The Essex County Soccer League has made the difficult decision to cancel the outdoor competitive season for 2020. Details and reasoning behind this decision can be found under "read more." Teams fees for the 2020 season will be held in trust for the 2021 season unless otherwise requested from club officials. We look forward to starting fresh and seeing you all again next season!
A reminder to all that ALL soccer activity is suspended until the go ahead is given by the province and Ontario Soccer. The letter available under "read more" is a message from our district president as a reminder to parents, coaches and players that though we are all eager to get back on the field, now is not the time to do that.
Please note that Ontario Soccer has updated and replaced several forms/permits that were previously in use such as the elimination of trial permits and the replacement with short term permits. All of the updated forms can be found under our "Forms" tab with a description of when to use each one. Please make sure that you are only submitting the most up to date versions in the office.
To All ECSL Team Officials and Club Reps,
The ECSL season is only a month old and already were have had four incidents of referee abuse.
In two instances, the referees were physically abused and in two instances the referees were verbally abused.
Three of the four games were grassroots (no score) games.
Certain individuals (hopefully only a few team officials and parents) are clearly NOT respecting the decisions of our referees.
It seems that the Respect In Soccer educational course (if taken) and the completion of the team officials code of conduct forms are not enough to prevent disrespectful behaviour by some team officials.
The league has recorded who has completed the code of conduct forms.
However, the league has no knowledge of whether our team officials have taken (or have not taken) the Respect In Soccer course.
To that end I will be sending each club rep a list of their team officials and ask that they indicate who has taken the Respect In Soccer course.
If team officials continue to disrespect referees (publically dissenting their calls and challeging their decisions) the league will have no choice but to fine these non-compliant individuals.
In light of what's been happening, the League will also be considering MANDATORY parent Respect In Soccer training before their son or daughter is allowed to register for the 2019 season.
The league expects team officials and spectators to be respectful at league games and festivals and be positive role models for the soccer youth, men, and women of Essex County.
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