DAA Soccer Rules

Adopted 12/2/01 Number One - Team Size Team size will be as follows: Passers (7v7) Maximum 10 Wings (9v9) Maximum 12 Strikers and Kickers (11v11) Maximum 15 (Amended 6/15/99) Any deviation involving Maximum team size must be approved by the Manager's Committee. All players must wear shin guards at all practices and games. Number Two - Selection of Soccer Head Coaches All applications are to be accepted by the Soccer Coordinator and/or the Chairman of the Manager’s Committee. If two or more applications are received and all or none of the criteria as set forth by the Managers and Coaches rules, Rule #3, the following system shall be used to select the Manager for the said position. This selection process consists of a three level selection process. Level #1: The approved guidelines for selecting Managers / Head Coaches for D.A.A. as outlined in the Managers and Coaches Rules, shall be known as level one. It shall be the Manager’s Committee’s responsibility to verify as much as possible, the information which is contained on the applicant’s application. Anyone who is found to have knowingly falsified the data on his or her application shall be deemed responsible and his or her application shall be removed from further consideration. The applicant whose application has the most calculated points, as dictated by “the point system” shall be given a single point. 1. 1 Point for every 4 meetings attended in the last three years. 2. 2 Points for each year as a coordinator of a sport. 3. 2 Points for each year as a booth chairman. 4. 1 Point for each year as a member of a committee. 5. 3 Points for each year as an office holder. 6. 2 Points for each year that a special position was held. (Ex. Running a tournament, festival, dance, etc.) 7. 1 Point for each year as a assistant coach of a different sport in the D.A.A. 8. 2 Points for each year as an assistant coach in the same sport you are applying for in the D.A.A. 9. 2 Points for each year as a manager of a different sport in the D.A.A. 10. 3 Points for each year as a manager in the same sport you are applying for in the D.A.A. 11. 1 Point for any coaches clinic for the sport being applied which has been approved by the Managers Committee. Level #2: Is a rating of the candidate with the best baseball experience and knowledge determined by the Manager’s Committee. The Manager’s Committee’s decision shall be based on all credentials of the application including current application, performance, character, and any other information deemed necessary to make a decision. Any applicant who is found to have knowingly falsified any data shall be deemed responsible and said applicant shall be removed from further consideration. The applicant, decided by the Managers Committee, with the best baseball experience and knowledge shall be awarded a single point. Level #3: A secret ballot shall be taken by the elected member of the Manager’s Committee. They shall so chose the applicant that they deem most fit to handle the responsibility of being the said manager of the team which he or she is applying for. Any ties in this balloting shall be broken by the Chairman of the Manager’s Committee. The candidate with the highest votes will receive a point for each level. Only one applicant can receive a single point for any level. The applicant with the most points (Maximum of three) at the end of this process shall be named the Head Coach for the said team he or she is applying for. If, by some chance, there is a tie between applicants at the end of this process, the applicant who received the point for level three shall be appointed to the Manager’s position which he or she applied for. Number Three - Uniform Guidelines Coaches shall refrain from having their team(s) wear game uniforms at practice. Number Four - Resolutions of Unspecified Situations All other situations not covered in these rules will and shall be resolved by the Manager’s Committee.