Washington Area Regional Futsal League Winter 2007 2008

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WINTER 2007 2008 YOUTH LEAGUE

New for Winter 2007-2008	Levels Of Competition	Locations - Limited Space
Schedule Your Own Games	Challenge Any Team To A Game	Locations
Game and Division Info	Winter Session Dates	2007 - 2008 League Fees
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NEW FOR THE WINTER 2007-2008

Lower Team Fee for the Winter Session - Please see Table Below.
Holiday Tournaments for teams that want to play over the Holidays.
Online Directory Of All Registered Teams so you can contact your opponents to confirm games, uniform colors, etc.
Automated Online Scheduling where you contact your opponents and schedule your teams home games with confirming Emails sent to both teams
Automated Online Re-Scheduling where you contact your opponent and re-schedule any home game canceled because a facility was officially closed with confirming Emails sent to both teams
Challenge Games where you contact any team in the league (regardless of age, gender, level of play or state) that you want to play and challenge them to a match
Online Practice Session Scheduling to reserve weekend and evening practice time at special WARFL Member Rates
Automated Game Reporting and Posting where you enter game results online
League Sponsored Coaching Courses, Referee Courses, Team Clinics and Camps, and Player Clinics and Camps at special WARFL Member Rates
Books, Videos and Equipment at special WARFL Member Rates
Duaine's Lost and Posted where Duaine spends Mondays posting a list of all items found over the previous week
Wanted Pages where teams seeking players can post ads for players and players seeking teams can post ads for coaches

WARFL LEVELS OF COMPETITION

Premier Travel (Div I & II NCSL & WAGS Teams, ODP Teams, Super Y Teams and USFF State Cup Semi-Finalist or higher),
Competitive Travel (Other Travel Teams)
Recreational Youth All Star Teams,
Adult Mens, Womens and Co-Ed under 30,
Adult Mens, Womens and Co-Ed over 30

WARFL also offers:

Referee Certification Courses,
Coaching Courses,
Player Clinics and Camps,
Court Rental Time For Training,
Training Materials, Books, Videos, Balls, Futsal Referee Gloves, etc.

LOCATIONS - LIMITED SPACE FOR YOUTH TEAMS
WARFL has game and practice facilities in Virginia for 400 youth teams and 40 adult teams.

Beltway Annandale

74 U12 to U19 Teams on Saturdays and Sundays

Beltway Fairfax

94 U8 to U12 Teams on Saturdays and Sundays

Loudoun

47 U8 to U12 Teams on Saturdays ONLY
47 U13 to U19 Teams on Saturdays ONLY

Prince William

75 U8 to U12 Teams on Saturdays and Sundays

75 U13 to U19 Teams on Saturdays and Sundays
40 Adult Teams - Monday to Thurday Evenings
U8 to U19 Practice Time - Monday to Friday Evenings

Early registration is encouraged to reserve your spot at the facility of your choice.

YOU CAN SCHEDULE YOUR OWN HOME GAMES

Tired of ODP, basketball and other game conflicts? Use the WARFL Scheduling Wizard. to schedule your own games and avoid conflicts.

On November 21, 2007 WARFL will publish the following:

WARFL Division Structure
Your Winter Game Schedule
Directory Of All WARFL Teams
Scheduling Wizard To Schedule Your Home Games

You are listed first for 4 home games in each division that your team is playing in. You contact your opponents for these games and agree on the date and time for these games. Then you go to the online Scheduling Wizard and enter the game number in the game slot when each game will be played.

It's simple, fast and eliminates all conflicts. You only play when your team is able to play.

CHALLENGE ANY TEAM TO A GAME
The scheduling software has a special Challenge feature that allows any team registered to play in the league, regardless of age, gender or division to challenge any other team in the league to a game. Subject to special rules, this feature can also be used to challenge teams playing in other Futsal Leagues outside of the area served by WARFL to games (for, example: teams playing in Futsal Leagues in Southern Maryland). If you see a team you would like to play, look up the team contact information on the league web site and contact them. Ask them is they would like to play your team. If they agree to play and share the cost of the additional game, go online and check the Scheduling Wizard for dates, locations and times available for challenge games.

Create A Challenge Game - After both teams agree on a date, location and time, the challenging team goes to the Create A Game Wizard on the WARFL web site. To add a game you enter the team numbers for the home and away teams. The system then asked for the credit card number to be charged for the additional game. The fee for each additional Challenge game is $65 per team for U8 to U11 teams and $80 per team for U12 to U19 and adult games. After the credit card information is accepted the system will respond with the game number for the Challenge Game.

Schedule The Challenge Game - The challenging team then goes to the Scheduling Wizard on the WARFL web site to schedule the game. Follow the same procedures used to schedule your league games.

Game and Division Info

Divisions - Teams can register to play in one or more divisions. A team plays 4 home games and 4 away games in each division that the team plays in. Teams that play as more than one Futsal team can request to be seeded in the same or different divisions. Enter the request in the request area at the bottom of the online registration form.

Teams sign up for the location, for the age group and level of play, where they want to play their home games. Not all age groups and levels of play are offered at every location. In areas where two or more locations are less than 15 minutes apart the league reserves the right to assign teams to play at any location within a 15 minute drive of the location that the team requested.

Once a location is sold out a team will have the choice of being on a wait list for that location or of playing at the closest available location. Youth games are scheduled on Saturdays and Sundays. Adult games are scheduled later in the evenings every day of the week, depending on the division. Days of the week a facility is available and the times that courts are available for Futsal vary by location.

Premier Travel Divisions - Teams in Premier Divisions play 4 home games on their home court and 4 away games on their opponent's home court.
Competitive Travel Divisions - Teams that do not play in the Premier Travel Divisions can pick a single location where they want to play all of their games. The team will be seeded in a division of teams that only want to play at that location. Since all teams in the division will have the same home court all games will be played at that location.
Recreational Divisions - Non-Travel teams can pick a single location where they want to play their games. They will be seeded in a division of teams that only want to play at that location. Since all teams in the division will have the same home court all games will be played at that location. League rules prohibit recreational teams from playing in divisions with established travel teams.
Adult Divisions - Teams in Adult Divisions play 4 home games on their home court and 4 away games on their opponent's home court.

First To Register and Pay Their Deposit Plays - The maximum number of teams that can play at each facility is limited by the court time available at the facility. For example, Dulles Sportsplex is limited to 75 teams.

Teams are accepted in the order that the team's deposit (or full payment) is received. A list of all teams accepted for each location is posted on the web site in the order the team's deposit was received. Online payments are recorded at the time the online payment is made. Mail payments are recorded the day payment is received. If more than one payment is received by mail in the same postal delivery, then payments from teams making full payment will be posted first, followed by teams only making a deposit.

Nearby Facilities - In some areas, two or more WARFL facilities are within a 15 minute drive of each other. In these areas WARFL will schedule divisions in the facility that is the most age appropriate. For example, Merritt is used for younger ages because it has more seating for families, while Phillips is used for older ages because it has cinder block walls and is better suited to older ages which strike balls much harder.

Winter Session 2007-2008

Youth Teams - The winter season for youth teams (U8 through U19) starts the first weekend in December and runs through the second weekend in March. There are no league matches, only tournaments, over the year end holidays. Teams with a large number of basketball tournament conflicts, tournament commitments, etc. can use the Schedule Your Own Games feature to avoid weekends with conflicts. Teams can play as many games per day or weekend as desired. There are 13 weekends available for games. To balance the game load evenly through the winter each team must play a minimum of 2 games in December.

Adult Teams - The early winter session starts the first weekend in December and ends in January. The next session starts the last weekend in January and runs through March. Adult teams returning for additional sessions prior to August 31, 2008 receive a $100 discount for each additional session.

WINTER 2007-2008 FEE STRUCTURE
Fees are based on the age and number of teams you enter from a single outdoor soccer roster. You can enter as many FIFA 5-A-Side Futsal Teams as you want from a single outdoor soccer team. A $200 non-refundable deposit per Futsal team is due within 10 days of the date you register each Futsal team. The balance is due before the first game of the Winter 2007-2008 season. There is a $50.00 late fee if your team does not make full payment prior to your first game.

WARFL FEE WHAT AGE AND HOW MANY TEAMS ARE YOU ENTERING?
Age Group For Your Team	Fee For Each Team You Enter	Number Of Futsal Teams	Total
U8 - U11 / 1 Referee	$520 per Futsal Team Entered $595 to play on a court in Prince William County	____ Teams	$_________
U12-U14 / 2 Referees	$600 per Futsal Team Entered $675 to play on a court in Prince William County	____ Teams	$_________
U15-U19 / 2 Sr. Refs	$670 per Futsal Team Entered $745 to play on a court in Prince William County	____ Teams	$_________
Adult / 2 Adult Refs	$740 per Futsal Team Entered $815 to play on a court in Prince William County	____ Teams	$_________
TOTAL			$_________
USFF and Virginia Futsal Coach and Player Fees Coaches Register to Coach USFF Futsal Teams ONLY once regardless of the number of teams coached Annual registration is for the period August 1, of each year through July 31 of the following year. Registration starts November 15, 2007 and a link for registration will appear on the league web site and also on the state web site at www.vafutsal.com. Players Register with the United States Futsal Federation only ONCE regardless of the number of Futsal teams a player plays on. Annual registration is for the period August 1, of each year through July 31 of the following year. Registration starts November 15, 2007 and a link for registration will appear on the league web site and also on the state web site at www.vafutsal.com. Change 10/31/2007 - Effective immediately payment to USFF is made online by credit card when registering coaches and players. Any team who has already paid the flat rate per team for registering players will have that portion of their payment for this winter refunded by the third week in November.

Questions
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