voting);

B.

A district or committee appointed member may represent the district or committee if the district commissioner or committee chairman holds any other position on the board of directors or is unable to attend.

Section 2. Officers The officers of MSYSA shall be the officers of the board of directors.

Section 3. Duties A.

The Board of Directors shall: 1. Fill vacancies, except for the office of president, in any elected office and in the nominating committee when required, by ballot from nominations proposed by members of the board of directors. A majority vote shall elect; 2. Adopt standing rules as needed to carry out the business of the board of directors; 3. Appoint one or more assistant secretaries and/or assistant treasurers as necessary; 4. Create geographic divisions, called Districts, within the state of Michigan with clearly defined boundaries.

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Effective July 31, 2018 5.

Have authority to bar completely, suspend, or otherwise discipline, any player, coach, manager, team assistant, member organization officer, state board member, team, league or other organization affiliated with or representing the MSYSA for unacceptable behavior or conduct either in carrying out the duties of their position or while holding aforementioned offices and/or position, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the board of directors.

B.

The District Commissioners shall: 1. Be elected by their respective districts at the district’s annual meeting for a one (1) year term, one (1) vote for each full member organization, one (1) commissioner from each district. District Commissioners shall assume office at the conclusion of the meeting at which they are elected.

2. Be able to hold an office concurrently in a member organization, if already in office in the member organization; 3. Represent the MSYSA and coordinate activities within the district; 4. Hold two (2) district meetings per year with the AGM serving as one (1) of the meetings; 5. Attend their respective member organizations’ annual general meetings by invitation; 6. Review all bylaws received from new and existing member organizations; 7. Review a new member organization application for proposal to the board of directors for approval; 8. Appoint an assistant district commissioner from their district, if necessary.

9. Meet all the qualifications described in Article V, Section 2 Officer qualifications except Section 2,A3.

C.

If an officer, director or district commissioner misses three (3) consecutive meetings without approval or without acceptable cause, these absences constitute an implied resignation by that member.

Section 4. Meetings A.

A regular meeting of the board of directors shall be held immediately following the annual general meeting for the purpose of planning the ensuing year and approving the appointments of the president.

B.

Other regular meetings shall be held at least quarterly and at such other times as may be determined by the board of directors. At least five (5) days but not more than sixty (60) days notice of meetings shall be given to the members of the board of directors.

C.

Unless otherwise restricted by the board of directors, attendance at all regular meetings of the board of directors shall be open to all MSYSA members without vote and without privilege of debate unless invited to do so by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the board of directors.

D.

Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the president or by any four (4) members of the board of directors. At least five (5) days but not more than sixty (60) days notice shall be given to the members of the board.

Section 5. Quorum Eight (8) board members, two (2) of whom shall be elected officers, shall constitute a quorum for all meetings of the board of directors.

A director may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or similar communication equipment, by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and their participation shall constitute presence at the meeting.

Section 6. Voting A.

Proposals concerning expenditures of funds not provided for in the adopted budget shall require a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the board of directors present or no fewer than five (5), whichever number is greater.

B.

A vote by mail is authorized when necessary. Proposals concerning expenditures of funds not provided for in the adopted budget shall require a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the entire board of directors for adoption. A report of

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Effective July 31, 2018 any action taken by mail shall be verified and made a part of the minutes at the next meeting of the board of directors.

ARTICLE IX EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Section 1. Composition A.

The executive committee shall consist of the president, the vice-president, the recording secretary, and the treasurer.

Section 2. Duties A.

The Executive Committee shall: 1. Be empowered to act for the board of directors when it is not feasible to call a meeting of the board of directors;

B.

Be aware that all action of the executive committee is subject to ratification by the board of directors at the next regularly scheduled meeting.

Section 3. Meetings Meetings shall be at the call of the president or of any two (2) members and shall require a notice to the members of at least three (3) days.

Section 4. Quorum A majority of the executive committee shall constitute a quorum for all meetings.

A member of the executive committee may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or similar communication equipment, by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and their participation shall constitute presence at the meeting.

ARTICLE X COMMITTEES Section 1. Committees A.

There shall be the following standing committees: 1. Budget-finance, bylaws and standing rules, cup competition, discipline and appeals, and poaching and illegal recruiting.

2. There shall be such other standing committees as are deemed necessary by MSYSA.

B.

There shall be special committees as deemed necessary by the president, board of directors, or MSYSA.

C.

Standing committee chairmen shall be appointed by the newly elected president with the approval of the board of directors for a two (2) year term. Special committee members shall be appointed by the president to serve until a specified task has been completed.

D.

The chairman of each standing committee, with the approval of the president, shall be authorized to appoint additional members to serve on subcommittees.

E.

The president shall be an ex-officio member of all committees except the nominating committee.

F.

Standing and special committees shall report to the board of directors at each board meeting.

G.

A majority of the committee members shall constitute a quorum.

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Effective July 31, 2018 Section 2. Budget-Finance Committee A. B.

The budget-finance committee shall be composed of at least three (3) members, one of which includes the treasurer, and in addition, the vice president and executive director as ex-officio members.

The budget-finance committee shall: 1. Review the finances of MSYSA and make recommendations to the board of directors.

2. Prepare an annual budget covering a three (3) year period for consideration and recommendation by the board of directors prior to the annual general meeting, and adoption by the member organizations annually.

Section 3. Bylaws and Standing Rules Committee A.

The bylaws and standing rules committee shall be composed of at least three (3) members. The MSYSA bylaws and standing rules committee shall also serve as the bylaws and standing rules committee of the board of directors.

B.

The bylaws and standing rules committee shall: 1. Consider, edit, and/or correlate such bylaw and standing rule amendments received no later than October 15 as are referred to it by the board of directors, staff, member organization or individual member and originate bylaw and standing rules amendments as the committee deems necessary; 2. Verify that bylaw amendments are not in conflict with the US Youth Soccer Association and USSF bylaws; 3. Present to MSYSA changes to the bylaws necessitated by amendments made in the US Youth Soccer Association and USSF bylaws; 4. Distribute proposed bylaw and standing rule amendments received no later than October 15 with recommendation and rationale, if needed, to the president and board of directors at the November board of directors meeting and for inclusion with the call of the MSYSA annual General Meeting; 5. Review and update the MSYSA Rules, Regulations and Policies as needed; 6. Send a copy of the current bylaws of MSYSA to the US Youth Soccer and USSF annually, but within ninety (90) days of adoption of any amendments; 7. Make copies of the bylaws available to members.

Section 4. Cup Competition Committee A.

The cup competition committee shall be composed of at least three (3) members including the appointed cup competition chairman.

1. Chairman. Chairman shall be appointed by the president and confirmed by the board of directors.

B.

The Cup Competition Committee shall: 1. Determine tournament rules and/or may modify FIFA Laws of the Game when/where necessary.

Section 5. Discipline and Appeals Committee A.

Composition. The committee shall be composed of at least three (3) members who shall not be members of the board of directors.

B.

The discipline and appeals committee shall hear disciplinary and appeals cases unrelated to poaching and illegal recruitment.

C.

Chairman. Chairman shall be appointed by the president and confirmed by the board of directors at its’ first meeting following the annual meeting in the even-numbered years to serve as chairman of the committee for a two (2) year term.

D.

Election to Committee. The committee chairman shall appoint enough additional members to the committee to provide a panel of three, disinterested and impartial, body of fact-finders for each hearing or appeal. The members of the committee shall be confirmed by the president or board of directors. Committee members shall serve at the discretion of the chairman of the committee.

E.

Accountability. The committee shall report to the president and executive director.

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Effective July 31, 2018 F.

Hearing Procedures. All hearings conducted under these Bylaws, shall comply with USSF Bylaw 701 and USSF Policy 701-1, and also refer to MSYSA Rules, Regulations and Policies.

G.

Litigation.

1. No member organization, player, coach, trainer, manager, club, team, administrator or referee may invoke the aid of the courts in the United States or the State of Michigan without first exhausting all available remedies within the appropriate soccer organization and as provided within Michigan State Youth Soccer Association, US Youth Soccer and United States Soccer Federation.

2. For violation of this bylaw, the offending party shall be subject to suspension and fines, and shall be liable to MSYSA for all expenses incurred by MSYSA and its officers in defending each court action, including but not limited to the following: a. Court cost; b. Attorney’s fees; c. Reasonable compensation for time spent by MSYSA officials and employees in responding to and defending against allegations in the actions, including responses to discovery and court appearances; d. Travel expenses; e. Expenses for holding special meeting necessitated by the court action.

Section 6. Poaching and Illegal Recruiting Committee A.

Composition. The committee shall be composed of at least three (3) members who shall not be members of the board of directors.

B.

The poaching and illegal recruitment committee shall; 1. Hear disciplinary cases relating to poaching and illegal recruitment 2. Monitor the efficacy of the organization’s poaching rules and propose amendments when appropriate

C.

Chairman. Chairman shall be appointed by the president and confirmed by the board of directors at its’ first meeting following the annual meeting in the even-numbered years to serve as chairman of the committee for a two (2) year term.

D.

Election to Committee. The committee chairman shall appoint enough additional members to the committee to provide a panel of three, disinterested and impartial, body of fact-finders for each hearing or appeal. The members of the committee shall be confirmed by the president or board of directors. Committee members shall serve at the discretion of the chairman of the committee.

E.

Accountability. The committee shall report to the president and executive director.

F.

Hearing Procedures. All hearings conducted under these Bylaws, shall comply with USSF Bylaw 701 and USSF Policy 701-1, and also refer to MSYSA Rules, Regulations and Policies.

G.

Litigation.

1. No member organization, player, coach, trainer, manager, club, team, administrator or referee may invoke the aid of the courts in the United States or the State of Michigan without first exhausting all available remedies within the appropriate soccer organization and as provided within Michigan State Youth Soccer Association, US Youth Soccer and United States Soccer Federation.

2. For violation of this bylaw, the offending party shall be subject to suspension and fines, and shall be liable to MSYSA for all expenses incurred by MSYSA and its officers in defending each court action, including but not limited to the following: a. Court cost; b. Attorney’s fees; c. Reasonable compensation for time spent by MSYSA officials and employees in responding to and defending against allegations in the actions, including responses to discovery and court appearances; d. Travel expenses; e. Expenses for holding special meeting necessitated by the court action.

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Effective July 31, 2018 ARTICLE XI INDEMNIFICATION Section 1. Third Party Suits To the extent permitted by Michigan law, from time-to-time in effect and subject to the provisions of this Article XI, this Association shall indemnify any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than action by or in the right of the Association) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Association, or is or was serving at the request of the Association as a trustee, director, officer, employee of agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the action, suit or proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Association or its members, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceedings by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of Nolo Contendre or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably had cause to believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Association or its members and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

Section 2. Suits by or in Right of the Association To the extent permitted by Michigan law from time-to-time in effect and subject to the provisions of this Article XI, the Association shall indemnify any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Association to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Association, or is or was serving at the request of the Association as a trustee, director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Association or its members, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which the person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to the Association unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall deem proper.

Section 3. Indemnification against Expenses To the extent that a person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Association, or a trustee, director, officer, employee or agent of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise with which he or she is or was serving at the request of the Association has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article XI, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith.

Section 4. Determination that Indemnification is Proper Any indemnification under Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article XI (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Association only upon a determination that indemnification of the person is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set fourth in Section 1 and Section 2. The determination shall be made (1) by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, or (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.

Section 5. Reimbursement of Expenses Expenses incurred by any person who may have a right to indemnification under this Article XI in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the association in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding as authorized in the manner provided by Section 4 of this Article XI upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the person to repay the amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is entitled to be indemnified by the Association pursuant to this Article XI.

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Effective July 31, 2018 Section 6. Insurance The Association may purchase and maintain insurance (and pay the entire premium thereof) on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Association, or is or was serving at the request of the Association as a trustee, director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against his or her status, as such, whether or not the Association would have the power to indemnify against such liability under the provisions of this Article XI or under the provisions of Sections 561 through 565 of the Michigan Business Corporation Act. Section 7. Merged and Reorganized Corporations For the purposes of this Article XI, references to the Association include all constituent corporations absorbed by the Association in a consolidation or merger, so that a person who is or was a trustee, director, officer, employee or agent of a constituent corporation or is or was serving at the request of a constituent corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article XI with respect to the Association as he or she would if he or she had served the Association in the same capacity.

Section 8. Severability The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Article XI shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article XI. ARTICLE XII PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY The rules contained in the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the corporation in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these bylaws and any special rules of order that MSYSA may adopt. The parliamentary authority adopted by MSYSA shall be adopted by each member organization.

ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENTS A.

Article I and Article II of these bylaws shall be identical to the corresponding articles of the Articles of Incorporation.

B.

Any provision contained in these bylaws may be amended at any annual or special meeting of MSYSA by a twothirds (2/3) vote of all members present and voting in person, a quorum being presented and at least thirty (30) days but no more than sixty (60) days prior notice having been given. Any proposed amendments that are in conflict with US youth Soccer Association and/or USSF Bylaws will not be considered or brought forth to the members.

C.

All bylaw amendments shall be received by the bylaw and standing rules committee no later than October 15.

D.

Revision. These bylaws may be revised only upon authorization of the membership. The bylaws and standing rules committee shall be responsible for preparing and presenting an authorized revision at the MSYSA Annual General Meeting which has been distributed by U.S. mail or electronic communication at least thirty (30) days but no more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting.

E.

In the event of a conflict between these bylaws of Michigan State Youth Soccer Association and the articles of incorporation, bylaws, policies and requirements of the United States Soccer Federation, the articles, bylaws, policies and requirements of the United States Soccer Federation govern.

F.

Any amendment to these bylaws and/or Rules, Regulations, and Policies necessitated by amendments to the articles of incorporation, bylaws, policies, and requirements of the United States Soccer Federation shall be automatically effected by the bylaws committee and reported to the board meeting following the adoption of such amendments by USSF and to the membership at the Annual General Meeting.

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Effective July 31, 2018 G.

Unless otherwise provided, any amendment to the bylaws of MSYSA is effective on that July 31 that occurs immediately after the amendment is adopted.

ARTICLE XIV DISSOLUTION

In the event of dissolution of the Michigan State Youth Soccer Association, and after payment of all liabilities, this association shall dispose of all assets in such a manner as defined by United States Youth Soccer Association and United States Soccer Federation. If the Association intends to dissolve for any reason, it shall immediately notify the United States Soccer Federation of its intentions.

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MICHIGAN STATE YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION RULES, REGULATIONS and POLICIES

Effective July 31, 2018

Table of Contents Section 1: General Rule 1.1: Establishment Rule 1.2: Amendments Rule 1.3: Members Organization’s Prerogatives to Set Rules Rule 1.4: Pleas of Ignorance Rule 1.5: Matters not provided for Section 2: Administration Rule 2.1: Officers’ Expenses Rule 2.2: Restrictions on Officers Rule 2.3: Other Administrators Rule 2.4: Notice of Meetings Rule 2.5: Budget Rule 2.6: Fees and Fines Rule 2.7: Member Organization Responsibilities Rule 2.8: Risk Management Rule 2.9: Insurance Rule 2.10: Non-Member Organizations; Territorial Affiliations Rule 2.11: Fiscal Year, Seasonal Year; Seal; Notice s Rule 2.12: Miscellaneous Rule 2.13: Administrative Operations Rule 2.14: Professional Status Rule 2.15: Tournament Games, Inter District Play, All-Star Games, and International Games Rule 2.16: Permission to Travel Rule 2.17: Permission to Host Foreign and Interstate Teams Rule 2.18: Permission to Host a Tournament Rule 2.19: Michigan State Premier Soccer Program (MSPSP) Rule 2.20: Olympic Development Program (ODP) Section 3: Registration Rule 3.1: Individuals or Teams Rule 3.2: Age Limit and Competitive Level Definitions Rule 3.3: Maintaining Youth Eligibility Rule 3.4: Player Registration, Member Organization Entry, and Team Affiliation Requirements Rule 3.5: Roster Limit Rule 3.6: Player Release, Transfer, Dual Registration Rule 3.7: Poaching Section 4: Rules of Play Rule 4.1: Rules of Play Rule 4.2: Modifications Rule 4.3: Field of Play Rule 4.4: Length of Games and Size of Ball Rule 4.5: Substitutions Rule 4.6: Player Equipment Rule 4.7: Uniforms Rule 4.8: Home Team Responsibilities Rule 4.9: Player Passcards Rule 4.10: Ineligible or Improperly Registered Player Rule 4.11: Coaching from the Sidelines Rule 4.12: Team Benches Rule 4.13: Misconduct Section 5: Discipline Policies Rule 5.1: Responsibility for Discipline Rule 5.2: Discipline and Appeal Filing Procedure Rule 5.3: Disciplinary Rulings, and Minimum Punishments Appendix USSF Policy 531-9: Misconduct Toward Game Officials Section 1. General Section 2. Rule Application Section 3. Terms and References

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Section 4. Jurisdiction and Hearings Section 5. Penalties and Suspensions Section 6. Appeals Section 7. Procedure for Reporting Assault and Abuse USSF Policy 531-10: Misconduct of Game Officials Section 1. Terms and References Section 2. Procedures Section 3. Penalties Section 4. Appeals Bylaw 701. Hearing Procedures Policy 701-1: Hearing Procedures

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Section 1: General

Effective July 31, 2018

Rule 1.1: Establishment The following Rules, Regulations and Policies are the standing rules of MSYSA. MSYSA is a member of US Youth Soccer, which is a member of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF). USSF is the national association member for the United States of the international organization for soccer called FIFA or the Federation Internationale de Football Association.

Rule 1.2: Amendments The rules, regulations and policies of this Association as now established and as hereafter amended may be altered, repealed or new rules, regulations and policies may be adopted in lieu thereof by a majority of the board of directors then in office and present at the meeting of the board of directors, subject to membership approval at the AGM or at a special meeting. These rules, regulations and policies shall take effect on that July 31st that occurs immediately after the amendment is approved by the membership, unless specified in the motion when to take effect.

Rule 1.3: Members Organization’s Prerogatives to Set Rules Leagues may deem fit to enact rules and regulations more stringent than those included herein, but in no case may their rules and regulations be less stringent. However, no member organization may limit those privileges granted to players by the USSF, the US Youth Soccer, or the MSYSA. Rule 1.4: Pleas of Ignorance A plea of ignorance to the bylaws and these rules, regulations and policies is not sufficient, and violators may expect appropriate action by the board of directors of this Association.

Rule 1.5: Matters not provided for Any matters not provided for in these rules shall be determined by the MSYSA board of directors and decisions so made shall be subject to the approval of the member organizations at the AGM or at a special meeting.

Section 2: Administration Rule 2.1: Officers’ Expenses The Officers of the Association, as such, shall not be compensated for the performance of services for the Association, but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred on behalf of the Association, including but not limited to expenses for attendance at meetings of the board of directors.

Rule 2.2: Restrictions on Officers If a business in which an officer of this Association has any interest and wishes to participate in the bidding process to provide goods or services to this Association, such business must do so by sealed competitive bid. All such bids are to be opened at the same time and place, and such officer may not participate in the decision to award the bid.

Rule 2.3: Other Administrators The board of directors may establish other administrative positions by contract if there is remuneration or by appointment for positions without remuneration. All positions shall have written statements of duties and responsibilities. Contracts shall also specify the duration of such commitments and remuneration agreed upon.

Rule 2.4: Notice of Meetings A.

If notice of a meeting is mailed, the notices shall be directed to each member entitled to notices at its address as it appears on the affiliation form on file with MSYSA unless it shall have filed with the recording secretary a written request that notices be mailed to some other address, in which case it shall be mailed to the address designated in the request.

B.

Each member organization shall name its authorized representative(s) on the affiliation form.

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Rule 2.5: Budget

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The annual budget for the fiscal year will include categories for the Olympic Development Program, Coaching Education Program, State Cup Competition, Recreational Program, Michigan State Premier Soccer Program, and all other State operating programs. There will be separately proposed budgets for the next fiscal year for the Olympic Development Program, State Cup Competition, Recreational and State Operating Programs.

Rule 2.6: Fees and Fines The board of directors, subject to member organizations approval at an AGM or a special meeting, may assess fees or require bonds for administrative functions undertaken on behalf of its member organizations or levee fines in specific disciplinary actions. Member organizations shall be assessed a fine, the amount to be determined by the board of directors, for each unexcused absence of a meeting.

Rule 2.7: Member Organization Responsibilities A.

Failure. A member organization who fails to fulfill its responsibilities, including paying current MSYSA fees, registering MSYSA players/coaches/team officials/teams with MSYSA online registration system, and ensuring their administrators, member organizations, clubs, and teams comply with the provisions of the MSYSA Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, rules, regulations and policies, may result in the member being placed in bad standing by the MSYSA board of directors. A member in bad standing will have no voice or vote(s) at any meeting including, special, delegates, or annual general meetings of this Association.

B.

Bylaws Available to Individuals. Member organizations shall make available to their member teams and clubs copies of these bylaws, rules and regulations, and other MSYSA approved policies, as well as copies of any other rules pertaining to and adopted by the member organization.

Rule 2.8: Risk Management A.

B.

The MSYSA will establish a Risk Management Policy and shall maintain a Risk Management Program to ensure the safety of its members. The Risk Management Program will meet certain minimum criteria established by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF). The program will include the use of an employee/volunteer disclosure statement for all volunteers, employees, coaches and program administrators who are involved with any approved or sponsored program of MSYSA or of an affirmed member organization.

The MSYSA has adopted US Youth Soccer’s Code of Conduct. https://www.usyouthsoccer.org/bylaws-and-policies/

Rule 2.9: Insurance A.

Player’s Medical Insurance. All players registered with the Association shall be required to file medical insurance claims with their primary insurance company prior to filing medical claims with the State Association.

B.

Public Liability Insurance. All officers of the Association and member organization officials of the Association, noted on each member organization’s affiliation paperwork and/or MSYSA’s online registration system affiliation process, shall be protected against general liability claims by MSYSA’s insurance carrier for performing acts and duties related to the work of the Association. MSYSA assumes the costs of general liability, and all deductibles associated with general liability coverage, to ensure the protection of its officers and member organization officials.

C.

Report of Insurance Claims. All injuries from MSYSA or US Youth Soccer activities must be reported, in writing, to both the member organization and MSYSA within 7 days. MSYSA carries secondary medical coverage. All claims are required to first be made through each member’s primary insurance carrier prior to being submitted to MSYSA. Any claims not submitted to MSYSA within 30 days will be denied.

D.

General Liability Insurance. All member organizations shall provide MSYSA a list of fields used for games and practices with the owner and the addresses by a specified date and time as determined by the MSYSA board of directors.

Rule 2.10: Non-Member Organizations; Territorial Affiliations A.

Unaffiliated Organizations. Any affiliated team or member organization, which plays games or otherwise does business with an organization not affiliated with the USSF or US Youth Soccer, shall face disciplinary action up to and including suspension as determined by the board of directors. MSYSA will not join any organization that has requirements that conflict with the USSF’s articles bylaws, policies, and requirements.

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B.

Effective July 31, 2018 Affiliation Changes. Teams near the territorial limits of the Association may, if the board of director’s consents, affiliate with other recognized associations, but thereafter may not change affiliations without the consent of the board of directors of this Association. A team may not change affiliated member organizations without the written agreement of both member organizations and the written approval of the MSYSA board of directors.

Rule 2.11: Seasonal Year; Seal; Notices A.

Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of this Association shall begin on September 1 and end on August 31 of the following calendar year.

B.

Seasonal Year. The seasonal year of this Association shall begin on the established tryout date and end the day prior to the following tryout date.

C.

Corporate Seal. The board of directors may provide a suitable corporate seal for use by the Corporation.

D.

Notices. Any notice required by statute or by the bylaws to be given to the members, to the directors, or to any officers of the Association, unless another requirement is provided herein or in any statute, shall be sufficient if given by depositing it in a United States Post Office box or receptacle in a sealed, postpaid wrapper, addressed to the member, trustee or officer at his last address as that appears on the records of the Association, and the notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time of the mailing.

Rule 2.12: Miscellaneous A.

Activities.

1. Except for employees or authorized contractors and subcontractors, no private individual, corporation, contributor, or member of this Association may be granted or paid any income or interest from the assets or funds of this Association.

2.

No part of the activities, assets, or funds of this Association shall be committed to the dissemination of propaganda or the attempting to influence legislation or other political action. The Association shall not participate or intervene in any political campaign or publish or distribute any statement or spend any funds on behalf of any candidate for public office.

3.

The accomplishment of its purpose and exercise of its powers by the Association shall be in conformity with the requirements of the Nonprofit Corporation Act, Mich. Comp. Laws Sect. 450.2108(2), (Mich. Stat. Ann. Sect.

21.197 (108)(2).

4.

MSYSA shall maintain its tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code.

B.

Gifts. The board of directors, the president, or any person expressly so authorized by the board of directors may accept gifts on behalf of the Association for the general purposes of the Association, but no conditional contribution, gift, bequest or devise and no contribution, gift, bequest or devise for a purpose more restricted than the general purposes of the Association shall be finally accepted without prior approval of the board of directors.

C.

Investments. The Association shall have the right to retain all or any part of any securities or other property acquired by it and to invest and reinvest any funds held in it, according to the judgment of the board of directors, without being restricted as to the class of investments to be made, provided that no action shall be taken on behalf of the Association if that action is a prohibited transaction or would result in denial of tax exemption under Section 503 or 504 of the Internal Revenue Code or the Regulations there under as they now exist or as they may hereafter be amended.

Rule 2.13: Administrative Operations The Administrative Operations of MSYSA is outlined in the Administrative Operations Manual located at the MSYSA State Office. Changes will be made by the executive director and the president, approved by the board of directors.

Rule 2.14: Professional Status A.

Definition. Any player signing a "letter of intent," a professional contract, or playing with a professional team without the permission of the board of directors shall be declared a professional.

B.

Play with Professionals. Only the board of directors along with the Michigan High School Athletic Association may grant a youth amateur permission to play in benefit or exhibition games where professional players are involved.

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Effective July 31, 2018 C.

Loss of Youth Status. No player who has signed a "letter of intent," a contract, or played in any game where professional players are involved without the permission of the board of directors will be permitted to be reinstated to a youth amateur status.

Rule 2.15: Tournament Games, Inter District Play, All-Star Games, and International Games The authority for approval and/or operational control, including dates and times of games that are to be played for these competitions, when played or sponsored by an affiliated team(s) or member organization(s), shall be vested with the board of directors of this Association. Any team formed solely for the purpose of participating in tournaments only (tournament-only), will receive MSYSA sanctioning. Tournament-only teams may register directly with MSYSA. Rule 2.16: Permission to Travel Teams that wish to travel out of Michigan to play games must request permission from the MSYSA in accordance with procedures detailed in the US Youth Soccer Travel and Tournament Manual. The board of directors may establish additional requirements.

Rule 2.17: Permission to Host Foreign and Interstate Teams Teams that wish to host teams from another state or another country must request permission from the MSYSA in accordance with procedures detailed in the US Youth Soccer Travel and Tournament Manual. The board of directors may establish additional requirements.

Rule 2.18: Permission to Host a Tournament A.

MSYSA Sanctioned Tournaments. Member organizations that wish to host a tournament and have that tournament sanctioned by MSYSA must request permission from the MSYSA in accordance with the policies and procedures established by MSYSA, US Youth Soccer, and US Soccer. The board of directors may establish additional requirements. Member organizations that wish to host a sanctioned tournament shall be protected against general liability claims by MSYSA’s insurance carrier for performing acts and duties relating to the work of the Association.

The board of directors may establish additional requirements.

B.

MSYSA Hosted Tournaments. MSYSA may host a tournament in accordance with the policies and procedures established by US Youth Soccer and US Soccer. The board of directors may establish rules and additional requirements.

C.

MSYSA Sanctioned Open House Activities. Member organizations and/or affiliated clubs that wish to host Open House activities must request permission and receive sanctioning from MSYSA in accordance with the policies and procedures as established by the MSYSA State Office. The board of directors may establish additional requirements.

Rule 2.19: Michigan State Premier Soccer Program (MSPSP) The board of directors may establish a statewide premier program, which shall have a member organization constitution and bylaws, playing rules and regulations. Changes to these governing and policy statements shall be presented to and accepted by the board of directors and approved by a vote of the member organizations at an AGM or a special meeting called for this purpose. Any subsequent changes to the playing rules and regulations proposed by the MSPSP board of directors must receive approval from the MSYSA board of directors before they are effective. The statewide program shall be known as the Michigan State Premier Soccer Program (MSPSP) and shall be a program of the MSYSA and shall be subject to the authority of the MSYSA. The MSPSP shall be considered a member of this Association and shall have a representative at all meetings of the board of directors, or as called for by bylaws, or at other meetings at the request of the MSYSA board of directors. However, at the annual general meeting of member organizations and whenever a vote is requested, the MSPSP shall have its weighted votes apportioned to the Leagues sponsoring teams to the MSPSP, and it shall have one vote only. In general cases, the MSPSP established pursuant to this article shall be responsible for its own affairs. However, the MSPSP may only accept teams sponsored by the members.

Rule 2.20: Olympic Development Program (ODP) The MSYSA shall participate in the USSF and US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program. Any player domiciled in the State of Michigan shall be eligible to tryout for the ODP pursuant to requirements and procedures that will be published annually by the MSYSA.

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Section 3: Registration Rule 3.1: Individuals or Teams A new team or individual may be assigned to a member organization within its district by the MSYSA board of directors.

Registration is done through a member organization of MSYSA for individual players or teams via the MSYSA online registration system.

Rule 3.2: Age Limit and Competitive Level Definitions A.

Youth Player. The term "youth player" shall mean an amateur player who has not attained his or her nineteenth (19th) birthday before the first day of January preceding the Seasonal Year in which he or she applies for registration.

B.

Attaining Age Limit. Players attaining the limited age for any age group on or after January 1 will be eligible to play for the full seasonal year.

C.

Age Groups. All member organizations, unless otherwise sanctioned by the board of directors, shall divide play among teams as listed below. Member organizations may utilize two (2) year age groups for age groups U14 and below, multi year age group for U15 and above rather than single year age groups without specific board of director’s approval. Age divisions shall consist of players who on the first day of January preceding the current seasonal year, are: U19 and younger U18 and younger U17 and younger U16 and younger U15 and younger

D.

U14 and younger U13 and younger U12 and younger U11 and younger U10 and younger

U9 and younger U8 and younger U7 and younger U6 and younger U5 and younger U4 and younger Authority to Contest Age. Any player may be called upon to prove his legal age by the board of director’s, by a district commissioner, by their member organization, or by a majority vote of the teams in any given member organization.

E.

Legal Proof of Age. A birth certificate, passport, drivers license, board of health records, certificate of naturalization, or alien registration card shall be sufficient for proof of age, except in those competitions which specifically state otherwise.

F.

Competition Level. One of the following levels must be specified for player/coaches/team officials/team when a player/team registration is submitted by the MSYSA member via the MSYSA online registration system. a.

b.

c.

d.

In-House Recreation: Players ages 4 thru 19/coach/team official registered on teams formed in a manner described here; Must prohibit the use of tryouts, invitations, recruiting, or any similar process to roster players to any team on the basis of talent or ability. The club or league administering In-house participants accepts any eligible youths ages 4 thru 19. In-house provides a system with a fair or balanced distribution of playing talent among all teams participating. In-house players participate and play in their administering league’s pre-defined geographic or community area and do not travel to other communities for games.

Recreation: A player/coach/team official registered on teams formed in a manner described here; Recreation Leagues must have an open sign-up period, which does not exclude any player except based on age or gender outside of the program scope, missing registration deadline or lives outside of a league’s predefined geographical or community area. Recreation Leagues attempt to balance the teams using a method they publicize in advance, such as teams formed using a draft, random distribution, neighborhood or school area groupings, etc. In the event, too many players register, the only methods allowed are ‘first come, first served’ or a blind draw in determining who is not provided a spot.

Select: A player/coach/team official registered on any team formed from a selection or try-out criteria, or a player/coach/team official on a team in an MSYSA affiliated league that designates itself as a Select League or a particular division as a Select Division. Select designation applies regardless of player age, selection/tryout criteria and team travel distances.

Premier: A player/coach/team official registered on any team playing in the MSPSP league. Any league having a self-titled premier division or elite division.

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e. f. g. h.

Effective July 31, 2018 Elite: A player/coach/team official registered on any team playing in MRL & National League TopSoccer: A player/coach/team official registered on any team formed specifically for players with disabilities (mental or physical) are placed on teams with other players according to ability, not age.

Soccer Across America: A player/coach/team official registered on any teams formed with the purpose of making soccer available to lower-income children in underserved communities.

Futsal: Futsal is a modified form of soccer played with five players per side on a smaller, typically indoor, field.

Rule 3.3: Maintaining Youth Eligibility A.

Any youth player regardless of age may be permitted to play an unlimited number of senior games without losing youth eligibility if the Youth Participation Forms are approved by MSYSA.

B.

Any youth playing for a senior club without MSYSA approval shall be declared ineligible for youth games.

C.

Any youth team using an ineligible player shall forfeit all games in which that player took part under the forfeiture provisions of Rule 4.10: Ineligible or Improperly Registered Player.

D.

Reinstated Player. A reinstated player shall mean a player who has been reinstated to an amateur youth status.

Rule 3.4: Player Registration, Member Organization Entry, and Team Affiliation Requirements A.

Proper Registration Procedure.

1.

All players are required to submit a properly completed member organization player registration form or by the MSYSA online registration system. The submittal of a member organization player registration form signed by his/her parent or guardian (if the player is under 18 years of age) or by the MSYSA online registration system electronically signed by his/her parent or guardian (if the player is under 18 years of age), and player fees binds that player to that team for the seasonal year unless granted a release. (see “Rule 3.6: Player Release, Transfer, Dual Registration”)

2.

Each team/club shall be required to submit to the appropriate member organization officer various forms as may be required for the operation of the organization and pay all dues, fees, or fines that may be levied by the member organization or Association. Also, each team/club is responsible for sending proper member organization affiliation forms and fees directly to the person responsible in its member organization.

3.

Each member organization shall be responsible for ensuring proper registration of the players and teams, proper accounting of fiscal transactions and accurate reporting via the MSYSA online registration system to the MSYSA board of directors.

4.

A registered player shall be committed to a team for a full seasonal year. The player may participate on other teams within the team’s organization dependent on the MSYSA member affiliate registration rules. Once registered and in the absence of mitigating circumstances, a player must remain with the same team until the completion of the spring session for the member organization in which his team participates. Any attempt to induce a player to change teams for either the current or the following seasonal year prior to the end of the seasonal year shall be poaching in violation of “Rule3.7”. During the time during which a team has suspended member organization play, players and club or team officers or representatives may freely discuss new affiliation for the following seasonal year.

5.

Tryouts for all MSYSA players for the fall and/or spring season of the seasonal year may not be held earlier than the date established by the board of directors. The board of directors shall establish a calendar tryout date at minimum of one year in advance.. For high school age boys teams playing only in the spring session, tryouts may be held from the established date by the board of directors until the start of high school practice and after the high school season ends in the fall. Leagues, clubs or teams affiliated through member organizations having tryouts prior to the date established by the board of directors and/or charging any type of fee for tryouts are not eligible for any MSYSA sponsored events.

6.

Registered players on high school age girl’s teams who play only during the fall season with MSYSA affiliated member organizations are expected to play in tournaments and cup games with the team to which they are rostered through the seasonal year or until granted a proper transfer or release.

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7.

Effective July 31, 2018 If a fall season girls team disbands or suspends play for the spring season because a majority of the team is playing high school spring sports, those players wishing to play on a MSYSA affiliated team in the spring season shall not be considered transfer players.

8.

All tryouts for teams for the MSPSP must be announced in the Michigan Soccer Publication.

9.

Commitment/Signing: No player shall sign a player agreement/contract, submit a fee and/or register prior to the established official try-out start date.

B.

Date of Registration. A player is registered the moment the player and his/her parent or guardian (if the player is under 18 years of age) signs the member organization player registration form or submits and electronically signs the online registration, and has submitted MSYSA player fees to a responsible team/club/ member organization official.

C.

Registration and Transfer Cut-off Dates. The board of directors may set cut-off dates for player transfer for each playing season or seasonal year. If changing from previous season, transfer and registration dates will be announced at the annual general meeting of the MSYSA. The board of directors shall have the authority to accept player registration after these dates and such late registration shall be subject to a fee as approved by the board of directors.

Rule 3.5: Roster Limit A.

B.

No Select and Premier roster may exceed the maximum roster limit for the specific age levels except as noted below: Playing Format

Age Level

4v4 (No GK) 4v4 (No GK) 7v7 (6v6 with GK) 9v9 (8v8 with GK) 11v11 (10v10 with GK)

U6 and younger U7 & U8 U9 & U10 U11 & U12 U13 - U19

Roster Maximum 6 6 12 16 22

Roster Minimum 4 4 6 7 7

No recreational roster may exceed the maximum roster limit for the specific age levels except as noted below: Playing Format

Age Level

Roster Maximum

Roster Minimum

3v3 (No GK)

U5

6 (Ideally 4)

4

4v4 (No GK)

U6

6

4

4v4 (No GK)

U7 & U8

6

4

7v7 (6v6 with GK)

U9 & U10

12 (Ideally 9)

6

9v9 (8v8 with GK)

U11 & U12

16 (Ideally 12)

7

11v11 (10v10 with GK)

U13 - U19

22 (Ideally 15)

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C.

When the Academy model is utilized, roster maximum may exceed the numbers noted in the chart above.

D.

MSYSA shall allow teams participating in the Midwest Regional League or National League to register the number of players as permitted by those leagues.

E.

For all age groups allowing a 22 player roster, the game roster shall have a maximum of eighteen (18) players and a minimum of seven (7) players.

Rule 3.6: Player Release, Transfer, Dual Registration These rules apply to Select and Premier competitive levels and for transactions by member organizations.

A.

Player Release.

1.

Voluntary Release means the removal of a player from a team’s roster at the request of the player or parent/guardian. A parent/player must approve the voluntary release. A voluntary release will be granted if: 9 of 23

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2.

a.

A parent/player request to be released.

b.

The player moves to a new address, a distance which in the opinion of the board of directors, would make it impractical for him/her to continue with the original team or,

c.

There are mitigating circumstances, which in the opinion of the board of directors justify a release.

Involuntary Release means the removal of a player from a team’s roster at the request of team authorities. An involuntary release will be granted only if the player is unable to play for one of the following reasons: a.

The original team suspends operations for the remainder of the seasonal year or;

b.

The player has violated rules of this Association and has been suspended for a period greater than five (5) games or,

c.

The player is injured in such a manner that the player will not be able to participate for the remainder of the seasonal year or,

d.

The player moves to a new address, a distance that in the opinion of the board of directors would make it impractical for him to continue with the original team and has demonstrated an inability to continue in participation on the soccer team.

e.

There are mitigating circumstances, which in the opinion of the board of directors justify a release.

In any of the above cases, where a player seeks a voluntary release or a member organization official seeks to involuntarily release a player, a member organization Player Release Form must be completed by the player/his/her parent or guardian (if the player is under 18 years of age) and/or a member organization official and have the appropriate signatures. Player/parent signatures are not required for involuntary release. The member organization must validate the request before player release approved. Once a player is released from a team he/she is eligible to apply for a player transfer. However, obtaining a player release does not guarantee the player a roster spot on another MSYSA team, nor is player transfer guaranteed.

No player release form or fee is required to be submitted to MSYSA. B.

Player Transfers.

1.

A player may apply for a player transfer once they have been granted a player release.

2.

MSYSA is authorized to grant a player transfer without existing team member organization new team member organization approval on the basis of player safety, relocation and/or reasons as determined by the MSYSA Board of Directors. All other player transfers must be approved by the player’s existing team member organization and new team member organization before MSYSA member organizations will consider approving the transfer. Application for a player transfer must be made to the MSYSA member organization on their required member Player Transfer form. It is the responsibility of the new team member’s organization to verify the player has been released from the existing team and is eligible for a transfer.

3.

Required and optional signatures on the member organization transfer form are dependent on member organization transfer process.

4.

The new team must have a spot on their roster to accept the transfer player.

5.

During any seasonal year a team may have no more than five (5) transfer players on their roster in order to be eligible to participate in MSYSA State Cup.

6.

All transfers must be in compliance with the member organization’s transfer rules, policies, procedures or bylaws.

7.

Player transfers will only be processed during the period between November 1 and March 1 by affiliated leagues.

Player transfers will not be processed during any other period expect for extraordinary circumstances as directed

by Rule 3.6 B9.

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8.

9.

C.

Effective July 31, 2018 No player transfer form or fee is required to be submitted to MSYSA. Identifying transferred players is required when submitting MSYSA State Cup roster.

The league from which a player is transferred may charge the new team a player transfer fee. Under extraordinary circumstances, such as the dissolution of a team or player’s family moves a significant distance so that remaining with their team is a major hardship, the transfer fee may be waived. Player transfers within a club are not subject to this recommendation. It is expected the league will return a significant portion of the transfer fee to the player’s prior club.

Dual Rostering.

A player may register with up to two teams per seasonal year. Permission to allow or not allow dual registered players is the MSYSA member organization jurisdiction.

1.

The member organization dual registration form (if applicable) must be completed with appropriate signatures before the MSYSA member organization will consider approving the dual registration.

2.

A player may not play for more than one team in the same competition (meaning MSYSA sanctioned tournament, MSYSA State Cup, MSYSA member organization league division, etc.). A player must play on a team within the primary team’s club in the MSYSA State Cup.

3.

In all cases of dual rostering involving a Midwest Regional League team (MRL), the MRL team must be the primary team.

4.

In all cases of dual rostering involving a Michigan State Premier Soccer Program (MSPSP) team and a non-MRL team, the MSPSP team must be designated as the primary team.

5.

In all other cases, the team with which a player first registers must be designated as the primary team and the other team must be designated as the secondary team. MSYSA member organization may change the primary and secondary designation if appropriate after the initial team registration.

6.

An individual player may NOT dual roster on a MRL team and a MSPSP team. A team that plays in both the MRL and MSPSP must have identical rosters.

7.

If the coaches of the two teams disagree on the designation of the primary team, the player may not play until the registration issue has been resolved by the MSYSA member organization.

8.

A dual rostered player shall be issued two US Youth Soccer passcards, one for each team.

9.

Any player who registers for a team without informing the responsible team official and member organization official that they already registered with another team shall forfeit all games for this team for the time period that the player has not obtained the approval for dual registration from MSYSA member organization.

10. Dual registrations will not be permitted by MSYSA during the months of May, June, October and November, unless a hardship case exists and approval is provided by MSYSA. 11. No Player dual registration form or fee is required to be submitted to MSYSA. Rule 3.7: Poaching Poaching is considered a significant offense by this Association and any league, club, or individual found to have committed a poaching violation shall be subject to a significant sanction as determined by the MSYSA board of directors. Such sanctions may include a financial penalty of $2,000 or more, loss of coaching privileges for a year, and ineligibility to participate in MSYSA authorized events including MSYSA’s State Cup Tournament, the Midwest Regional League or any other appropriate sanction.

Any club, team, or league which through its responsible officers or representatives, A.

Attempts at any time prior to the approved tryout start date of any seasonal year to induce a registered player (or their parent or their guardian) of any team, or any team as a whole, club, or league under the jurisdiction of 11 of 23

B.

C. D.

Effective July 31, 2018 this Association to leave their current affiliation before the end of the current seasonal year will be considered a poaching violation.

Attempts at any time prior to the approved tryout start date of any seasonal year to induce a registered player (or their parent or their guardian) of any team, or any team as a whole, club, or league under the jurisdiction of this Association to leave their current affiliation for the following seasonal year will be considered a poaching violation.

Teams or clubs requesting to change MSYSA leagues during the seasonal year must obtain written permission of the president of their present league before that move is permitted.

In those instances in which a coach moves from one club to another separate and distinct club at the end of the seasonal year, the coach may not coach any rostered players from teams of the former club he/she was identified as a primary or assistant coach (excluding the coach’s son or daughter) in the following seasonal year.

This rule does not apply under the following: a. b. c.

E.

The coach’s club dissolves.

The coach moves 100 miles making the commute to the coach’s existing club impractical.

The appropriate prior club representative, the club president or DOC, agrees in writing to the coach’s move to a different club.

For purposes of this rule, contact is not limited to personal contact, but will include contact by phone, text, emails, face book and all other social media. Responsible representatives include but are not limited to parents of team members, trainers, team managers, club or league board members, and club or league directors of coaching. The appropriate response by the responsible representative to player initiated contact is to provide requested information. Any recommendation for the player to attend training, tryouts or any other team, club or league soccer event by the representative would be inappropriate and considered an attempt to induce a player to leave their present soccer organization. A club or league advertising on their own website is not considered poaching.

Attendance by the player at such events when initiated by the player or player’s parents will not be considered poaching. Open House Activities, if approved and sanctioned by MSYSA, would not be considered poaching.

Section 4: Rules of Play Rule 4.1: Rules of Play Rules of play for youth shall be the “Laws of the Game,” as published by FIFA. Modifications, as permitted for local associations and youth soccer, shall be published. All contests sanctioned by this Association shall abide by the “Laws of the Game,” and the modifications as published by this Association.

Rule 4.2: Modifications Players U5 to U12 shall play by the Modified Rules for Small Sided Games as published by US Soccer and US Youth Soccer unless otherwise approved by the Board of Directors.

Rule 4.3: Field of Play A.

General conditions. The field of play shall be reasonably flat, grassy fields, free from structures which may endanger the players. The field must be rectangular. The length of the touchline must be greater than the length of the goal line. The home team will be responsible for the condition of the grounds, the proper field markings and proper equipment. Nets and corner flags are recommended. Goals are required to be properly installed. Moveable goals must be anchored. The game will not be permitted to start if the movable goals are not anchored. (Refer to documents: U.S. Consumers Product Safety Commission Guidelines For Movable Goal Safety available on our website at www.michiganyouthsoccer.org or at U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s web site at http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5118.pdf).

B.

Dimensions. The following indicates field dimensions by age group. Refer to U.S. Soccer standards chart: https://www.ussoccer.com/coaching-education/resources/us-soccer-player-development-initiatives.

MAXIMUM Age

Length

Width

Goal Size

Penalty Area

Build Out Line

U14 - U19

120 yards

80 yards

8 ft. x 24 ft.

18 yards

No

U13

112 yards

75 yards

8 ft. x 24 ft.

18 yards

No

U11- U12

70-80 yards

45-55 yards

7 ft. x 21 ft.

12 yards

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U9 - U10

55-65 yards

35-45 yards

6.5 ft. x 18.5 ft.

10 yards

U5 - U8

25-35 yards

15-25 yards

4 ft. x 6 ft.

6 yards

Effective July 31, 2018 Yes* No

* Build out lines should be equidistant between the penalty area line & halfway line. (Approximately 18-22 yards).

Rule 4.4: Length of Games and Size of Ball The length of games and the ball size shall be as follows: Age

Length of Game

Over Time Periods (for tournaments)

Ball Size

Time Between Periods

U17-U19

2- 45 minute halves

2- 15 minute halves

Size 5

15 minutes

U15-U16

2- 40 minute halves

2- 15 minute halves

Size 5

15 minutes

U13-U14

2- 35 minute halves

2- 10 minute halves

Size 5

15 minutes

U11-U12

2- 30 minute halves

2- 10 minute halves

Size 4

10 minutes

U9-U10

2- 25 minute halves

2-10 minute halves

Size 4

10 minutes

U8

4- 10 minute quarters

None

Size 3

5 minutes

U5-U7

4- 10 minute quarters

None

Size 3

5 minutes

Rule 4.5: Substitutions The number of substitutions shall be unlimited unless competition under MSYSA jurisdiction determines otherwise. Substitutes may not enter the field of play until receiving a signal to do so from the referee and must do so at the half line. Substitutions may be made by either team at the following times: A.

Prior to a throw-in, with the following exception: If the team taking the throw-in does not substitute then substitution is prohibited.

B.

Prior to a goal kick.

C.

After a goal is scored.

D.

After an injury, when the referee stops play.

E.

At half time.

F.

After a Caution (a Yellow card), the carded player(s) may be substituted, and if substituted, the opposing team may substitute a like number of players.

Rule 4.6: Player Equipment Player equipment shall consist of a jersey or shirt, shorts, stockings, footwear and shin guards. Shin guards are mandatory.

Shin guards are covered entirely by the stocking, are made of suitable material, and shall be properly sized to provide a reasonable degree of protection.

Rule 4.7: Uniforms With the exception of the goalkeepers, opposing teams shall be differentiated from each other. Goalkeepers must wear colors that differentiate them from the field players.

Rule 4.8: Home Team Responsibilities A.

If both teams wear uniforms that are of the same or similar colors, the home team must effect a change to colors that are distinct from those of the opponent if requested by the referee.

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Effective July 31, 2018 The home team shall be responsible for the condition of the grounds, the proper field markings, and proper equipment. Goal nets and corner flags are recommended.

C.

The home team shall be responsible for providing a game ball.

D.

In the event the referee declares the condition of the grounds improper, the game is to be rescheduled. The home team will pay the referee fees for the cancelled game.

Rule 4.9: Player Passcards A.

If required all players shall present to the referee their player passcards before the start of the game.

B.

All passes are to be returned to the player or coach after the referee has completed the team check in.

C.

Should a player misplace their card, the player shall be permitted to play in the game. However, the player shall be open to "Challenge" by the coach of the opposing team.

1.

If a coach desires to challenge, the coach shall notify the referee and the opposing coach that the player is under "Challenge" (not to be confused with Protest) prior to the start of the game.

2.

The player(s) being challenged shall give their name, signature, and date of birth to the referee, who shall note this information on his "Game Report." The referee shall make this information available to the coach making the challenge at the conclusion of the game.

3.

The challenging coach shall then contact the member organization registrar or MSYSA for verification that the challenged player(s) is properly registered within 72 hours.

4.

If the registrar's records show the player is properly registered, the matter is finished. If the player is not properly registered, the forfeiture provisions of Rule 4.10 Ineligible or Improperly Registered Player apply.

Rule 4.10: Ineligible or Improperly Registered Player A.

Any team playing a player, who is ineligible, whether accidentally, intentionally, or otherwise, shall forfeit the game(s) in which that player takes part and may face further disciplinary action by the member organization and/or the board of directors, depending upon the nature of the violation.

B.

In case of forfeiture, the score shall stand 1-0 against the forfeiting team, unless the member organization or competition has a different forfeiture score.

Rule 4.11: Coaching from the Sidelines Coaching from the sidelines, giving directions to one's own team on points of strategy and position, is permitted provided: A.

No mechanical devices are used;

B.

Tone of voice is informative and not a harangue;

C.

No coach or substitute or player is to be anywhere except on the sidelines between the top of the penalty area and the half field mark during the game.

Rule 4.12: Team Benches Teams shall take opposite sidelines for their benches. Home teams have choice of preferred sidelines. Parents and spectators must take the same sidelines as their respective team, unless the facility prevents otherwise. It will be the responsibility of each team’s officials (coach, assistant coach or manager) to educate and see that their fans or spectators behave in a proper and respectful manner.

Rule 4.13: Misconduct Coaches and other team officials shall be subject to all rules pertaining to misconduct contained herein and as published by the USSF, including cautions, ejections, and standard suspensions. Any coach or team official shall be held responsible for the actions of any individual(s) who violate these rules and who in the opinion of the disciplinary authority, is a supporter of that team.

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Section 5: Discipline Policies Rule 5.1: Responsibility for Discipline A.

General Cases. In general cases, the member organizations shall be responsible for governing those persons associated within their operation, and shall establish procedures to that effect. However, it is the duty of all member organization officers, coaches, referees and assistant referees to report immediately any infraction of “Misconduct Toward Game Officials” and “Misconduct of Game Officials” (see appendix).

B.

Member organization Discipline and Appeal Procedures. Member organizations shall provide procedures for discipline, protest and appeals for their affiliated members. All grievances involving the right to participate and compete in activities sponsored by the USSF and the MSYSA and its members may be appealed to the USSF’s appeal committee that shall have jurisdiction to approve, modify, or reverse a decision. All hearings shall comply with USSF Bylaw 701 and USSF Policy 701-1 (see appendix).

C.

Line of Authority. Should any person, team or member organization want to appeal any decision, the line of authority shall be from the member organization to the MSYSA discipline and appeals committee, to the line of authority as specified by United States Soccer Federation.

Rule 5.2: Discipline and Appeal Filing Procedure A.

Types of Discipline and Appeals. The MSYSA discipline and appeals committee shall only hear appeals from decisions of lower authority, cases concerning referee assault, or matters referred by the board of directors.

B.

Line of Authority. The line of authority for an appeal is: 1.

Member organization;

2.

MSYSA discipline and appeals committee;

3.

The line of authority as specified by the United States Soccer Federation.

C.

Grounds for Appeal. Appeals must be in writing, either on forms specified by the MSYSA or providing the information requested on such forms, and describes in detail the grounds for the appeal.

D.

Appeal Fee and Time Limit. The written appeal must be mailed within ten (10) days of the receipt of a written decision from a lower authority and must be accompanied by all supporting documents and by the $250.00 fee in the form of a money order or cashier's check.

E.

Loss or Return of Fee. The appeal fee paid by the prevailing party will be returned; however, the fee shall not be returned if the appeal is denied.

F.

Decline to Hear Appeal. Authorities responsible for hearing appeals may decline a hearing if: 1.

The appeal does not pertain to the original protest or the decision of a lower authority;

2.

The appeal is filed by a party other than the original parties to the protest/appeal.

G.

Timeliness of Response. At all levels of the appeals process, if a decision is not reached within thirty (30) days of receipt of the written appeal, the party filing the appeal may submit the appeal to the next higher level and the appeal fee submitted will be applied to the next level.

H.

Status of Decisions. All decisions at all levels of the appeal process shall stand and be in full force and effect until changed by a higher authority.

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I.

Effective July 31, 2018 Ultimate State-level Authority. Decisions of the MSYSA discipline and appeals committee shall be binding unless the decisions are overturned by a higher authority. Failure to abide by decisions of the committee shall be grounds for disciplinary action by the MSYSA board of directors.

Rule 5.3: Disciplinary Rulings, and Minimum Punishments (All Sections listed below are minimums) A.

Minimum Penalties. A member organization may adopt more stringent penalties, which will prevail, but in no event may penalties be less than those listed.

B.

Player Fighting. A player guilty of fighting before, during or after games shall receive a two-game (2) suspension.

C.

Player Profanity. A player guilty of using profanity, either by word or sign, against another player, coach, spectator, or any member organization official shall receive a minimum two-game (2) suspension.

D.

Player Threats. A player guilty of making threatening gestures against another player, coach, spectator, or any member organization official shall receive a minimum two-game (2) suspension. Verbal threats are remarks that carry the implied or direct threat of physical harm. Such remarks as “I’ll get you after the game” or “You won’t get out of here in one piece” shall be deemed referee abuse. (See Appendix USSF Policy 531-9).

E.

Player Striking Official. A player guilty of pushing or striking any coach, or any member organization official shall receive a minimum one-year (1) suspension.

F.

Misconduct toward a Referee. Any player, coach, manager, or official committing some misconduct as defined by USSF Policy 531-9 shall be dealt with in accordance with that policy. Reporting procedures are included in the policy.

G.

1.

Referee abuse is a verbal statement or physical act not resulting on bodily contact which implies or threatens physical harm to a referee or the referee’s property or equipment.

2.

Abuse includes, but is not limited to the following acts committed upon a referee: Using foul or abusive language toward a referee; spewing any beverage on a referee’s property; spitting at (but not on) the referee; or verbally threatening a referee.

3.

Referee assault involves physical contact with the referee, or the referee’s uniform or personal property.

Coach Threats. Coaches or team officials who make threatening gestures or use threatening language to other players, coaches, or any member organization officials shall be disciplined according to the following schedule: First Time: Second Time: Third Time:

H.

Minimum two-game (2) suspension.

The offender shall appear before the MSYSA board of directors and be suspended for a minimum of four (4) games.

The offender will be suspended for not less than one (1) year.

Misconduct of Spectators. Any other individual who may be reasonably construed to be associated with a team, such as relatives and supporters, shall also be subject to the jurisdiction of this Association.

1.

Assault or abuse of a referee by a spectator. If an individual who supports a team abuses or assaults a referee, such action shall be deemed loss of control by the coach and other team officials. Upon receipt of a report of an assault or abuse of a referee by a spectator, the chairperson of the discipline and appeals committee, or their designate, will form an ad hoc committee composed of the chairperson (or their designate) and two (2) individuals on the MSYSA board of directors who are not members of the member organization(s) involved in the case. The chairperson will perform a preliminary investigation and disclose the results of the investigation to the ad hoc committee. The ad hoc committee will determine if there is enough evidence to sustain a charge of assault or abuse. If not, no action will be taken. If there is enough evidence, a letter will be forwarded to the team informing them of the requirement to post a cash bond up to $1,000 with the MSYSA. After receiving written notification of the requirement for a bond, the team shall have forty-eight (48) hours to post the bond with MSYSA. Failure to remit that bond to this Association shall place that team temporarily under suspension and not in good standing. Any games missed or games played after the forty-eight (48) hour period but prior to the posting of said bond will be considered forfeit.

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2.

I.

Effective July 31, 2018 The matter will be referred to the discipline and appeals committee for a complete investigation and hearing.

Said hearing will be conducted with the same procedures established for hearings conducted for assaults of referees by players, coaches or other team officials. After hearing all the evidence the discipline and appeals committee may return the bond if the charges prove untrue; may continue the bond for a period of time not less than one (1) year; may increase the amount of the bond to a maximum of twice the amount of the original bond; or may reduce the amount of the bond; depending on the severity of the offense.

3.

If a second such offense occurs involving any supporter of the same team within a period of two (2) years, the amount of the bond shall be doubled. The original bond, if still in effect, will be forfeited.

4.

If a third such offense occurs involving any supporter of the same team, the team shall be suspended from all competition under the auspices of the MSYSA. Provisions will be made to prevent the reforming of the same team members with a new team name.

5.

The MSYSA shall return the bond at the end of the period determined by the discipline and appeals committee.

Misconduct of Game Officials. In case of misconduct by referees or other game officials, USSF Policy 531-10 shall apply, including reporting procedures (See Appendix).

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Effective July 31, 2018

APPENDIX The content of this Appendix is not meant to be rules that may be amended by the MSYSA. The information provided herein is for reference and any changes by USSF will be effective immediately upon any subsequent amendments by USSF and this Appendix will be updated as quickly as possible.

USSF Policy 531-9 – Misconduct Toward Game Officials Section 1. General Misconduct against referees may occur before, during and after the match, including travel to and from the match. Misconduct may occur also at later times when directly related to duties of a game official as a referee.

Section 2. Rule Application a. b. c.

This policy shall supersede any inconsistent rules of Organization Members that pertain to assaults or abuse upon Federation referees, assistant referees, the manner and means of hearings, appeals, and rehearings in matters pertaining thereto.

Nothing in this policy rule shall be construed to restrict or limit any league, event/tournament or Organization Member from applying equal or greater restrictions to anyone not listed in section 4(1)(1) of this policy (i.e., a spectator associated with a club or team).

This policy shall not apply to players, coaches, managers, club officials, or league officials while participating in Professional League Member activities.

Section 3. Terms and References As used in this policy – 1. “Referee” includes the following: a. All currently registered USSF referees, assistant referees, 4th officials or others duly appointed to assist in officiating in a match. b. Any non-licensed, non-registered person serving in an emergency capacity as a referee (under Rule 3040). c. Any club assistant referee.

2.

3.

4.

“Hearing” means a meeting of at least three neutral members, one of which is designated or elected to serve as Chairperson. The hearing shall be conducted pursuant to guidelines established by the Organization Member. (a)(i) Referee assault is an intentional act of physical violence at or upon a referee. (ii) For purposes of this policy, “intentional act” shall mean an act intended to bring about a result which will invade the interests of another in a way that is socially unacceptable. Unintended consequences of the act are irrelevant. (b) Assault includes, but is not limited to the following acts committed upon a referee: hitting, kicking, punching, choking, spitting on, grabbing or bodily running into a referee; head butting; the act of kicking or throwing any object at a referee that could inflict injury; damaging the referee’s uniform or personal property, i.e. car, equipment, etc. (a)Referee abuse is a verbal statement or physical act not resulting in bodily contact which implies or threatens physical harm to a referee or the referee’s property or equipment. (b) Abuse includes, but is not limited to the following acts committed upon a referee: using foul or abusive language toward a referee that implies or threatens physical harm; spewing any beverage on a referee’s personal property; spitting at (but not on) the referee.

Section 4. Jurisdiction and Hearings A. General 1. When any amateur or professional player, coach, manager, club official or game official assaults or abuses a referee, the original jurisdiction to adjudicate the matter shall vest immediately in the responsible Organization Member which is affiliated with the United States Soccer USSF. 18 of 23

2.

3.

4.

B.

Effective July 31, 2018 When an allegation of assault is verified by the Organization Member, the person is automatically suspended until the hearing on the assault.

The Organization Member must hold a hearing within thirty (30) days of the verification by the Member of the abuse or assault or, if applicable, the thirty-day period provided by subsection (b)(3) of this section. If the Member does not adjudicate the matter within that period of time, original jurisdiction shall immediately vest in the Federation’s Appeals Committee to adjudicate the matter, to which the same provisions as to the term of suspension shall apply.

Failure to hold the initial hearing shall not rescind the automatic suspension.

Events and Tournaments 1. In the event an assault or abuse of a referee occurs in an event outside the alleged offender’s home state, the referee shall (A) immediately notify the Event/Tournament Chairperson, and (B) forward a copy of the game report and his/her comments on the incident to the Event/Tournament Chairperson.

2. The Event/Tournament Chairperson shall have the right to immediately convene a hearing at the site of the Event/Tournament, at which the alleged offender, the coach of the alleged offender when the offender is a player, and the game official should be present. Information presented at this hearing shall promptly be relayed to the alleged offender’s Organization Member President by the Event/Tournament Chairperson, both orally and in writing; however, failure to provide written information shall not restrict the offender’s Organization Member from taking action with regard to any referee abuse or assault.

3. Final jurisdiction shall vest with the alleged offender’s Organization Member. A hearing shall be held by that Organization Member within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the initial report of the abuse or assault on a referee.

Section 5. Penalties and Suspensions A. Assault 1. The person committing the referee assault must be suspended as follows: a. For a minor or slight touching of the referee or the referee’s uniform or personal property, at least 3 months from the time of the assault; b. Except as provided in clause i. or ii., for any other assault, at least 6 months from the time of the assault: i. For an assault committed by an adult and the referee is 17 years of age or younger, at least 3 years; or ii. For an assault when serious injuries are inflicted, at least 5 years.

2. An Organization Member adjudicating the matter may not provide a shorter period of suspension but, if circumstances warrant, may provide a longer period of suspension.

B.

Abuse The minimum suspension period for referee abuse shall be at least three (3) scheduled matches within the rules of that competition. The Organization Member adjudicating the matter may provide a longer period of suspension when circumstances warrant (e.g., habitual offenders).

Section 6. Appeals A person who is found to have committed the abuse and/or assault may appeal to the Appeals Committee by following the procedures of Federation Bylaw 705 within ten (10) days from receipt of the decision of the Organization Member.

Section 7. Procedure for Reporting Assault and Abuse A. Procedures for reporting of referee assault and/or abuse shall be developed and disseminated by the National Referee Committee to all Federation registered referees.

B. Referees shall transmit a written report of the alleged assault or abuse, or both, within 48 hours of the incident (unless there is a valid reason for later reporting) to the designee of the Organization Member and the State Referee Administrator. For tournaments or special events, the referee shall transmit a written report to the tournament director on the day of the incident and to his home state SRA within 10 days of the incident.

USSF Policy 531-10 – Misconduct of Game Officials Section 1. Terms and References A. “Game Officials” includes the following: 1. All currently registered USSF referees, assistant referees, 4th officials or others appointed to assist in officiating in a match.

2. Any non-licensed, non-registered person serving in an emergency capacity as a referee (See section 2 of Policy 531-8).

3. Any club assistant referee.

4. Any referee development program person performing any official function at a match B.

“Referee Development Program Person” includes any referee, referee administrator, referee assessor, referee instructor, referee assignor, or other person serving in such capacity in a line or supervisory position, including 19 of 23

C.

D.

Effective July 31, 2018 members of any referee committee appointed by the Federation, its Divisions, Affiliates or Associates, a State Association, or a competition, tournament or other appropriate authority.

“Hearing” means a meeting of at least five members, one of which is designated or elected to serve as a Chairperson.

The Chairperson of a hearing shall not vote except to break a tie vote. Such members, including the Chairperson, shall not be the State Referee Administrator, the State Director of Referee Instruction, the State Director of Referee Assessment, a Federation National or FIFA Referee, or any other member of the State Referee Administration.

“State Association” shall be that State Association through which the game official is registered or referee development is appointed. Where a state has both Amateur or Youth National State Associations, the reference shall mean that State Association which has legal authority within its state to administer the registration of the referee or the appointment of the referee development program person charged.

Section 2. Procedures A.

Misconduct at a Match When any game official is accused of having committed misconduct toward another game official, participant, or spectator at a match, or of having a conflict of interest, the original jurisdiction to adjudicate the matter shall vest immediately in the State Association or Organization Member through which the accused game official is registered. In the situation where Amateur and Youth State Associations exist in a state, and the incident of alleged misconduct occurred at a match sanctioned by one State Association, jurisdiction shall vest within the State Association sanctioning the match in question.

B.

Misconduct Away from a Match When any game official, referee, referee assistant or referee development program person is accused of unethical conduct, misuse or abuse of authority or conflict of interest is any matter in the pursuit of or may affect the individual’s official dealings within and as authorized by the Federation, its Divisions, Affiliates or Associates, a State Associations or Organization Member, or a competition, tournament or other appropriate authority, the matter shall vest immediately in the State Association through which the accused game official is registered or through which the referee development program person is appointed.

C.

D.

E. F.

Any allegation of misconduct or of conflict of interest by a game official as described by subsection (A) of this section, or of unethical conduct, misuse or abuse of authority or conflict of interest as described by subsection (B) of this section, shall be made in writing to the State Referee Administrator or to the State Association(s) or Organization Member that shall report all such allegations including any allegations against the State Referee Administrator, to the State Association(s) or Organization Members through which the accused game official if registered or through which the accused referee development program person is appointed.

Upon receipt by the appropriate Organization Member of a verified written complaint, a hearing shall be conducted within 30 days from verification pursuant to guidelines established by the Organization Member having jurisdiction as provided by subsection (A) or (B) of this section. The guidelines may include referring the complaint to the State Referee Committee for the hearing. The hearings and appeal process shall provide for adequate due process for the accused person including proper notice of charges, the right to bring witnesses in defense, and the right to confront and to cross-examine the accusers.

The Chairperson of the hearing committee shall transmit the findings of the committee in writing to all parties concerned including the accused and the accusers and to the State Association(s) or Organization Member within seven days of the hearing.

Any party subject to penalties shall receive, at the time of notification of the decision, a notice of the rights of appeal and a copy of the procedures and deadline dates required for such an appeal to be properly considered. Time for filing an appeal shall start with the date official receipt of the decision by the party making the appeal.

Section 3. Penalties A. The severity of the penalty imposed upon an individual shall be determined by the decision-making body having jurisdiction.

B. Penalties may be among the following: 1. Letter of reprimand; 2. A fine; 3. Suspension from all active participation in the Federation for a fixed period of time; 4. Any combination of clauses (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection; and 5. Dismissal from the Federation.

C.

Any individual while under suspension may not take part in any activity sponsored by the Federation or its members.

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A.

B.

Effective July 31, 2018 Any game official who is found guilty of misconduct as defined in this rule may appeal the decision of the hearing committee as follows: 1. To a Referee Disciplinary Committee jointly appointed by the Amateur and Youth State Associations.

2. To the Federation Appeals Committee as provided under USSF Bylaw 705.

The party appealing the decision of a committee shall have ten (10) days to file the notice of appeal of a decision.

Time for filing an appeal shall start with the date of official receipt of the decision by the party making the appeal.

Bylaw 701. HEARING PROCEDURES In all hearings conducted under these bylaws, the parties shall be accorded: 1. notice of the specific charge or alleged violations in writing and possible consequences if the charges are found to be true; 2. reasonable time between receipt of the notice of charges and the hearing within which to prepare a defense; 3. the right to have the hearing conducted at a time and place so as to make it practicable for the person charged to attend; 4. a hearing before a disinterested and impartial body of fact-finders; 5. the right to be assisted in the presentation of one’s case at the building; 6. the right to call witness and present oral and written evidence and argument; 7. the right to confront witness, including the right to provide the identity of the witness in advance of the hearing; 8. the right to have a record made of the hearing if desired; 9. a written decision, with reasons for the decision, based solely on the evidence of the record, issued in a timely fashion; 10. notice of any substantive and material action of the hearing panel in the course of the proceeding; and 11. quality concerning communications and no ex parte communication is permitted between a party and any person involved in making its decision or procedural determination except to provide explanations involving procedures to be followed.

Policy701-1 Hearing Procedures This policy provides the minimum rights that each party would have at a hearing with respect to the right to assistance in presenting one’s case at a hearing, as must be allowed under Federation Bylaw 701(5). These minimum rights apply to hearings conducted by State Associations and their members or other hearing body. A copy of these minimum rights should be delivered to the parties with the notice of the hearing.

(A) Each party at a hearing shall have the right to have an individual present at the hearing to assist the party in presenting the party’s case. Such individual may, but shall not be required to be, an attorney.

(B) If the State Association or member of the State Association (“Complainant”) is represented by another individual at any hearing and the hearing panel allows that individual to speak, question the parties and /or witnesses, or grant that individual any other rights, then it shall afford all other parties, or the individual representing the party, including an attorney, the same rights during the course of the hearing as is allowed to the individual representing the Complainant.

(C) If an attorney is present at a hearing to assist a part in presenting the party’s case, it shall be clear at the commencement of any such hearing that the hearing shall proceed in accordance with the State Association’s hearing rules and procedures. All Federal, State or local Rules of Evidence or Civil Procedure shall not be applicable.

(D) A State Association may provide, as part of its hearing rules and procedures, that an individual assisting a party may be allowed to speak on behalf of the party, make requests or ask questions at the hearing.

(E) Regardless of whether the State Association allows the individual assisting the party the rights to speak, make requests or ask questions, as noted in Paragraph D above, an individual assisting the party in presenting the party’s case shall have the right to be physically present in the hearing room, and so as not to interfere with the hearing procedure, it is also recommended that the individual be seated close to the party(either behind or next to the party) so that the party may seek assistance when desired during the course of the hearing.

(F) During the course of the hearing, the party may confer briefly with the individual who is assisting before making a statement or request or prior to responding to a question. The panel conducting the hearing may limit the frequency and duration of the conferences so as not to unduly interfere with the proceeding.

(G) If there is confusion or concern, the party may request a recess to confer with the individual assisting the party.

Such a request should be granted unless the number of requests by the party becomes unreasonable or the length of a requested recess is deemed by the hearing panel to be unreasonable.

(H) An individual assisting a party may prepare written material for the party and collect documents for the party.

However, the party must submit or present the material and documents as material and documents of the party, and not of the individual assisting. The party has complete responsibility for those materials and documents and is subject to questioning about them.

(I) Nothing contained in this policy shall prevent a State Association from allowing greater rights to assistance than those set forth in Paragraphs A-H above. For example, a State Association may, but shall not be obligate to, allow more than one individual to assist a party at any given time.

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(J)

Effective July 31, 2018 The rights, either mandatory or permissible under this policy, shall be consistently applied, and State Association should not arbitrarily allow or disallow the rights set forth above to those individuals assisting a party in the presentation or defense of the party’s case.

GLOSSARY For the purpose of interpretation, these definitions are offered but are not meant as rules themselves.

1.

Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Soccer’s world governing body is the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), which is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. The delegates of the association of France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland signed the articles of foundation. In 1905 the English Football Association enrolled in FIFA along with Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

FIFA is comprised of each country’s national soccer associations and is responsible for promoting and organizing the game of soccer throughout the world. FIFA also determines the basic playing “Laws of the Game.” Those laws are available from the Federation in a special booklet. Today more than 150 million people throughout the world play soccer and in a given year up to 1 million referees officiate more than 20 million matches. FIFA governs all aspects of the game.

2.

United States Soccer Federation, Inc (USSF) United States Soccer Federation , Inc (USSF) is the national governing body for all levels of soccer in the United States. It was formed in 1913 and affiliated with FIFA the following year.

U.S. Soccer is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) as provided in the Amateur Sports Act of 1978. The constitution, rules, policies, and procedures of the Federation have evolved over a period of time to govern the game of soccer and protect the interests of all participants, players, officials, administrators, clubs, member organizations, national states associations, and the Federation. Therefore, they must be accepted and observed by all members of the Federation until changed in accordance with the procedure provided.

3.

United States Youth Soccer Association, Inc. (USYSA; U.S. Youth Soccer) United States Youth Soccer Association, Inc. (USYSA; US Youth Soccer) is the largest member of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF). US Youth Soccer is a non-profit and educational organization whose mission is to foster the physical, mental and emotional growth and development of America's youth through the sport of soccer at all levels of age and competition.

Beginning in 1974, US Youth Soccer has always been recognized as a leader in youth sports organizations. Through a democratic structure, the membership of US Youth Soccer is able to provide uniform rules and guidelines. These guidelines facilitate intra-state, inter-state and international play. The national administration of US Youth Soccer is conducted by a nine member board of directors consisting of a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer, four regional directors, and a member at large. Each of these board members are elected into office by delegates from the 55 member State Associations. A tenth position that of past president is held by the past president for a single term of two years. The US Youth Soccer membership is divided into four regions, each with a director elected to the board of directors. The regions are essentially East (Region I), Midwest (Region II), South (Region III) and West (Region IV). Each State Association has a board of directors, elected by delegates from their member organizations, clubs or teams.

4.

“National State Association” means an affiliated member association of US Youth Soccer representing all clubs, member organizations, teams, players, coaches, and administrators, within the territory assigned to the National State Association by the USSF National Council. The administrative body within the territory determined by the National Council to carry out the Federation’s programs for amateur youth or amateur adult players or both.

5.

“Amateur Sports Act” means the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act (chapter 2205 of title 36, United States Code).

6.

“Appeal” means a procedure to be followed which provides that such matters be resolved on as low an organizational level as possible. This process is for disputes outside the decisions made by a referee on the field during the course of a match.

7.

“MSYSA” means Michigan State Youth Soccer Association which is a National State Association.

8.

“board of directors” or “Board” means the board of directors of MSYSA

9.

“Club” means an organization providing soccer to youth players that is either a direct member of MSYSA or that registers players with MSYSA through an affiliated member. At no time shall an affiliated member who functions as a 22 of 23

Effective July 31, 2018 “scheduling league” also be considered a “club”. In the case where a club sets up one or more satellite clubs in the state, those satellite clubs may only be considered part of the main club for the purposes of the National Championship Series if all the following criteria are met: 1. The main club and satellite club have the same Board of Directors 2. The main club and satellite club have the same Tax ID number 3. The main club and satellite club are in the same MSYSA District as determined by the MSYSA Board of Directors.

10. “District” means a geographical subdivision of the State of Michigan 11. “League” or “member organization” a structured group of 4 or more teams joined for the purpose inter-team play under a common set of administrative rules.

12. “League team” means a team that participates in regularly scheduled member organization play.

13. “Protest” means a complaint about field or referee qualifications prior to the start of a game, or the misapplication of rules or procedures during a game.

14. “Standing Rules” means rules, regulations and policies of Michigan State Youth Soccer Association.

15. “Team” means a group of soccer players playing on the same side in soccer games.

16. “Youth player” means an individual who has not reached 19 years of age prior to August 1 immediately before the start of any seasonal year. A player who reaches 19 years of age during a seasonal year is allowed to complete that seasonal year. A player who reaches 19 years of age during August of one (1) seasonal year shall be allowed to complete all of the next seasonal year.

17. “USOC” means the United States Olympic Committee that is the corporation established under the Amateur Sports Act to oversee all amateur athletic activity in the United States.

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Section 5: Proposed Revisions to the MSYSA Bylaws

AMENDMENT #1 –Term of Office Amend Bylaws Article V, Section 3B by striking out “An officer may not serve more than (3) three consecutive terms in the same office.”

CURRENT WORDING

EFFECT OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT

Section 3. Term of Office

Section 3. Term of Office

B. Elected officers shall assume office at the conclusion of the meeting at which they are elected. An officer may not serve more than (3) three consecutive terms in the same office.

B. Elected officers shall assume office at the conclusion of the meeting at which they are elected. An officer may not serve more than (3) three consecutive terms in the same office.

Proposed by: Yvonne Curtis Rationale: The membership should determine if/when change is needed and how long volunteers may serve in various positions on the MSYSA Board of Directors.

Bylaws and Standing Rules Committee Recommendation: After a lengthy discussion by the committee, we recognize that there are strong arguments both for and against the proposed amendment. Therefore, the committee makes no recommendation.

AMENDMENT #2 – Bylaws and Standing Rules Committee Duties Amend 1.

2.

3.

Bylaws Article X, Section 3B1 through 3B4 by: Striking out “received no later than October 15” from subsection 1; Striking out “and standing rule” from subsection 4; and Striking out “annual” and inserting “Annual” from subsection 4.

CURRENT WORDING

EFFECT OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT

Section 3. Bylaws and Standing Rules Committee

Section 3. Bylaws and Standing Rules Committee

B. The bylaws and standing rules committee shall: 1. Consider, edit, and/or correlate such bylaw and standing rule amendments received no later than October 15 as are referred to it by the board of directors, staff, member organization or individual member and originate bylaw and standing rules amendments as the committee deems necessary; 2. Verify that bylaw amendments are not in conflict with the US Youth Soccer Association and USSF bylaws; 3. Present to MSYSA changes to the bylaws necessitated by amendments made in the US Youth Soccer Association and USSF bylaws; 4. Distribute proposed bylaw and standing rule amendments received no later than October 15 with recommendation and rationale, if needed, to the president and board of directors at the November board of directors meeting and for inclusion with the call of the MSYSA annual General Meeting;

B. The bylaws and standing rules committee shall: 1. Consider, edit, and/or correlate such bylaw and standing rule amendments received no later than October 15 as are referred to it by the board of directors, staff, member organization or individual member and originate bylaw and standing rules amendments as the committee deems necessary; 2. Verify that bylaw amendments are not in conflict with the US Youth Soccer Association and USSF bylaws; 3. Present to MSYSA changes to the bylaws necessitated by amendments made in the US Youth Soccer Association and USSF bylaws; 4. Distribute proposed bylaw and standing rule amendments received no later than October 15 with recommendation and rationale, if needed, to the president and board of directors at the November board of directors meeting and for inclusion with the call of the MSYSA annual Annual General Meeting;

Proposed by: Mark Klein, MSYSA Bylaws and Standing Rules Committee Chairman Rationale: Revised to make responsibilities of the bylaws and standing rules committee clearer, and to align with the MSYSA Rules and Bylaws regarding rule and bylaw amendments.

The intention of the amendment to subsection 1 is to denote the committee’s general responsibility of considering, editing, and correlating any bylaw and rule amendments that are referred to the

committee. The processes for rule amendments and bylaw amendments are different. There is a specific deadline for submitting proposed bylaw amendments in order for the amendments to be considered by the membership at the subsequent Annual General Meeting. However, proposed rule amendments have no such deadline, since proposed rule amendments are voted on by the Board of Directors at a Board meeting (and are subject to membership approval at the AGM or special meeting). Since there is no specific deadline for proposing rule amendments, the striking out of the October 15 deadline makes subsection 1 more correct, and effectively changes subsection 1 into a more general statement regarding the committee’s duty to review proposed amendments to the Rules and Bylaws. The October 15 deadline, which is still in effect for proposed Bylaw amendments, is still noted in subsection 4, and is also described in the MSYSA Bylaws Article XIII. The first amendment to subsection 4 is similar to that of subsection 1. The committee is required to distribute proposed bylaw amendments (along with recommendation/rationale as needed) to the MSYSA Board of Directors at the November board meeting. These proposed bylaw amendments must be submitted by the October 15 deadline. Since proposed rule amendments do not have this same deadline, “and standing rule” is struck from subsection 4 in order to make it more correct. Thus, the revised subsection 4 would solely pertain to bylaw amendments, not rule amendments.

The final amendment to subsection 4 is a capitalization edit.

Bylaws and Standing Rules Committee Recommendation: The MSYSA bylaws and standing rules committee recommends adoption of this proposed amendment.

The following proposed amendments 3 through 23 to the MSYSA Bylaws are primarily grammatical or typographical changes to clarify the current practice. The MSYSA Rules and Bylaws Committee propose all of these amendments.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #3 – Eligibility Approval and Acceptance Amend Article III, Section 1 by striking out “Section 4 of” in the second to last sentence of the paragraph.

Rationale: The entire USSF Bylaw 241 outlines suspensions and there is not a Section 4 in the bylaw.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #4 – Good Standing Amend Article III, Section 4 by capitalizing “policies” in the first sentence of the paragraph.

Rationale: Grammatical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #5 – Officers Amend Article V, Section 1.A by striking out “state premier soccer program chairman” and inserting “Michigan State Premier Soccer Program (MSPSP) chairperson.”

Rationale: Clarifies the state premier soccer program by actual name and corrects the grammatical term chairman.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #6 – Duties of Officers Amend Article V, Section 5.D by striking out “3. Be an ex-officio member of the Michigan State Youth Soccer Association Foundation (MSYSAF);” and renumbering the remaining items Rationale: There is no longer a Michigan State Youth Soccer Association Foundation.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #7 – Duties of Officers Amend Article V, Section 5.D.7 by striking out “AGM” and inserting “Annual General Meeting (AGM)” Rationale: Grammatical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #8 – Duties of Officers Amend Article V, Section 5.F by striking out “Chairman” and inserting “Chairperson” Rationale: Grammatical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #9 – Election of Officers Amend Article VI, Section 2.D by striking out “chairman” and inserting “chairperson” Rationale: Grammatical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #10 – Annual General Meetings Amend Article VII, Section 2.B by inserting “and” after “Directors” Rationale: Grammatical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #11 – Annual General Meetings Amend Article VII, Section 2.D by striking out “7” and inserting “6” Rationale: Typographical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #12 – Special Meetings Amend Article VII, Section 3.D by striking out “7” and inserting “6” Rationale: Typographical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #13 – Voting Body Amend Article VII, Section 6.A by inserting “of” after “composed” Rationale: Grammatical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #14 – BOARD OF DIRECTORS - Composition Amend Article VIII, Section 1.A.5 by striking out “non voting” and inserting “non-voting”.

Rationale: Typographical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #15 – BOARD OF DIRECTORS - Duties Amend Article VIII, Section 3.A.4 by striking out “.” and inserting “;” after “boundaries”.

Rationale: Typographical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #16 – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - Duties Amend Article IX, Section 2 by striking out subsection B “Be aware that all action of the executive committee is subject to ratification by the board of directors at the next regularly scheduled meeting.” and inserting it as item 2 of subsection A. Rationale: This corrects the current formatting since it should be an item under subsection A and not a separate subsection.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #17 – Bylaws and Standing Rules Committee Amend Article X, Section 3.B.6 by inserting “Association” after “Soccer”.

Rationale: Typographical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #18 – Poaching and Illegal Recruiting Committee Amend Article X, Section 6.B by striking out “recruitment” and inserting “recruiting” and striking out “;” and inserting “:” after “shall”.

Rationale: Typographical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #19 – Poaching and Illegal Recruiting Committee Amend Article X, Section 6.E by making the text “Accountability.” bold.

Rationale: Typographical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #20 – Poaching and Illegal Recruiting Committee Amend Article X, Section 6.F by making the text “Hearing Procedures.” bold.

Rationale: Typographical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #21 – Poaching and Illegal Recruiting Committee Amend Article X, Section 6.G by making the text “Litigation.” bold.

Rationale: Typographical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #22 – Third Party Suits Amend Article XI, Section 1 by striking out “of” and inserting “or” between “employee” and “agent” in the first sentence.

Rationale: Typographical correction.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT #23 – Determination that Indemnification is Proper Amend Article XI, Section 4 by striking out “fourth” and inserting “forth” between “set” and “in” in the first sentence.

Rationale: Typographical correction.

Section 6: MSYSA Financial Statement FYE August 31, 2018

Section 7: MSYSA Budgets

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

MSYSA EXPENSES Salaries Payroll Taxes & Processing Accounting (Audit/401K/Other) Risk Management, Legal & License Fees Bank & Credit Online System Charges MSYSA Scholarships/Rec Grants Coach Education Program TOP Soccer Program/Soccer Across America Advertising/Marketing/Donations ODP 101 Program Boys ODP Program Girls ODP Program Boys & Girls State Cup Junior State Cup Director's Academy Program Web & Server Maintenance Membership Fees (USYS, USSF) Insurance Office Telephone Expense MI Soccer Pub. Printing & Postage Travel & Meetings (Mgmt/Office) Travel & Meetings (Coach Education) Travel & Meetings (Board) Annual General Meeting/Admin. Workshop State Office Rent/Utilities/Other Office Expenses & Postage Office Equipment & Leasing Auto Dep/Maint/Insurance & Misc.

Regionals Depreciation/Disposal of FA SUB TOTALS Strategic Plan Initiatives (from Net Asset Support) OPERATING SURPLUS (LOSSES)

*BOD Approved Adjustments on 11/19/2018

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

MSYSA INCOME Membership Registration Member Services Coach Education Program Risk Management Program ODP 101 Program Boys ODP Program Girls ODP Program Boys & Girls State Cup Junior State Cup Director's Academy Program Sponsorship & Donations Advertising & MI Soccer Pub. MSPSP Rent Tournaments & Bonds Misc, A/R & Interest Regionals TOTALS $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

FY 18 APP. BDGT 1,170,655.00 15,000.00 78,625.00 82,500.00 87,150.00 75,000.00 75,000.00 244,000.00 78,700.00 197,730.00 145,000.00 15,405.00 6,250.00 20,000.00 2,291,015.00 FY 18 APP. BDGT 548,280.00 63,850.00 30,000.00 65,000.00 15,000.00 30,000.00 78,625.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 52,150.00 75,000.00 75,000.00 160,000.00 42,650.00 167,530.00 20,000.00 260,125.00 268,800.00 10,000.00 85,000.00 20,000.00 10,000.00 25,000.00 35,000.00 90,000.00 15,000.00 10,000.00 1,500.00 17,505.00 2,291,015.00 40,000.00 (40,000.00)

FY 18 FYE 477,537.26 37,594.80 30,278.98 54,804.55 15,483.72 36,400.00 61,651.86 4,505.26 6,563.34 38,222.51 64,457.55 65,227.10 174,254.34 42,962.02 144,449.23 22,124.80 258,528.62 238,824.28 10,571.15 60,551.12 15,984.38 4,138.98 32,040.91 27,530.01 85,497.70 17,205.45 11,540.00 1,804.05 27,498.47 2,068,232.44 25,936.74 376,613.40

FY 18 FYE 1,118,483.36 9,846.00 113,762.37 78,968.50 67,325.00 97,550.00 81,525.00 285,327.68 108,204.30 200,130.00 136,785.83 140,383.99 15,405.00 5,875.00 11,210.55 2,470,782.58

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ FY 19 APP. BDGT 557,246.00 64,489.00 30,000.00 65,000.00 15,000.00 30,000.00 78,625.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 52,150.00 75,000.00 75,000.00 160,000.00 42,650.00 167,530.00 20,000.00 262,726.00 271,238.00 10,000.00 85,000.00 20,000.00 10,000.00 25,000.00 35,000.00 90,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 1,500.00 17,505.00 2,320,659.00 -

FY 19 APP. BDGT 1,200,299.00 15,000.00 78,625.00 82,500.00 87,150.00 75,000.00 75,000.00 244,000.00 78,700.00 197,730.00 145,000.00 15,405.00 6,250.00 20,000.00 2,320,659.00

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ FY 19 ADJ (30,000.00) (9,000.00) 10,000.00 34,250.00 7,950.00 18,620.00 (22,985.00) (10,000.00) 246,300.00 12,495.00 257,630.00 -

FY 19 ADJ (30,000.00) (5,000.00) 28,000.00 17,800.00 10,530.00 (10,000.00) 246,300.00 257,630.00 FY 19 PROP. BDGT $ 527,246.00 $ 55,489.00 $ 30,000.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 15,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ 78,625.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 52,150.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 194,250.00 $ 50,600.00 $ 186,150.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 239,741.00 $ 271,238.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 85,000.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ 35,000.00 $ 90,000.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 1,500.00 $ 246,300.00 $ 30,000.00 $ 2,578,289.00 $ $ -

FY 19 PROP. BDGT $ 1,170,299.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 78,625.00 $ 82,500.00 $ 87,150.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 272,000.00 $ 96,500.00 $ 208,260.00 $ $ 145,000.00 $ 15,405.00 $ 6,250.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 246,300.00 $ 2,578,289.00

MSYSA PROPOSED BUDGETS 11/19/2018 (POST-AUDIT)

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ FY 20 APP. BDGT 568,390.00 65,000.00 30,000.00 65,000.00 15,000.00 30,000.00 78,625.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 52,150.00 75,000.00 75,000.00 160,000.00 42,650.00 167,530.00 20,000.00 265,353.00 296,238.00 10,000.00 85,000.00 20,000.00 10,000.00 25,000.00 35,000.00 90,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 1,500.00 13,825.00 2,356,261.00 -

FY 20 APP. BDGT 1,222,151.00 20,000.00 78,625.00 86,250.00 87,150.00 75,000.00 75,000.00 244,000.00 78,700.00 197,730.00 150,000.00 15,405.00 6,250.00 20,000.00 2,356,261.00

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ FY 20 ADJ (20,000.00) (7,000.00) 10,000.00 34,250.00 7,950.00 18,620.00 (23,215.00) (10,000.00) 16,175.00 26,780.00 -

FY 20 ADJ (29,550.00) 28,000.00 17,800.00 10,530.00 26,780.00 FY 20 PROP. BDGT $ 548,390.00 $ 58,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 15,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ 78,625.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 52,150.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 194,250.00 $ 50,600.00 $ 186,150.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 242,138.00 $ 296,238.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 85,000.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ 35,000.00 $ 90,000.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 1,500.00 $ $ 30,000.00 $ 2,383,041.00 $ $ -

FY 20 PROP. BDGT $ 1,192,601.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 78,625.00 $ 86,250.00 $ 87,150.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 272,000.00 $ 96,500.00 $ 208,260.00 $ $ 150,000.00 $ 15,405.00 $ 6,250.00 $ 20,000.00 $ $ 2,383,041.00

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 561,965.00 $ 60,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 15,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ 78,625.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 52,150.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 194,250.00 $ 50,600.00 $ 186,150.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 248,218.00 $ 321,238.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 85,000.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ 35,000.00 $ 90,000.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 1,500.00 $ $ 30,000.00 $ 2,429,696.00 $ $ -

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 1,213,266.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 78,625.00 $ 86,250.00 $ 87,150.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 75,000.00 $ 283,400.00 $ 106,090.00 $ 208,260.00 $ $ 155,000.00 $ 15,405.00 $ 6,250.00 $ 20,000.00 $ $ 2,429,696.00

$ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ FY 18 APP. BDGT $ 45,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00 FY 18 APP. BDGT $ 20,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ $ 75,000.00 $

SURPLUS (LOSSES)

GIRLS ODP INCOME Girls ODP Tryouts/Scouting Girls ODP Indoor Training Girls ODP Camps SUB TOTALS ODP 101 Support TOTALS

GIRLS ODP EXPENSES Girls ODP Field Rentals/Training Girls ODP Staff/Scouting Girls ODP Camps Uniforms/T-Shirts G - ODP Girls ODP Tournaments Girls ODP Try-outs Girls ODP National Championships Girls ODP Office Exp/Misc.

TOTALS

SURPLUS (LOSSES)

*BOD Approved Adjustments on 11/19/2018

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

FY 18 APP. BDGT $ 20,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ $ 75,000.00

BOYS ODP EXPENSES Boys ODP Field Rentals/Training Boys ODP Staff/Scouting Boys ODP Camps Uniforms/T-Shirts B - ODP Boys ODP Tournaments Boys ODP Try-outs Boys ODP National Championships Boys ODP Office Exp/Misc.

TOTALS

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $

- $

FY 19 APP. BDGT $ 20,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ $ 75,000.00

FY 18 FYE 18,200.00 16,065.00 15,704.08 2,433.91 12,824.11 65,227.10 $

FY 19 APP. BDGT $ 45,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00

FY 18 FYE 40,675.00 40,850.00 81,525.00 81,525.00

- $ 16,297.90

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $

- $

FY 19 APP. BDGT $ 20,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ $ 75,000.00

FY 18 FYE 18,200.00 12,671.32 16,480.09 2,071.42 15,034.72 64,457.55 $

FY 19 APP. BDGT $ 45,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00

FY 18 FYE 55,475.00 42,075.00 97,550.00 97,550.00

- $ 33,092.45

$ $ $ $ $ $

FY 18 APP. BDGT $ 45,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00

BOYS ODP INCOME Boys ODP Try-outs/Scouting Boys ODP Indoor Training Boys ODP Camps SUB TOTALS ODP 101 Support TOTALS -

-

-

FY 19 PROP. BDGT $ 25,000.00 $ 20,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ $ 75,000.00

FY 19 PROP. BDGT $ 45,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00

- $

FY 19 ADJ 5,000.00 (5,000.00) -

FY 19 ADJ

-

FY 19 PROP. BDGT $ 25,000.00 $ 20,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ $ 75,000.00

FY 19 PROP. BDGT $ 45,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00

- $

FY 19 ADJ 5,000.00 (5,000.00) -

FY 19 ADJ

MSYSA PROPOSED BUDGETS OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $

- $

FY 20 APP. BDGT $ 20,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ $ 75,000.00 $

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $

- $ FY 20 APP. BDGT $ 45,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00

$

FY 20 APP. BDGT $ 20,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ $ 75,000.00

FY 20 APP. BDGT $ 45,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00 -

-

-

FY 20 PROP. BDGT $ 25,000.00 $ 20,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ $ 75,000.00

FY 20 PROP. BDGT $ 45,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00

- $

FY 20 ADJ 5,000.00 (5,000.00) -

FY 20 ADJ

-

FY 20 PROP. BDGT $ 25,000.00 $ 20,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ $ 75,000.00

FY 20 PROP. BDGT $ 45,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00

- $

FY 20 ADJ 5,000.00 (5,000.00) -

FY 20 ADJ

-

$

-

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 25,000.00 $ 20,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ $ 75,000.00

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 45,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00

$

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 25,000.00 $ 20,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ 15,000.00 $ $ $ 75,000.00

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 45,000.00 $ 30,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00 $ $ 75,000.00

*BOD Approved Adjustments on 11/19/2018

$ 35,000.00 $ 29,102.49 $ - $ $ 35,000.00 $ 29,102.49

TOTALS Less ODP Support SURPLUS (LOSSES)

$ 35,000.00 $ $ - $ $ 35,000.00 $

$ $ $ $ $

FY 19 APP. BDGT $ 14,500.00 $ 30,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 2,650.00 $ 52,150.00

FY 18 FY 18 APP. BDGT FYE $ 14,500.00 $ 5,715.19 $ 30,000.00 $ 25,140.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 7,364.51 $ 2,650.00 $ 2.81 $ 52,150.00 $ 38,222.51

ODP 101 PROGRAM EXPENSES Facilities & Rentals ODP 101 Program Staff T-Shirts/Patches Equipment/Misc.

SUB TOTALS

FY 19 ADJ

FY 19 FY 19 APP. BDGT ADJ $ 87,150.00 $ $ 87,150.00 $

FY 18 FY 18 APP. BDGT FYE $ 87,150.00 $ 67,325.00 $ 87,150.00 $ 67,325.00

ODP 101 PROGRAM INCOME Registration Fees TOTALS

- $ 35,000.00 - $ - $ 35,000.00

-

FY 19 PROP. BDGT $ 14,500.00 $ 30,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 2,650.00 $ 52,150.00

FY 19 PROP. BDGT - $ 87,150.00 - $ 87,150.00

MSYSA PROPOSED BUDGETS OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 101

$ $ $ $ $

$ 35,000.00 $ $ - $ $ 35,000.00 $

FY 20 APP. BDGT $ 14,500.00 $ 30,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 2,650.00 $ 52,150.00

FY 20 ADJ

FY 20 FY 20 APP. BDGT ADJ $ 87,150.00 $ $ 87,150.00 $

- $ 35,000.00 - $ - $ 35,000.00

-

FY 20 PROP. BDGT $ 14,500.00 $ 30,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 2,650.00 $ 52,150.00

FY 20 PROP. BDGT - $ 87,150.00 - $ 87,150.00

$ 35,000.00 $ $ 35,000.00

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 14,500.00 $ 30,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 2,650.00 $ 52,150.00

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 87,150.00 $ 87,150.00

*BOD Approved Adjustments on 11/19/2018

- $ 52,110.51

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $

- $

$

SURPLUS (LOSSES)

$

FY 19 APP. BDGT $ 15,000.00 $ 45,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 3,500.00 $ 9,000.00 $ $ 1,125.00 $ 78,625.00

FY 18 FYE 9,094.21 22,130.00 1,703.04 3,591.55 23,333.06 1,800.00 61,651.86

FY 18 APP. BDGT $ 15,000.00 $ 45,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 3,500.00 $ 9,000.00 $ $ 1,125.00 $ 78,625.00

COACH EDUCATION PROGRAM EXPENSES Facilities & Rentals Contract Labor Coaching Equipment/Apparel Online Youth Module (Maint. & Development) Other Education National Courses Office Expenses/Postage/Misc.

TOTALS $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

FY 19 APP. BDGT $ 68,125.00 $ $ $ 10,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 78,625.00

FY 18 FYE $ 64,948.62 $ 42,248.75 $ $ 6,565.00 $ $ 113,762.37

FY 18 APP. BDGT $ 68,125.00 $ $ $ 10,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 78,625.00

COACH EDUCATION PROGRAM INCOME Coaching Licenses/Clinics National Courses Online Youth Modules Other Education Misc. (License Reprints, Reissues) TOTALS FY 19 ADJ

FY 19 ADJ

-

FY 19 PROP. BDGT $ 15,000.00 $ 45,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 3,500.00 $ 9,000.00 $ $ 1,125.00 $ 78,625.00

FY 19 PROP. BDGT $ 68,125.00 $ $ $ 10,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 78,625.00

- $

-

-

MSYSA PROPOSED BUDGETS COACH EDUCATION PROGRAM

$

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

$ $ $ $ $ $

- $

FY 20 APP. BDGT $ 15,000.00 $ 45,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 3,500.00 $ 9,000.00 $ $ 1,125.00 $ 78,625.00

FY 20 APP. BDGT $ 68,125.00 $ $ $ 10,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 78,625.00 FY 20 ADJ

FY 20 ADJ

-

FY 20 PROP. BDGT $ 15,000.00 $ 45,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 3,500.00 $ 9,000.00 $ $ 1,125.00 $ 78,625.00 - $

-

-

FY 20 PROP. BDGT $ 68,125.00 $ $ $ 10,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 78,625.00

$

-

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 15,000.00 $ 45,000.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 3,500.00 $ 9,000.00 $ $ 1,125.00 $ 78,625.00

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 68,125.00 $ $ $ 10,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 78,625.00

*BOD Approved Adjustments on 11/19/2018

$ 84,000.00 $ 111,073.34

$ 84,000.00 $ (6,250.00) $ 77,750.00

FY 19 PROP. BDGT $ 13,250.00 $ 21,500.00 $ 14,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 27,000.00 $ 40,000.00 $ 28,850.00 $ 39,650.00 $ 194,250.00

SURPLUS (LOSSES)

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

FY 19 ADJ 1,250.00 4,000.00 5,000.00 4,350.00 19,650.00 34,250.00

FY 19 PROP. BDGT $ 12,000.00 $ 21,500.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 22,000.00 $ 40,000.00 $ 24,500.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 160,000.00

FY 18 APP. BDGT $ 12,000.00 $ 21,500.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 22,000.00 $ 40,000.00 $ 24,500.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 160,000.00

STATE CUP EXPENSES Awards/Merchandise/Credentials Travel/Hotel Expenses Trainers/Medical/Ambulance Michigan Referee Committee (Regionals) Facilities & Rentals Regional/National Teams Travel/Subsidies Referee Assigning/Pay SportsForm, Livestreaming, Office Exp, Misc.

TOTALS

FY 18 FYE $ 12,618.84 $ 19,245.63 $ 9,900.00 $ 12,433.34 $ 29,855.61 $ 37,684.55 $ 33,315.23 $ 19,201.14 $ 174,254.34

FY 19 FY 19 FY 19 APP. BDGT ADJ PROP. BDGT $ 244,000.00 $ 28,000.00 $ 272,000.00 $ 244,000.00 $ 28,000.00 $ 272,000.00

FY 18 FY 18 APP. BDGT FYE $ 244,000.00 $ 285,327.68 $ 244,000.00 $ 285,327.68

STATE CUP INCOME Team Registration/Merchandise Sales TOTALS

MSYSA PROPOSED BUDGETS STATE CUP

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

FY 20 ADJ 1,250.00 4,000.00 5,000.00 4,350.00 19,650.00 34,250.00

FY 20 PROP. BDGT $ 13,250.00 $ 21,500.00 $ 14,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 27,000.00 $ 40,000.00 $ 28,850.00 $ 39,650.00 $ 194,250.00

$ 84,000.00 $ (6,250.00) $ 77,750.00

FY 20 APP. BDGT $ 12,000.00 $ 21,500.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 22,000.00 $ 40,000.00 $ 24,500.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 160,000.00

FY 20 FY 20 FY 20 APP. BDGT ADJ PROP. BDGT $ 244,000.00 $ 28,000.00 $ 272,000.00 $ 244,000.00 $ 28,000.00 $ 272,000.00

$ 89,150.00

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 13,250.00 $ 21,500.00 $ 14,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 27,000.00 $ 40,000.00 $ 28,850.00 $ 39,650.00 $ 194,250.00

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 283,400.00 $ 283,400.00

*BOD Approved Adjustments on 11/19/2018

$ 36,050.00 $ 65,242.28

SURPLUS (LOSSES)

$ $ $ $ $ $

FY 18 APP. BDGT $ 3,850.00 $ 16,000.00 $ 6,100.00 $ 7,700.00 $ 9,000.00 $ 42,650.00

FY 18 FYE 4,310.10 9,450.43 4,852.50 6,452.50 17,896.49 42,962.02

FY 18 FY 18 APP. BDGT FYE $ 40,000.00 $ 69,504.30 $ 38,700.00 $ 38,700.00 $ 78,700.00 $ 108,204.30

JR. STATE CUP EXPENSES Trophies/Awards/Credentials Facilities & Rentals Trainers/Medical/Ambulance Referee Assigning/Pay SportsForm, Office Exp, Misc.

TOTALS

JR. STATE CUP INCOME Team Registration/Merchandise Sales Director's Academy Program U11 & U12 Team Fees TOTALS

$ $ $ $ $ $

$ 36,050.00 $

FY 19 APP. BDGT $ 3,850.00 $ 16,000.00 $ 6,100.00 $ 7,700.00 $ 9,000.00 $ 42,650.00

FY 19 PROP. BDGT $ 4,500.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 6,100.00 $ 11,000.00 $ 19,000.00 $ 50,600.00

9,850.00 $ 45,900.00

FY 19 ADJ 650.00 (6,000.00) 3,300.00 10,000.00 7,950.00

FY 19 FY 19 FY 19 APP. BDGT ADJ PROP. BDGT $ 40,000.00 $ (23,600.00) $ 16,400.00 $ 38,700.00 $ 41,400.00 $ 80,100.00 $ 78,700.00 $ 17,800.00 $ 96,500.00

MSYSA PROPOSED BUDGETS JR. STATE CUP

$ $ $ $ $ $

$ 36,050.00 $

FY 20 APP. BDGT $ 3,850.00 $ 16,000.00 $ 6,100.00 $ 7,700.00 $ 9,000.00 $ 42,650.00

FY 20 PROP. BDGT $ 4,500.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 6,100.00 $ 11,000.00 $ 19,000.00 $ 50,600.00 9,850.00 $ 45,900.00

FY 20 ADJ 650.00 (6,000.00) 3,300.00 10,000.00 7,950.00

FY 20 FY 20 FY 20 APP. BDGT ADJ PROP. BDGT $ 40,000.00 $ (23,600.00) $ 16,400.00 $ 38,700.00 $ 41,400.00 $ 80,100.00 $ 78,700.00 $ 17,800.00 $ 96,500.00

$ 55,490.00

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 4,500.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 6,100.00 $ 11,000.00 $ 19,000.00 $ 50,600.00

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 25,990.00 $ 80,100.00 $ 106,090.00

$ 30,200.00 $ 55,680.77

SURPLUS (LOSSES)

*BOD Approved Adjustments on 11/19/2018

FY 18 APP. BDGT $ 3,600.00 $ 46,475.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 2,800.00 $ 15,000.00 $ 35,000.00 $ 38,700.00 $ $ 4,000.00 $ 11,955.00 $ 167,530.00

FY 18 FYE $ 3,580.24 $ 46,475.00 $ 12,574.93 $ 2,745.00 $ 13,519.00 $ 14,500.00 $ 38,700.00 $ $ 1,286.16 $ 11,068.90 $ 144,449.23

FY 18 FY 18 APP. BDGT FYE $ 151,255.00 $ 153,655.00 $ 46,475.00 $ 46,475.00 $ 197,730.00 $ 200,130.00

Directors Academy Program Expenses T-shirts/Patches MSYSA Player/Coach Registration Fees Facilities/Rentals Trainers/Medical/Ambulance (Must Play Weekend) Referee Assigning/Pay Symposiums/Coaching Education Rebates Less Jr. State Cup U11 & 12 Registration Fees State Cup Registration Fees Marketing, Equipment SportsForm, Office Exp, Misc.

TOTALS

Directors Academy Program Income Team Fees Player/Coach Registration Fees TOTALS

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

2,475.00 (10,000.00) (2,800.00) 1,000.00 (10,000.00) 41,400.00 (3,500.00) 45.00 18,620.00

FY 19 ADJ

FY 19 PROP. BDGT $ 3,600.00 $ 48,950.00 $ $ $ 16,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ 80,100.00 $ $ 500.00 $ 12,000.00 $ 186,150.00

FY 19 PROP. BDGT $ 159,310.00 $ 48,950.00 $ 208,260.00

$ 30,200.00 $ (8,090.00) $ 22,110.00

FY 19 APP. BDGT $ 3,600.00 $ 46,475.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 2,800.00 $ 15,000.00 $ 35,000.00 $ 38,700.00 $ $ 4,000.00 $ 11,955.00 $ 167,530.00

FY 19 FY 19 APP. BDGT ADJ $ 151,255.00 $ 8,055.00 $ 46,475.00 $ 2,475.00 $ 197,730.00 $ 10,530.00

MSYSA PROPOSED BUDGETS DIRECTOR'S ACADEMY PROGRAM

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

2,475.00 (10,000.00) (2,800.00) 1,000.00 (10,000.00) 41,400.00 (3,500.00) 45.00 18,620.00

FY 20 ADJ

FY 20 PROP. BDGT $ 3,600.00 $ 48,950.00 $ $ $ 16,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ 80,100.00 $ $ 500.00 $ 12,000.00 $ 186,150.00

FY 20 PROP. BDGT $ 159,310.00 $ 48,950.00 $ 208,260.00

$ 30,200.00 $ (8,090.00) $ 22,110.00

FY 20 APP. BDGT $ 3,600.00 $ 46,475.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 2,800.00 $ 15,000.00 $ 35,000.00 $ 38,700.00 $ $ 4,000.00 $ 11,955.00 $ 167,530.00

FY 20 FY 20 APP. BDGT ADJ $ 151,255.00 $ 8,055.00 $ 46,475.00 $ 2,475.00 $ 197,730.00 $ 10,530.00

$ 22,110.00

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 3,600.00 $ 48,950.00 $ $ $ 16,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ 80,100.00 $ $ 500.00 $ 12,000.00 $ 186,150.00

FY 21 PROP. BDGT $ 159,310.00 $ 48,950.00 $ 208,260.00

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

2019 Midwest Regionals Budget (Anticipated Expense) Field/Equipment/Meeting Rooms/Golf Cart Rental Complex Maintenance (Tents, Mowing, Restroom, Lining, Nets, Benches, Trash, etc.)

Hotels (Region II, USYS, Site Visits, etc.)

Referees (Food, Lodging, Shuttle, Laundry, etc.)

Donations (Valley Luther High School, Greek Church, etc.)

Parking Pass & Program Production Expense Tournament Pins Background Checks (Region II, Referees, Volunteers, etc.)

Travel to Other Regional Events Security/Medical/Trainers Merchandise/Apparel/Food & Beverage (LOC, College Coaches, Volunteers) Bid Fee to Region II TOTALS

ANTICIPATED SURPLUS (LOSSES)

*BOD Approved Adjustments on 11/19/2018

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

2019 Midwest Regionals Budget (Anticipated Income) Hotel Rebates/Commissions Parking Fees T-Shirt Sales Golf Cart Fees (State Associations) Referees (State Payments) Bid Fee (From CVB) Misc. (Vendors, Tournament Pin Contributions, Donations, etc.)

TOTALS

MSYSA PROPOSED BUDGETS MIDWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

$

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

MSYSA PROP. BDGT. 25,000.00 7,500.00 142,800.00 7,000.00 1,500.00 32,500.00 30,000.00 246,300.00 -

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

MSYSA PROP. BDGT. 65,000.00 6,000.00 142,800.00 30,000.00 2,500.00 246,300.00

44,000.00

25,000.00 15,000.00 7,000.00 2,500.00 10,000.00 59,500.00

LOC PROP. BDGT.

70,000.00 30,000.00 3,500.00 103,500.00

LOC PROP. BDGT.

Section 8: MSPSP Bylaws, Rules, & Regulations

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Contents ARTICLE I Name and Purpose 1. Name.

2. Purpose.

ARTICLE II Members 1. Membership.

2. Method of Entry.

3. Divisional Placement of Teams.

4. Notice of Meetings.

5. Conduct of Meetings.

Article II. Section 6. Application Fees.

ARTICLE III Directors 1. Number and Qualifications.

2. Selections.

3. Quorum.

4. Action by Unanimous Written Consent.

5. Vacancies.

6. Regular Meetings 7. General Powers as to Negotiable Paper.

8. Powers as to Other Documents.

9. Disciplinary Authority.

ARTICLE IV Committees 1. Special Committees 2. Other Committees 3. Procedures.

4. Committee Action Without a Meeting ARTICLE V Officers 1. Chairperson of the Board.

2. Vice Chairperson/Registrar.

3. Secretary/Treasurer.

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4. Scheduler.

5. Statistician.

6. Commissioner.

7. Chairperson Emeritus.

8. Referee Advisor.

ARTICLE VI Fiscal Year and Notices 1. Fiscal Year.

2. Notices.

ARTICLE VII Electronic Communication 1. Meetings 2. Communication ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous 1. Affiliation.

2. Duties of Delegates.

3. Activities.

4. Gifts.

5. Dissolution.

6. Discrimination.

ARTICLE IX Amendments, Rules, and Regulations 1. Amendments.

2. Rules, Regulations and Policies.

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BYLAWS OF MICHIGAN STATE PREMIER SOCCER PROGRAM ARTICLE I Name and Purpose Article I. Section 1. Name.

The name of this program shall be Michigan State Premier Soccer Program. The Premier Program may also use a name mutually agreed upon between itself and its' major sponsor(s) for the purpose of advertising, and public and/or community relations. Affiliated leagues shall not use the word "premier" in their league names.

Article I. Section 2. Purpose.

The purpose of this Premier Program shall be to promote the development and execution of highly skilled youth soccer, sportsmanship, quality coaching and officiating within the State of Michigan.

ARTICLE II Members Article II. Section 1. Membership.

Membership shall be restricted to MSYSA affiliated member organizations. No team or club may be a member of this Premier Program but shall only be a member of the Premier Program through an affiliated MSYSA member organization. Any member organization affiliated with MSYSA is eligible for membership. The term member organization shall be used as defined in the MSYSA bylaws.

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Article II. Section 2. Method of Entry.

Leagues must notify the Premier Program of the number of teams, which the affiliated league wishes to sponsor. This notification must be submitted on the designated Premier Program form, signed by an authorized League official, and must be received by the Premier Program no later than the date specified by the Premier Program.

Article II. Section 3. Divisional Placement of Teams.

This premier program starts at 11v11, however, any team may enter provided Article 1, Section 2 is adhered to. Affiliated leagues may sponsor U13-U19 High School Open teams. U13-U19 High School Open teams will be placed into divisions by the MSPSP Board of Directors. Existing teams shall be grouped into playing divisions primarily based upon the record of team during the previous MSPSP season. The MSPSP reserves the right and may relegate out the bottom 25% of teams in each and every age group based on maximum points.

Article II. Section 4. Notice of Meetings.

At their discretion, the MSPSP Board of Directors shall call meetings of member leagues and/or team representatives. Notice of such meetings shall be made as determined by the MSPSP Board of Directors to provide sufficient notification of at least 5 days, and shall include the time, date and place of such meetings.

Article II. Section 5. Conduct of Meetings.

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Secretary or, if the Secretary is not present, by any other member of the MSPSP Board of Directors. In the absence of the Secretary, a person will be appointed by the chairperson to serve as secretary pro-tem of the meeting. The rules contained in the current edition of Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern MSPSP in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these bylaws and any special rules of order that MSPSP may adopt. The parliamentary authority adopted by MSPSP shall be adopted by each member organization. Attendance at all meetings of the Premier Program is required of the MSPSP Board of Directors. If an officer or director misses three (3) consecutive meetings without approval or without acceptable cause, these absences constitute an implied resignation by that member.

Article II. Section 6. Application Fees.

Application fees for all teams in the amount determined by the MSPSP Board of Directors shall be payable at the time of team registration. All teams and sponsoring leagues fines and/or bonds must be paid prior to registration. All payments must be drawn on U.S. banks, financial institutions, or U.S. currency. No foreign financial institutions drafts will be accepted.

ARTICLE III Board of Directors Article III. Section 1. Number and Positions.

The property, business, and affairs of the Premier Program shall be managed by its MSPSP Board of Directors. The MSPSP Board of Directors shall consist of the following: Chairperson, ViceChairperson/Registrar, Secretary/Treasurer, Scheduler, Commissioner, 4

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Statistician, Referee Advisor, and Chairperson Emeritus (an ex officio non-voting member).

Article III. Section 2. Selections.

(1) The Chairperson, Secretary/Treasurer, and Scheduler, shall be elected by the MSYSA affiliated leagues in odd numbered years, at the annual general membership meeting of that body and shall serve a term of two years or until their successors are elected.

Their terms shall begin at the conclusion of the meeting at which they are elected.

(2) The Vice Chairperson/Registrar, Statistician, and Commissioner shall be elected by the MSYSA affiliated leagues in even numbered years and shall serve term of two years or until their successors are elected. Their terms shall begin at the conclusion of the meeting at which they are elected.

(3) The MSPSP Board of Directors may appoint, at their sole discretion, other agents of the Premier Program, who shall serve at the discretion of the MSPSP Board of Directors. Directors, officers and agents need not be members of an affiliated league.

(4) The Referee Advisor will be appointed by a majority vote of the MSPSP Board of Directors then in office with a recommendation of the State Referee Administrator. The Referee Advisor will serve a term of one (1) year or until his/her successor is elected beginning July 1 and ending June 30. There are no term limits for the MSPSP Referee Advisor.

Article III. Section 3. Quorum.

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Directors shall require a majority of the voting board members present at a meeting. If at a meeting of the MSPSP Board of Directors there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum shall have been obtained.

Article III. Section 4. Action by Unanimous Written Consent.

If and when the MSPSP Directors shall severally or collectively consent in writing to any action to be taken by the Premier Program either before or after the action is taken, that action shall be as valid corporate action as though it had been authorized at a meeting of the MSPSP Directors and written consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the MSPSP Board of Directors.

Article III. Section 5. Vacancies.

Whenever any vacancy shall occur in the MSPSP Board of Directors by reason of death, resignation, removal, or otherwise, a majority of the MSPSP Directors than in office, though less then a quorum, may fill the vacancy at any meeting, and the person so elected shall, if confirmed by the MSYSA, MSPSP Board of Directors, be a director until affirmed by the membership as provided in Article III Section 2. The resignation of a Director shall be effective upon receipt by the Premier Program or a subsequent time as set forth in the notice of resignation. A Director or the entire MSPSP Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by a vote of the majority of the members entitled to vote at an election of MSPSP Directors. If a Director misses three consecutive meetings, this Director must declare his/her intentions to the membership, and failing to do so, this office shall be declared vacant and filled in accordance with this section.

Article III. Section 6. Regular Meetings.

Meetings of the MSPSP Board of Directors shall be held monthly and can be held without notice at such other times or intervals and at such

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places within the State of Michigan as may be determined by resolution of the Board. The resolution may authorize the Chairperson to fix the specific date and place of each regular meeting, in which case notice of the time and place of such regular meetings shall be given in the manner hereinafter provided with respect to special meetings of the Board.

Delegates’ meetings will be held at the call of the MSPSP Board of Directors who shall also set the time and place for the meeting. Each member league currently sponsoring a team or teams must attend delegate meetings, unless agreed to otherwise by a majority vote of the Board.

Article III. Section 7. General Powers as to Negotiable Paper.

The MSPSP Board of Directors shall prescribe the manner of making, signing, or endorsing of checks, drafts, notes, acceptances, bills of exchange, obligations and other negotiable paper or other instruments for the payment of money and designate the officer or officers, agent or agents, who shall be authorized to make, sign or endorse the same on behalf of the Premier Program.

Article III. Section 8. Powers as to Other Documents.

The MSPSP Board of Directors subject to approval of MSYSA Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute or deliver any conveyance or other instrument in the name of the Premier Program, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. When the execution of any contract, conveyance or other instrument has been authorized without specification of the officers authorized to execute, the same may be executed on behalf of the Premier Program by the Chairperson or ViceChairperson/Registrar, and attested by the Secretary/Treasurer.

Article III. Section 9. Disciplinary Authority.

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The MSPSP Board of Directors has authority to bar completely, suspend or otherwise discipline any player, coach, manager, team assistant, trainer, club officer, league officer, or other person associated with any team playing within the Premier Program, whether such person is paid or unpaid by one or more players, teams, clubs, or leagues.

ARTICLE IV Executive Committee Article IV. Section 1. Executive Committee.

The MSPSP Board of Directors may designate two or more of its directors or members to constitute an executive committee, who, during intervals between the meetings of the MSPSP Board of Directors and subject to such limitations as may be required by law or imposed by resolution of the MSPSP Board of Directors, shall have the right and may exercise all powers and authority of the MSPSP Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Premier Program, except that such executive committee shall not have power or authority to: (A) Amend the article of incorporation; (B) Recommend to members a dissolution of the Premier Program or a revocation of a dissolution; (C) Amend the bylaws of the Premier Program; (D) Fill vacancies in the Board.

Article IV. Section 2. Other Committees.

The MSPSP Board of Directors may designate one or more of its directors or members to constitute any other committee, who shall have only such powers as are expressly granted to them in such resolution.

Subject to the approval of the MSPSP Board of Directors, the Chairperson may appoint other committees as needed. The resolutions establishing committees and designating their members shall be passed

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by a majority of the voting MSPSP Directors then in office. The MSPSP Board of Directors may establish special disciplinary committees when matters of a disciplinary nature occur.

Article IV. Section 3. Procedures.

All committees, and each member thereof, shall serve at the discretion of the MSPSP Board of Directors. The MSPSP Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to increase or decrease the number of members of any committee, to fill vacancies, to change any member and to change the functions or terminate the existence of any committee. The MSPSP Board of Directors may designate one or more MSPSP Directors or other persons as alternate members of a committee who may replace an absent or disqualified member at a meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the members present at a meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the MSPSP Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of an absent or disqualified member. The Executive Committee and all other committees, if the MSPSP Board of Directors shall not have designated a chairperson thereof, shall elect a chairperson from their membership. All committees shall elect a secretary who need not be a member of the committee and who shall keep minutes of all meetings of the committee, which shall be submitted at the next meeting of the MSPSP Board of Directors for approval. Regular or special meetings of any committee may be held in the manner provided in the bylaws for regular or special meetings of the MSPSP Board of Directors, and a majority of any committee shall constitute a quorum at any meeting.

Article IV. Section 4. Committee Action Without a Meeting.

If and when members of the Excutive Committee or any other committee shall severally or collectively consent in writing to any action authorized to be taken by the committee, either before or after the action is taken,

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the action shall be valid committee action as though it had been authorized at a meeting of the committee and the written consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the committee.

ARTICLE V Officers Article V. Section 1. Chairperson of the Board.

The Chairperson of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the members and of the MSPSP Board of Directors. He/she shall be the chief executive officer of the Premier Program and shall have general and active management of the activities of the Premier Program, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect in the Chairperson’s absence. As Chairperson, he/she shall attend all MSYSA Delegate and Board meetings and report all program activities to the MSYSA Board of Directors. He/She shall execute all authorized conveyances, contracts, or other obligations in the name of the Premier Program except where required by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the MSPSP Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Premier Program. He/She shall assure all Premier Program MSPSP Board of Directors members and Committees have their duties completed in a timely and proper fashion. He/she shall perform the duties provided in this section and such other duties as are prescribed for the office in these bylaws, by the MSPSP Board of Directors, or in the adopted parliamentary authority.

Article V. Section 2. Vice Chairperson/Registrar.

The Vice-Chairperson/Registrar of the Board, in the absence of the Chairperson, shall preside at all meetings of the members and of the MSPSP Board of Directors. He/She shall represent the Program at all functions/meetings in the absence of the Chairperson. He/ She shall be the MSYSA Delegate for the Program. He/She shall be responsible,

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along with the other members of the Board, for preparing the coaches packets that are handed out prior to the start of each season.

The Vice-Chairperson/Registrar shall keep a complete record of all teams and players for the purpose of player registration and team affiliation. He/She shall issue pass cards to each player, coach, assistant coach, and manager. He/She shall keep a count of all players and coaches. He/She shall provide a copy of all rosters to any member of the MSPSP Board of Directors requesting such copy and the MSYSA Registrar, and, shall notify all MSPSP Board of Directors upon request and the MSYSA Registrar of all changes in the team rosters. He/she shall perform the duties provided in this section and such other duties as are prescribed for the office in these bylaws, by the MSPSP Board of Directors, by the MSPSP Chairperson, or in the adopted parliamentary authority.�

Article V. Section 3. Secretary/Treasurer.

The Secretary/Treasurer shall attend all meetings of the MSPSP Board of Directors and all meetings of the member leagues and/or team representatives, and shall record all votes and minutes of all proceedings in a form and manner specified by the MSPSP Board of Directors.

He/She shall give or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the member leagues and/or team representatives and any meetings of the MSPSP Board of Directors for which notice may be required, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the MSPSP Board of Directors or the Chairperson, under whose supervision he/she shall act.

He/She shall execute with the Chairperson all authorized conveyances, contracts or other instruments in the name of the Premier Program except as otherwise directed by the MSPSP Board of Directors. He/She shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Program, if there is one, and affix or cause it to be affixed to any instrument requiring a seal. The 11

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Secretary/Treasurer will have the responsibility of filing the Michigan Annual Report. He/She shall send out, to member leagues, team representatives, MSPSP Board of Directors members, and/or Committee members, all official correspondence from the MSPSP Board of Directors or any of its' Committees or members.

The Secretary/Treasurer shall have custody of the funds and securities of the Premier Program and shall keep full and complete records and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Premier Program in such depositories as may be designated by the MSPSP Board of Directors. He/She shall disburse the funds of the Premier Program as may be ordered by the MSPSP Board of Directors, making proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render whenever The MSPSP Board of Directors may require it, an accounting of all transactions as Secretary/Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Premier Program. If required by the MSPSP Board of Directors, the Secretary/Treasurer shall give the Premier Program a bond in such sum and with surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to assure the restoration to the Premier Program (in case of death, resignation, or removal from office) of all books, records, papers, vouchers, moneys, negotiable paper, and other property of whatever kind in his/her possession or under his/her control and belonging to the Premier Program.

The Secretary/Treasurer shall also be responsible for preparing any and all Federal and State tax returns. The Secretary/ Treasurer shall be responsible for preparing any and all papers regarding the Tax Exempt status of the Premier Program. He/She shall submit the financial records to the auditor within 30 days of the fiscal year end. The Premier Program’s audited Financial Report shall be submitted to the MSYSA days 30 prior to the MSYSA AGM. He/She shall prepare the budget and recommend the registration fees for the approval of the MSPSP Board of Directors. He/She shall collect all application fees, moneys from sponsor(s), performance bonds, fines, or other miscellaneous income. He/She shall be responsible for the payment of all bills incurred

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in the operation of the Premier Program and shall review and approve any expenses the MSPSP Board of Directors or Committee members may expend in the performance of their duties. He/she shall perform the duties provided in this section and such other duties as are prescribed for the office in these bylaws, by the MSPSP Board of Directors, by the MSPSP Chairperson, or in the adopted parliamentary authority. He/she shall perform the duties provided in this section and such other duties as are prescribed for the office in these bylaws, by the MSPSP Board of Directors, by the MSPSP Chairperson, or in the adopted parliamentary authority.

Article V. Section 4. Scheduler.

The Premier Scheduler shall be responsible, together with the MSPSP Board of Directors, for the divisional placement of all teams registered in the Premier Program. He/She shall make or cause to be made a schedule for the regular playing season for each division. The Premier Scheduler must approve any changes in the schedule. He/She shall issue any forfeits for games scheduled that are not played. He/She shall be the final approving authority in the determination of rescheduling disputes.

He/she shall perform the duties provided in this section and such other duties as are prescribed for the office in these bylaws, by the MSPSP Board of Directors, by the MSPSP Chairperson, or in the adopted parliamentary authority.

Article V. Section 5. Statistician.

The Statistician shall be responsible for making sure accurate and up to date standings are kept for all divisions. He/she shall be provided a report from the program administrator of all violation and suspension data gathered from game sheets. He/she will make sure all suspensions are served. He/she shall provide a report to the MSPSP Board of Directors with this data. He/she shall perform the duties provided in this section and such other duties as are prescribed for the office in these 13

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bylaws, by the MSPSP Board of Directors, by the MSPSP Chairperson, or in the adopted parliamentary authority.

Article V. Section 6. Commissioner.

The Commissioner shall investigate all protests and issue a decision along with the MSPSP Board of Directors. He/She shall issue a report, in writing, to the MSPSP Board of Directors as to the disposition of every protest. He/She shall act as chairperson of the Disciplinary Committee when such special committee is in existence. He/She or his/her appointee shall preside at all Disciplinary Committee meetings and hearings. He/she shall perform the duties provided in this section and such other duties as are prescribed for the office in these bylaws, by the MSPSP Board of Directors, by the MSPSP Chairperson, or in the adopted parliamentary authority.

Article V. Section 7. Chairperson Emeritus.

The Chairperson Emeritus is the immediate past Chairperson of the MSPSP Board of Directors and shall provide advice and consul to the MSPSP Board of Directors and shall perform other duties as mutually agreed upon. The Chairperson Emeritus shall be an ex-officio nonvoting member of the MSPSP Board of Directors.

Article V. Section 8. Referee Advisor.

The Referee Advisor shall receive all referee correspondence and make any necessary recommendations to MSPSP and/or the appropriate referee organization(s). He/she shall perform the duties provided in this section and such other duties as are prescribed for the office in these bylaws, by the MSPSP Board of Dirctors, by the MSPSP Chairperson, or in the adopted parliamentary authority.

ARTICLE VI Fiscal Year and Notices

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Article VI. Section 1. Fiscal Year.

The fiscal year of the Premier Program shall be July 1 through June 30.

Article VI. Section 2. Notices.

Any notice required by statute or by these Bylaws to be given to the member leagues and/or team representatives, to the Directors, or to any officers of the Premier Program, unless another requirement is provided herein or in any statute, shall be sufficient if given by depositing it in a United States post office box or receptacle in a sealed, postage paid wrapper, addressed to the member, trustee or officer at his/her last address as that appears on the records of the Premier Program, and the notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time of the mailing.

Notices may also be sent electronically as indicated in Article VII, Section 2.

ARTICLE VII Electronic Communication Article VII. Section 1. Meetings.

The MSPSP Board of Directors and all committees and subcommittees shall be authorized to meet by telephone conference or through other electronic communications media so long as all the members can simultaneously hear each other and participate during the meeting.

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Article VII. Section 2. Communication.

Unless members indicate otherwise to the MSPSP office, all communication required in these bylaws, including meeting notices, may be sent electronically.

ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous Article VIII. Section 1. Affiliation.

The Premier Program shall be an Affiliated member of and comply with the authority of the Michigan State Youth Soccer Association, the United States Youth Soccer Association and the United States Soccer Federation. Except where restricted of prohibited by law, these bylaws and superseded by the requirements of the United States Youth Soccer Association.

Article VIII. Section 2. Duties of Delegates.

Delegates should regularly meet with all team coaches sponsored by their League. All team profiles, team rosters, team information sheet, and player registration forms will be distributed through the league delegate. The delegate will be responsible to return all registration information to the Premier Program for the teams they are sponsoring at the Registration meeting.

Article VIII. Section 3. Activities.

In the accomplishment of its purposes and exercise of its powers, no part of the assets, funds or income of the Premier Program shall inure to the benefits of any private individual, corporation, contributor or member as earnings or dividends of the Premier Program. No substantial part of the activities of the Premier Program shall be carrying on of propaganda or otherwise attempting to influence legislation or other political action.

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The Premier Program shall not participate or intervene in any political campaign or publish or distribute any statement or spend any funds on behalf of any candidate for public office. The accomplishment of its purpose and exercise of its power by the Premier Program shall be in conformity with the requirements of Act 54, Michigan Public Acts of 1963 an amended or supplemented by State or Federal Legislation.

Article VIII. Section 4. Gifts.

The MSPSP Board of Directors, the Chairperson, or any person expressly so authorized by the MSPSP Board of Directors may accept gifts on behalf of the Premier Program for the general purposes of the Premier Program, but no conditional contribution, gift, bequest or devise for the purpose more restricted than the general purposes of the Premier Program shall be finally accepted without prior approval of the MSPSP Board of Directors.

Article VIII. Section 5. Dissolution.

Upon liquidation and /or dissolution and winding up the affairs of the Premier Program, whether voluntarily or otherwise, and after payment of all debts and liabilities of the Premier Program, the assets of the Premier Program remaining in the hands of the MSPSP Board of Directors shall be distributed, transferred, conveyed, delivered and paid over to the MSYSA. Article VIII. Section 6. Discrimination.

Girls teams, boys teams, and coed teams (which shall be considered a boys team) shall be established on an equal basis.

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ARTICLE IX Amendments, Rules, and Regulations Article IX. Section 1. Amendments.

These bylaws may be altered or repealed or new bylaws in lieu thereof by a two-thirds vote of the affiliated leagues at the MSYSA general membership meeting with votes being cast in the same ratio as used for MSYSA business. Unless otherwise provided, any amendment to the bylaws of MSPSP is effective on that July 31 that occurs immediately after the amendment is adopted.

Article IX. Section 2. Rules, Regulations, and Policies.

The Rules, Regulations and Policies of this Premier Program as now established and as hereafter amended may be altered, repelled, or new Rules and Regulations, and Policies may be adopted in lieu thereof by a majority of the voting MSPSP Board of Directors then in office and present at a meeting of the MSPSP Board of Directors, if a notice of the proposed alteration, repeal or substitution is contained in the notice of the meeting and the proposed alteration, repeal or substitution is approved by the affiliated leagues at the MSYSA annual general membership meeting with votes being cast in the same ratio as used for MSYSA business.

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Contents Rule 1. General Cases and Line of Authority.

Rule 2. Disciplinary Ruling and Minimum Punishments.

Rule 3. Insurance.

Rule 4. Laws of the Game.

Rule 5. Game Rules.

Rule 6. Age Limit Definition.

Rule 7. Proof of Age. Rule 8. Player Registration, League Entry and Team Affiliation Requirements.

Rule 9. Challenge of a Player not in Possession of a Player Pass Card.

Rule 10. Player Release, Transfer, and Roster Limit.

Rule 11. Game Reports Rule 12. Requirements of Players.

Rule 13. Coaches.

Rule 14. Uniforms Rule 15. Game Schedule.

Rule 16. Determination of Divisional Champions.

Rule 17. Ignorance of the Rules.

Rule 18. Interpretations of the Bylaws and Rules.

Rule 19. Rulings of the MSPSP Board of Directors.

Rule 20. Team Definition.

Rule 21. Elite Division Admission.

Rule 22. Under 19 Open Division.

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RULES AND REGULATIONS OF MICHIGAN STATE PREMIER SOCCER PROGRAM Rule 1. General Cases and Line of Authority.

Section 1. General Cases. In general cases, the Premier Program shall be responsible for governing those persons associated with its' functioning and operation. It is the duty of all officials and coaches to report immediately any infraction of these rules to the Premier Program MSPSP Board of Directors.

Section 2. Line of Authority. Should any person, team or league want to appeal any adverse decision, the line of authority shall be to the Premier Program MSPSP Board of Directors and then to the MSYSA.

Rule 2. Disciplinary Ruling and Minimum Punishments.

Section 1. Red Card Offenses: Any player, coach or team official who is sent off during or after a game as evident by the issuance of a Red Card by the official shall receive a minimum one (1) game suspension. The head coach shall be responsible for any person(s) associated with the team guilty misconduct at a match.

Section 2. Additional Punishment. The MSPSP Disciplinary Committee upon review of all issued red cards may impose additional suspensions and disciplinary action.

Section 3. Persistent Misconduct. Players, coaches, or other team officials guilty of persistent misconduct before, during, or after a game as evidenced by the issuance of two Yellow cards or a Red card by the official at the game site shall receive a minimum of a one (1) game suspension.

Section 4. Pushing or Striking.

(1) Players guilty of pushing or striking any coach, team official, or referee shall receive a minimum of one (1) year suspension; whether or not such an offense occurs at a game.

(2) Coaches, managers, or other team officials guilty of pushing or striking any league official, coach, manager, player, referee, or assistant referee shall receive a minimum of a two- (2) year suspension; whether or not such an offense occurs at a game. Repeat offenders shall be barred from any further participation in the Premier Program.

Section 5. Sent Off. Team officials sent off the field by the official at the game site shall receive a minimum of a one- (1) game suspension and shall adhere to the MSPSP Team Official Send Off Policy.

Section 6. Alteration and/or Falsification of Birth Records and/or Rosters. Any coach, manager, team official, or player who knowingly alters any roster or game report or causes any roster or game report to be altered, or falsifies any birth date or causes any birth date to be falsified, or affixes or causes to be affixed to any pass card a photograph of any person other than the person named thereon may receive up to a seven (7) year suspension.

Section 7. Multiple Offenses - Coaches and/or Teams.

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(1) Any coach, manager, team official, or player receiving three (3) Yellow cards in any single playing season shall automatically be issued a Red card for the next physically played Premier Program game. This is considered a one- (1) game suspension.

(2) Any coach, manager, team official, or player receiving two (2) Red Cards is immediately suspended without notice from participating at any Premier Program games until an appearance before Premier Program Disciplinary Committee. It is incumbent upon the offender to request such a hearing from said Committee.

Section 8. Tournament Suspensions. Any Red card suspension from any USYSA sanctioned Tournament not served within the issuing tournament(s), shall be served with a one (1) game suspension in the next physically played Premier Program game.

Additional tournament issued suspensions shall be reviewed by the Disciplinary Committee for the imposition of additional penalties.

Section 9. Playing Suspended Players. Any coach who allows a player to play in a game, during which that player was to serve a suspension, shall receive a two (2) game suspension. Repeat offenses by the same coach shall result in a Disciplinary hearing at which further action may be taken. Any team, which allows a player, who has received three (3) Yellow cards or a Red card, to play in a game, during which that player was to serve a suspension, shall suffer a forfeit of that game, and may be subject to a fine set by the MSPSP Board of Directors.

Section 10. Participation by Suspended Team Officials. Any coach who allows a team official (coach, assistant coach, manager, etc.) to participate in a game, during which that team official was to serve a suspension, shall receive a two (2) game suspension. Repeat offenses by the same coach shall result in a Disciplinary hearing at which further action may be taken.

Any team, which allows a team official to participate in a game, during which that team official was to serve a suspension, shall suffer a forfeit of that game, and may be subject to a fine set by the MSPSP Board of Directors.

Section 11. Failure to Appear. Any coach, manager, team official, or player who fails to appear at a scheduled disciplinary hearing without due cause and seventy-two (72) hours notice will be suspended until such time as another hearing can be scheduled.

Section 12. Application of Suspensions. All suspensions and/or probation’s listed in sections 1 through 10 of these rules apply to the next physically played Premier Program game, whether or not such game is within the same season or seasonal year. Any forfeited game, canceled game or postponed game is not considered a played game.

Rule 3. Insurance.

Insurance shall be obtained through MSYSA via each team's affiliated league.

Rule 4. Laws of the Game.

Section 1. Rules of Play. The rules of play shall be the "Laws of the Game", as published by F.I.F.A. All contests sanctioned by Premier Program shall abide by the "Laws of the Game", and the modifications as permitted by the Premier Program shall be published under separate cover.

Section 2. Bylaws. All teams, players, coaches, managers, team officials, clubs, and/or leagues will follow the Bylaws of this Premier Program, MSYSA and USSF.

Rule 5. Game Rules.

Section 1. Abandonment of Game.

(1) Any game, which is abandoned because of inclement weather or darkness after 2/3 of the regulation time has been played, will be considered as a completed game. If 2/3 of the regulation time has not been completed, the game will be replayed in its entirety prior to the end of the scheduled season.

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(2) Any game abandoned for any other reason shall result in a review by the MSPSP Board of Directors as to the circumstances leading to the abandonment and a decision shall be rendered.

(3) Any game not played by the end of the MSPSP season will incur a fine set by the MSPSP Board of Directors.

Section 2. Length of Games and Size of Ball. The length of games and the ball size shall be as follows: Age Length of Game Ball Size U-19 2 – 45 Minute Halves Size 5 Ball U-17 2 – 45 Minute Halves Size 5 Ball U-16 2 – 40 Minute Halves Size 5 Ball U-15 2 – 40 Minute Halves Size 5 Ball U-14 2 – 35 Minute Halves Size 5 Ball U-13 2 – 35 Minute Halves Size 5 Ball Section 3. Substitutions. Substitutions shall be unlimited. Substitutions are permitted by either team at any stoppage of play with the referee’s permission and receiving a signal from the referee to enter the field. Substitutes must enter the field of play at the half after the player(s) they are being substituted for leave the field of play.

Section 4. Reporting of Scores. The winning team is responsible for notifying the Premier Program Statistician of the outcome of the game per instructions issued prior to the beginning of each season immediately following the game, to notify him/her of the outcome. In the event of a tie score, the home team shall be responsible for reporting the score. If A Game Score Is Not Reported Properly Within Forty-Eight (48) Hours Of The Date And Time The Game Is Played, A Penalty Set By The MSPSP Board or Directors for Each Violation Shall Be Imposed Upon The Team In Violation.

Section 5. Delayed Game Start. Any team delaying the start of a scheduled game by more than fifteen (15) minutes without authorization from the Premier Program shall forfeit the game to their opponent and shall be responsible for full payment of the game officials' fees.

Section 6. Failure to Appear for a Game. In the event that both teams do not appear for a scheduled game and the Referee rule the grounds playable, then both teams shall be assessed with a loss and the referee's fees.

Section 7. Coaching from the Sidelines. Giving direction to one's own team on points of strategy and position is allowed pursuant to and in accordance with FIFA rules of the game. No mechanical or electrical devices are permitted and no coach manager, team official, or substitute is to be anywhere except on the sidelines within 25 yards of the halfway line of that team's bench side of the field during the game. Only those persons in possession of a passcard shall be allowed within the permissible coaching area. Likewise only persons with a pass card showing them to be a player, coach, Director of Coaching, assistant coach, manager, or team official shall be allowed to coach (give direction from the sidelines). Teams shall take opposite sidelines for their benches. Home teams have choice of preferred sidelines. Parents must take the same sideline as their respective team.

Section 8. Home Team Responsibilities.

(1) If that both teams wear uniforms that are of the same or similar colors, the home team must effect a change to colors that are distinct from those of the opponent. (See Rule 12 Visitor may change) (2) The home team shall be responsible for the condition of the grounds, the proper field markings, and proper equipment.

Goal nets and corner flags are required. If entry fees for the facility are collected, the home team shall be responsible for reimbursing the entire referee crew.

(3) The home team shall be responsible for providing a game ball.

(4) In the event the referee declares the condition of the grounds improper due to improper or no markings, no corner flags, or no nets; the game is to be rescheduled. Both teams will pay their half of the referee fees for the cancelled game. The referee fees for the rescheduled game will be paid in full by the team whose field did not comply with the MSPSP Rules and Regulations. The rescheduled game will take place at the home field of the original visiting team.

(5) The home team shall be responsible for all facility entry fees for visiting teams in advance of their entry to the facility.

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Section 9. Team Display of Sportsmanship. The traditional line-up for good sportsmanship shall take place prior to the start of the game and be presided over by the referees and coaches. All players, substitutes, coaches, assistant coaches, managers, or other team officials shall participate. Infraction of this rule constitutes unsporting conduct and is subject to disciplinary action as such.

Rule 6. Age Limit Definition.

Section 1. Youth. The term Youth as applied to these bylaws shall mean an amateur player who has not attained his/her 19th birthday before the first day of January of the seasonal year in which he/she applies for registration.

Section 2. Attaining Age Limit. Players attaining the limiting age for any age group on or after January 1st, will be eligible to play for the remainder of the seasonal year.

Section 3. Reinstated Player. A reinstated player shall mean a player who has been reinstated to an amateur youth status.

Section 4. Age Groups.

(1) Eligibility for age groups shall be determined by a player’s age on January 1st of the seasonal year.

(2) There will be single year age group (U-13 through U-19) in both the Boys and Girls divisions when enough teams are registered to comprise a division.

(3) If there are not at least four (4) teams registered in an age division, there will be no division for that particular age group.

(4) No team shall be allowed to play in an age group unless a minimum of 51% of the rostered players on that team were born within the year(s) specified for that specific age group. Exceptions to this rule are applied at the discretion of the MSPSP Board of Directors and to the U19 High School Open Division as defined in Rule 22. Automatic exceptions are granted for the 16/17, 17/18, and 18/19 seasonal years.

(5) No team shall be allowed to roster players who are too old for the age group in which they are playing.

(6) No player may play up more than two (2) age divisions except as defined in Rule 22.

Rule 7. Proof of Age. Section 1. Authority to Contest. Any player can be called upon to prove his/her legal age by the MSPSP Board of Directors or the Registrar.

Section 2. Legal Proof of Age. A birth certificate, drivers’ license, passport, board of health records, certificate of naturalization, or alien registration card shall be sufficient for proof of age.

Rule 8. Player Registration, League Entry and Team Affiliation Requirements.

Section 1. Player Registration (1) Players are registered to and mutually bound with a team when the Premier Program Registration form is signed by the player, his/her parent or guardian (for players under age 18) and the team coach and once MSYSA player fees have been paid to a responsible team/club/member organization. A copy of the signed and dated registration form must be given to the player at this time and no registration form shall be signed until or on or after the third Saturday in June.

Completion of this form by all parties binds the player to that team and its' affiliating league and binds the team and its' affiliating league to that player for the entire seasonal year which runs from September 1st to August 31st unless a release is granted under Rule 10.

(2) Each affiliating league which wishes to sponsor a team or teams in the Premier Program shall be required to submit to the appropriate Premier Program officer various forms as may be required for the operation of the Premier Program and pay all fines, dues or fees, that may be levied by the Premier Program.

(3) Payment for team affiliation into the Premier Program must be submitted by the league that affiliates the team(s).

(4) The final registration date for each playing season shall be determined by the Premier Program Board of Directors.

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(5) Proof of age and eligibility are to be confirmed by MSPSP affiliating leagues. MSPSP will not collect birth certificates.

(6) MSPSP affiliating leagues or clubs are responsible for the collection of player and coach concussion awareness documentation pursuant to Michigan Compiled Laws (MCL) 333.9155 & 333.9156 and Michigan Public Acts 342 and 343 of 2012.

Section 2. Player Possession of Pass Card.

(1) All coaches, managers, and players shall present to the referee their pass cards and shall have a current photograph of the named individual permanently affixed, before the start of each game.

(2) All pass cards are to be returned to the Coach.

(3) If a player, coach, manager, or other team official is ejected for misconduct, then the Referee official must sign the Referee Game Report at the conclusion of the game. It is incumbent upon the Coach, Assistant Coach, Manager, or other team official to institute the proper suspension for committing such misconduct and indicate the reason for sitting out on subsequent Game Reports.

(4) Should any players' pass card not be available, they shall be permitted to play in the game after having fulfilled the requirements of rule 9. However, they shall be open to "Challenge" by the opposing team under rule 9.

(5) A fee set by the MSPSP Board of Directors shall be assessed for the replacement of a lost pass card.

Section 3. Application Fees and Performance Bond.

(1) Application fees shall be set prior to registration for each season.

(2) Performance Bonds in an amount to be determined by the Premier Program Board of Directors may be required.

Section 4. Multiple Registration.

(1) A player cannot play for more than one team in the Premier Program.

(2) In the case of a player being registered to more than one team, the Premier Program team must be his/her primary team.

(3) No pass card shall be issued by the Premier Program for tournament play only.

(4) No teams participating in the Midwest Regional League (MRL) or National League may play in MSPSP. Section 5. Club Passcards: (1) MSPSP registered teams may utilize players from within both the same club and MSPSP affiliated league to participate in the team’s MSPSP league games.

(2) Players utilized in this manner are considered “Club Passcard Players”.

(3) Players wishing to Club Passcard to an MSPSP team must be currently registered with MSYSA. (4) Players can Club Passcard up a maximum of two age groups from their eligible age group.

(5) MSPSP teams are limited to five (5) club passcarded players per game.

(6) Teams utilizing an MSPSP club passcard player must meet all other roster requirements.

(7) Game day rosters may not exceed 18 total players including club passcarded players.

(8) Players can Club Passcard a maximum of twice a week with the week starting on Sunday.

(9) Players may Club Passcard within their own age group only from a lower division team to a higher division team.

(10) Players cannot club passcard down in competition or age groups from their primarily rostered team. MRL and National League players may not participate in MSPSP. (11) At the U13 age group in the fall season, players may Club Passcard across the statewide divisions. Players registered on a statewide team may not Club Passcard into the regional division. Regional division players may Club Passcard onto statewide teams.

(12) Players needing to serve a suspension for misconduct are not permitted to club passcard until their suspension is served with their primary rostered team. Suspensions may not be served in club passcarded matches.

(13) Select and Recreational MSYSA registered players may club passcard in MSPSP matches. Club passcarding Select and Recreational players must be age-eligible for the MSPSP division.

(14) U13 MSYSA Directors Academy players may NOT club passcard to U13 MSPSP Matches. All other Directors Academy to MSPSP club passcarding scenarios are permitted.

Section 6. Violation of Club Passcard Procedures: A violation of MSPSP club passcard procedures will be reviewed by the MSPSP Board of Directors. Punishments can include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following:

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(1) (2) (3) (4)

Replaying of the match with the violating team paying for match fees including referee and facility costs.

Match forfeiture.

A monetary fine to the offending team, coach, or league.

Suspensions of the offending coach.

Rule 9. Challenge of a Player not in Possession of a Player Pass Card.

Section 1. Procedure.

(1) If a player does not present a player pass card to the Referee prior to the game, he/she shall give his/her name, signature, and birth date to the Referee, who shall note this information on his Referee Game Report, and shall at the conclusion of the game, advise the coach of the opposing team of this information and make it available to him/her. a. In the event a player is club passcarding and does not present a player pass card to the Referee prior to the game, he/she shall follow the above criteria as well as provide the team name they are officially rostered on for the Referee to indicate on the Game Report.

(2) The opposing team coach has a right to challenge such a player by contacting the Vice-Chairperson for verification that the challenged player(s) is/are properly registered and eligible to play. If the Premier Program records show the player(s) is/are properly registered and eligible to play, the matter is finished.

Section 2. Penalties. If a challenged player(s) is/are not properly registered or eligible to play, the offending team shall automatically forfeit that game and the coach may face further disciplinary action by the Premier Program, and receive up to a seven (7) year suspension under Rule 2 Section 6.

Rule 10. Player Release, Transfer, and Roster Limit.

Section 1. Release. A registered player, a player that has signed the proper MSPSP Registration Form, shall be committed to one Premier Program team for the entire seasonal year. Once registered, a player should remain with his/her team until the tryout deadline of the following seasonal year. However, any player wishing a release shall be granted one. Any player wishing to be released must make the request to the MSPSP Office. Releases will always be granted but a transfer to another team is not guaranteed.

Section 2. Inter-Premier Program Player Transfer. MSPSP will only approve a transfer from one MSPSP team to another MSPSP team if the following conditions are met: (A) The player transfer is supported (approved) by the player’s originally registered team, club and league (documentation required).

(B) The player transfer is supported (approved) by the player’s new team, club and league.

(C) The transfer occurs during the MSYSA Transfer Window (November 1st- March 1st).

(D) All other MSYSA and MSPSP Rules and Regulations are followed.

Section 3. Poaching. Any player, coach, team official, player parent or guardian, or any other agent associated with the team who attempts to induce a registered player to change MSPSP teams from the day of Premier Program registration to the third Friday in June of the seasonal year, shall be considered poaching. Any of the above that are charged with poaching shall be brought before the MSPSP Disciplinary Committee.

The period of time on or after the third Saturday in June until the day of registration of the Premier Program shall be the designated open recruiting period. During this period of time any player, coach, manager, trainer, player parent or guardian, team official, or any other person associated with the team, may freely discuss new affiliation with players, who have not registered with any other Premier Program team for the following seasonal year. Any attempt to induce a registered player to change teams during the present seasonal year or for following seasonal year shall be deemed poaching.

Section 4. Transfer Cut-off Dates. Transfers in MSPSP must adhere to MSPSP Rule 10 Section 2.

Section 5. Team Tryouts. The date for team tryouts for MSPSP teams will be established by Michigan State Youth Soccer Association and will be adhered to by all Premier Program teams. All tryouts for teams playing in the Premier Program shall be

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advertised or published in the MSYSA Tryout Publication. No fees may be charged to any player for attending a team tryout. No player shall sign a registration form as a requirement for the tryout. Any form so executed shall be declared null and void by the Premier Program.

Section 6. Roster Limit.

(A) No team shall be admitted to the Premier Program with less than fifteen (15) players.

(B) Teams may roster no more than 22 players per team.

(C) Game day rosters may only contain 18 of the 22 players registered to the team.

(D) Team coaches/managers must designate a maximum of 18 active players on the match report before the start of each match.

(E) Non-participating players may sit on the team bench but they must be either in street clothes or non-game day jerseys.

Section 7. Roster Additions.

(1) Anytime a named goalkeeper is injured and out of play, another goalkeeper may be added for the remainder of the season, through the normal registration process.

(2) Anytime a team's active roster drops to fourteen (14) players, due to injury or resignation of players, that team shall be allowed to add players to their roster through the normal registration process until they have reached an active roster of fifteen (15) players.

(3) Player additions to MSPSP rosters are permissible up to forty-eight (48) hours before a teams’ first match except for additions outlined in Rule 10 Sections 7. 1 and 7.2 (which can occur at any point in the season).

Section 8. Penalties.

(1) Any player found to be guilty of violating any of the above sections of this Rule 10 shall appear before the Disciplinary Committee and may receive up to a five game suspension (2) Any coach, manager, trainer, or team, club or league official found guilty of violating any of the above sections of Rule 10 may appear before the Disciplinary Committee and may receive up to a two (2) year suspension.

Rule 11. Game Reports.

Section 1. Team Responsibilities. Both teams shall be responsible for entering all appropriate information, on a legible report prior to the start of the game.

Section 2. Referee Responsibilities.

(1) The referee shall verify the identity of the players, coaches, managers, and team officials with their pass cards immediately upon arriving at the field.

(2) Prior to the start of the game the Referee shall make sure that each player's equipment is in proper order.

(3) Prior to the start of the game the referee shall make sure that all goal nets and corner flags are properly installed and in proper repair, that the field has the proper makings, and that the ground is fit for play.

(4) The referee shall not allow any player who does not possess a pass card to participate in the game (see Rule 8 for exceptions) nor shall he/she allow any individual without a pass card to accompany the team in their bench area.

(5) The referee shall ensure all coaches, assistant coaches and managers have a valid MSYSA Risk Management (background check) card.

(6) The referee shall keep a complete record of the game on the official Referee Game Report. Upon completion of the game the Referee shall check this report before signing his/her name.

(7) The Referee shall mail his/her report to the Statistician, and the referee shall include in this mailing any supplemental disciplinary report he/she may wish to make.

Section 3. Referee Qualifications.

(1) All referees will be registered on USSF referee registration forms through the State Referee Association. No person shall officiate as a referee or neutral lines person in any match under the sanction or jurisdiction (direct or indirect) of the USSF who is not registered with this Federation unless both coaches agree and sign the game report stating such agreement. All referee assignors must be USSF certified assignors.

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(2) If, due to unforeseen circumstances, a registered referee is unable to officiate, club or team officials may agree upon some other person to act in the emergency. Such emergencies shall be explained in writing by team officials and/or referee assignors and submitted with the Referee Game Report.

(3) Referees may not officiate a game in which a team participant is a member of his/her family unless both coaches agree and sign the game report stating such agreement.

(4) In the event both coaches do not agree on an alternate referee (per Section 3 Paragraph 2) the game will be replayed at the home team’s home field and the referee fees will be paid equally by both teams.

Section 4. Referee Game Reports The Premier Program Referee Advisor will be apprised of improperly completed Referee Game Reports Section 5. Referee Assignors (1) Referee Assignors may not assign 25% or more of an individual age groups matches to themselves or their direct family members.

Rule 12. Requirements of Players.

Section 1. Shin Guards. All players are required to wear shin guards at all times while on the field of play. Shin Guards must be completely covered by socks at all times.

Section 2. Player Possession of Pass Card. All players wishing to participate in a Premier Program game must be in possession of an official Premier Program Pass Card, which must be signed by the player, and have a current photograph of the player permanently affixed (see Rule 8 for Exceptions to this rule).

Section 3. Uniforms.

(1) In the event that the uniforms of both teams in the game are similar color and the referee determines that one team must change uniforms, the home team shall change uniforms unless both coaches agree that the visiting team may change.

(2) All players must be in full Premier Program identified numbered uniforms. Each player’s jersey shall have on the left chest or on the left sleeve the Premier Program Patch or a same size representation. All players on the field of play representing one team must have unique numbers on their uniforms. Players are not allowed to switch numbers after the team has been checked in by the referees without notifying the referee of the change.

(3) The Premier Program shall provide, if requested, two Premier Program patches. The patch must be permanently affixed (sewn on only) to the left chest or left sleeve of the jersey.

(4) A team may be assessed a per game fine set forth by the MSPSP Board of Directors for each violation of Rule 12 Section 3.

Section 4. Minimum Playing Time.

Minimum playing time per player shall be established and monitored by each league and/or club.

Rule 13. Coaches.

Section 1. Licenses. All head coaches of teams playing in Premier division 1 and Premier division 2 shall be required to have a minimum “D” coaching license or a NSCAA National Diploma. All head coaches of teams playing in any Classic divisions shall be required to have a minimum “E” coaching license.

(1) A head coach of a Classic division team that advances to the Premier division shall have one (1) season to obtain his/her "D" coaching license or NSCAA National Diploma.

(2) Individuals listed as head coaches in both the Premier and Classic divisions shall be required to attend 80% of scheduled MSPSP matches.

(3) Head coaches not attending 80% their teams scheduled matches shall be subject to disciplinary action.

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Section 2. Coach Possession of Pass Card. All Premier Program coaches, assistant coaches, managers, or other team officials must be identified by an official Premier Program Pass Card, which must be signed by the named individual and have a current photograph of the named individual permanently affixed.

(1) Passcards for Directors of Coaching will be issued at the discretion of the MSPSP Board of Directors. Directors of Coaching, who have obtained a Director of Coaching Passcard from MSPSP, can coach any MSPSP match for their club.

Section 3. Coaches Responsibilities.

(1) Each coach is responsible for the conduct of his/her players, other team officials and spectators before, during and after the game and shall instruct all of the above to behave in a proper and respectful manner.

(2) Each coach is responsible for correctly submitting a legible Referee Game Report, with the proper information to the Referee prior to the start of the game.

(3) Each coach is responsible for submitting proper pass cards and Referee Fees prior to the start of the game as well as reimbursing any entry fees the referee incurred to enter the facility.

(4) Each coach must comply with the Coaches Procedures on game day.

(5) In the event that a coach wishes to protest a game he/she must inform the Referee prior to the start of the match if possible, and will inform the referee in all cases at the end of the match so the Referee may note the reasons for the protest on the Referee Game Report.

(6) Each coach, assistant coach, manager, and or other team officials must have a valid MSYSA Risk Management (background check) card.

Rule 14. Uniforms.

Section 1. Supply. Each team shall be responsible for acquiring its own uniforms.

Section 2. Sponsor Patch. Sponsorship or advertising (if appropriate) is permitted on player jerseys with the written approval of the MSPSP Program Director and MSPSP Chairperson.

Section 3. Jersey Numbers. All jerseys must be clearly numbered on the back. A number no larger than 4" may be displayed on the right front or center of the chest. No two players on the same team may share the same number except that the goalkeeper may wear any number he/she so desires.

Section 4. Premier Program Patch. Each player's jersey shall be identified by a crest on the left chest or a patch on the left sleeve that may either be silk-screened or the Premier Program patch.

Section 5. Other Jersey Markings. Leagues may display their team name or league name on the front of the jersey only.

Rule 15. Game Schedule.

Section 1. Official Schedule. The official schedule of the Premier Program shall be compiled by the Premier Program Scheduler.

Section 2. Scheduled Dates. Teams must play games according to the official MSPSP schedule.

Section 3. Dual Use of Game Results. Dual usage of match results will only be accepted in cases where the same teams are scheduled to play a State Cup match and an MSPSP match in the same season. The State Cup match result will be accepted as the MSPSP result if both teams agree in advance of the State Cup match. The match will be played adhering to State Cup Rules.

Section 4. Rescheduling of Games. Games must be played at scheduled date and time. Rescheduling games without proper MSPSP approval will result in forfeiture by both teams. Rescheduled match logistics must be agreed upon by both teams and approved by MSPSP. The MSPSP Board of Directors will set the criteria and possible fees for reschedules.

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Rule 16. Determination of Divisional Champions.

Section 1. Game Points. During seasonal play, game points shall be awarded as follows: -

Each victory shall be worth three (3) points.

Each tie shall be worth one (1) point.

No points shall be awarded for a loss.

Section 2. Forfeits. Any team, which forfeits a game, shall not be eligible for a divisional championship. The score of any forfeit game shall stand 4-0 against the forfeiting team.

Section 3. Divisional Champions.

(1) Divisional Champions shall be determined on the following basis: The team with the most game points (subject to adjustment per Section 4 below) shall be declared the Divisional Champions.

(2) In the event that two teams have tied for the most game points the following tiebreaker shall apply: (a) The winner of head to head competition. (b) The winner of most games. (c) Goal Differential (Maximum of four goals per win). (d) Fewest goals allowed. (e) Team with least number of red/yellow cards issued. (f) Fair play points.

(3) In the event that more than two teams have tied for the most game points, the following tiebreaker shall apply: (a) The winner of most games. (b) Goal Differential (Maximum of four goals per win) (c) Fewest goals allowed (d) Team with least number of red/yellow cards issued. (e) Fair play points.

Section 4. Unequal Number of Games Played. In the event that teams within a division have played an unequal number of games a calculation will be made to adjust for the different number of games played. For example, if one team played eight games and the other team played ten games the figures arrived at in Section 3 above would be multiplied by 80% (.80) for the team that played ten games.

Rule 17. Ignorance of the Rules.

It is the responsibility of each player, coach, manager, trainer, team official, and league official to know and understand the Bylaws and Rules of the Premier Program. Ignorance of these Bylaws and Rules will not be considered an excuse for failure to follow them and will not be considered as a defense in any Disciplinary Hearing of the Premier Program.

Rule 18. Interpretations of the Bylaws and Rules.

Any interpretation of the Bylaws and Rules of the Premier Program, MSYSA, or USSF shall not be considered as an official interpretation until the interpretation is rendered in writing and signed and dated by an authorized Premier Program Director or Official.

Rule 19. Rulings of the MSPSP Board of Directors.

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Any ruling of the MSPSP Board of Directors shall be incorporated as a part of these rules through reference. Rulings shall be documented by the MSPSP Board of Directors and shall be published.

Rule 20. Team Definition.

Section 1. Existing Team.

(1) An existing team shall be any team that has at least 51% of its players returning from the same sponsoring league from the team’s roster of its previous Premier Program season. Exceptions to this rule are applied at the discretion of the MSPSP Board of Directors and to the U19 High School Open Division as defined in Rule 22. Automatic exceptions are granted for the 16/17, 17/18, and 18/19 seasonal years.

(2) A Team (winning or runners-up in the State Cup), which elects to play the National Regional League, may do so without losing their Team position in the Premier Program. When they return, they will take the place of the Team, which displaced them in the National Regional League. They may also return on their own accord and will displace the lowest placed team of the division that they were in when the Team elected to join the National Regional League.

Section 2. New Team. A new team is any team, which does not meet the requirements of section 1 above; regardless of whether or not that team physically played in the Premier Program in any previous playing season. New teams are subject to placement in the lowest division of a given age group. Any team may petition the MSPSP Board of Directors for divisional placement.

Rule 21. Elite Division Admission.

Section 1. Name. The Elite Division may use a name mutually agreed upon between the Premier Program and its major sponsor for all purposes of advertising and public and community relations.

Section 2. Purpose. The Elite Division is established to provide superior competition in a high quality venue for Premier Program players and teams, U16 and above, to develop and participate in highly skilled youth soccer, sportsmanship, and quality coaching and officiating within the State of Michigan.

Section 3. Method of Entry. Application for Admission to the Elite Division shall be open to all teams U16 and above admitted to the Premier Program. Affiliating leagues must complete an application for entry to the Elite Division for each team they wish to sponsor in this Division. The Premier Program must receive all Elite Division applications no later than the Elite Division application deadline, which may be set by the MSPSP Board of Directors from time to time. Acceptance into the Elite Division is at the sole discretion of the Premier Program MSPSP Board of Directors and shall be based upon the information provided by the submitted Application forms, and team and player history.

Rule 22. Under 19 Open Division.

The MSPSP Board of Directors at its sole discretion may elect to form a U-19 Open Division. Teams applying for entry in this division are allowed to roster players attending high school full time up to and including the U19 age group. No other entry qualifications shall apply to this division except those referring to affiliation.

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Section 9: MSPSP Financial Statement FYE June 30, 2018

Section 10: MSPSP Budget

MSPSP Budget

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Michigan State Premier Soccer Program 9401 General Drive- Suite 130 Plymouth, MI 48170 Phone (734) 459-6650 - Fax (734) 459-6664

Budget- Fiscal Year 7/1/2019- 6/30/2020 GL A/C # INCOME 4013 4011 4012 4018 4025 4020

2019-20 BUDGET

GL DESCRIPTION Registration Fees Late Registration Fees Early Passcards Game Changes Interest Miscellaneous

$

Total Income

468,000.00 3,500.00 2,000.00 4,000.00 500.00 500.00 $478,500.00

EXPENSES 5005 5090 5080 6000 6017 6070 6080 6050

6040

PROGRAM SERVICES: MSPSP Affiliation Fees Postage Printing & Copying Referee & Scheduling fees Female Referee Development Telephone Trophies & Awards Website & Computer Coaching Education Promotional/Advertising Player College Scholarship

$

220,500.00 3,000.00 7,000.00 58,500.00 5,000.00 6,000.00 19,000.00 4,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 12,000.00

$

350,000.00

$

50,000.00 9,000.00 16,500.00 3,000.00 20,000.00 6,000.00 2,000.00 10,000.00 12,000.00

Total Supporting Services

$

128,500.00

TOTAL EXPENSES

$

478,500.00

NET SURPLUS

$

Total Program Service

5073 5000 5070 7010 5015 5072 5095 5085 5075

SUPPORTING SERVICES: Contracted Employee(s) Accounting Fee Rent Depreciation Meeting, Conferences & Travel Supplies Insurance Patches & Lanyards Contributions/donations

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Section 11: Notes & Miscellaneous

Notes & Miscellaneous

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