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EASTSIDE KICKERS NEW WEBSITE!  

The Eastside Kickers Soccer Club, the District Club for girls has launched a brand new website that will centralize all information with respect to teams and tryouts. Please visit:

http://eastside-kickers.com

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THE RFD AND RTD SUBMITTED BY ECSA WHICH WERE APPROVED BY THE OSA

Please read:  Important Information on the RFD and RTD submitted by Essex County S.A. which were approved by the Ontario Soccer Association.

To all Essex County Soccer Association Members:

During the Summer Meetings Regarding the Elite Player Development Plan, the member clubs of ESCA voted and approved that the District Club Teams (F.C. Nationals and Eastside Kickers) will only carry 15 players on the roster. This was done so that three players on the District Club Teams are not spending a lot of time on the bench. Instead they will play with their club team in L4 or L5 so they do get more playing time. This, of course, poses a problem for any team (limiting them to 15 players) due to player injuries, etc.

With this process, the District Club Teams will need to identify and develop a total pool of 30 players and be able to call up some of these players to ease and to maintain a healthy playing roster. This will also allow player movement at the elite level so the District Club Teams are dynamic (another request by the Club members of ECSA). In order to facilitate this process, the ECSA member clubs requested the OSA to allow player movement from club teams to the district club teams without filing for guest player passes Temporary Registration Permits . Hence the development of RFD 2010-002:

“RFD 2010-002 was approved by the OSA Board. This will permit the District Clubs to affiliate with all the other Clubs in Essex County. Previously, each District Club was limited to affiliating with only one other club.
The new policy goes into effect on March 8, 2010.”

What does this mean to all clubs in ECSA:

• The district Club Teams will identify a pool of 25 to 30 players for their L1 or L3 team.
• 15 of these players will be registered with the District Club Team.
• The remaining 10 to 15 players will be registered with their club teams that will play in L4 or L5.
• The District Club Team will be allowed to work with all the clubs to draw 3 players up to L3 or L1 from the identified pool of players or players that were not noticed in the earlier process of player identification.
• This will give every player registered with ECSA the opportunity to play at the elite level based on their talent level.
• Player movement will not require the current paperwork and costs to be incurred since the district club team will now be affiliated with all ECSA member clubs.
• The Elite Player Development Committee is currently working on the process of communication between the District Club Coach, the Club Team Coach, Players and Parents to give opportunity to all deserving players to move up when necessary without much burden on either coach, club, player or parent.
• This will allow more playing time for all elite players in our district which will improve player development.

To all Essex County Soccer Association Members:

During the Summer Meetings Regarding the Elite Player Development Plan, the member clubs of ESCA voted and approved that the District Club Teams (F.C. Nationals and Eastside Kickers) will be permitted to play at L4 if an L3 league does not exist.
The request was made by the member clubs to have ECSA enter an RTD to OSA.

“RTD 2010-002 was approved by the OSA Board. This will permit the Windsor FC Nationals and Eastside Kickers S.C. to play in the Western Ontario Youth S.L. Under-12 Level 4 Divisions.”

What does this mean to all ECSA member clubs?

• If an L3 or L1 league does not exist in any particular age group, the district club team (F.C. Nationals and Eastside Kickers) will be permitted to place a team in L4 division providing that an RTD is submitted and approved by OSA.
• For the U12 age groups, only an L4 league exists. Hence, only the District Club Teams will be allowed to play in U12 L4 league.
• This was requested, voted on and approved by ECSA member clubs during the summer meetings related to elite player development.
• The basis for discussions during the meetings was to allow the top players in the district the opportunity to play at the highest level possible. In WOYSL, the highest level division for Under-12 teams is the L4 Division. The first season in L4 will prepare the players for play in L3 the following season.
• In order to assist the District Clubs to operate teams at Under-12, no Clubs will be permitted to enter a team in a L4 Division where there is no L3 Division for that specific age and gender. This will ensure that the District Clubs do not encounter any competition for players (from other Clubs) wishing to play in the WOYSL.
• The team finishing in first place in each Windsor and District Soccer League (WADSL) division at the Under-11 to Under-17 age classifications will be promoted into the Western Ontario Youth Soccer League (WOYSL) Level 4 Division providing that there is a WOYSL Level 3 Division for that age and gender. No team will be promoted from WADSL into a Level 4 Division if there is no Level 3 Division provided by WOYSL for that specific age and gender. This is regardless of whether there is a District Club team playing in the L4 Division, or not.
 

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