SPRING 2009 TERRILL/BLASSIE CUP SCHEDULE & PAIRINGS

SATURDAY BRACKET

JUNE 20 09:00 am @ Bishop McNamara British Tigers (home) 8 v. La Tocadita Classic 0

JUNE 22 21:00 pm @ Gunston Park Wobblers (home) 6 v. FC United 0


British Tigers (home) 3 v. Wobblers 1


SUNDAY BRACKET

JUNE 21 11:00 am @ Denison Nursery Convergent Pandemonium (home) 2 v. Team America 0

JUNE 21 13:00 pm @ Denison Nursery MSA 4 (home) v. Fatty's 2


Convergent Pandemonium 0 v. MSA 2


CUP FINAL : British Tigers v MSA


JULY 11, 2009

11:00 am @ Denison Nursery



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Seasonal Rescheduling/Fall Registration and Fall Seasonal Start

Guys

I have had to move certain games to the turf field @ Bishop McNamara from Soccerplex and Denison that I expect will be rained out this weekend.

I moved to turf fields games that were important for Cup issues and those games for teams that combined had not played more that 14 games

one game had teams having only played 11 games between the two or half a schedule at this point

those teams bumped or moved to a field likely to be rained out had in excess of 16 games or nearly all their schedule complete

in 30 years of doing this I have never not scheduled a season to completion unless a few teams chose not to play their last game

I will endeavor to continue this record Saturday OPal is already scheduled thru July in order to complete the season

if promotion is already established in Sat Opal I will rachet back the # of games in Opal from 10 to 9

Because of the excessive number of inclement weather games pending

I WILL BE SENDING OUT THE FALL 2009 REGISTRATION PACKAGES LATE

AS A RESULT YOU WILL HAVE LESS LEAD TIME THAN NORMAL TO PULL YOUR FINANCES TOGETHER

ALSO GIVEN THE LATE LABOR DAY WEEKEND WE WILL START THE TWO FIRST DIVISIONAL PLAY FOR FALL ON WEEKEND OF AUGUST 22, 2009

SOME NON FIRST DIVISION TEAMS WILL BE SCHEDULED TO START THEN AS WELL

my thoughts for your digestion

chip

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DC UTD v REAL MADRID Tickets


Here is some of the info you need- next Monday 8 June I can do a 2-pack - 2 groups (DCU v Real and another DCU League match - even LA- but add gate price for that match)

Pricing (ALSO add DCU group rates on for seats to other DCU match)

VIP (sideline seating lower tier between the 18's) $80
Corners (from 18 to endline) $70
Endline (Behind goal) $55
Individual groups start selling 15 JUNE


Thank you -
Dan Giffin
D.C. United
202.587.5479 - Direct / 301.806.1086 - Mobile
202.587.5400 - FAX
RFK Stadium
2400 East Capitol Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003
Email: dgiffin@dcunited.com


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Soccer Resort Potomac Cup - July 11/12, 2009

Get your team photo taken, and it will appear on Setanta Sports Channel
(National T.V!) a few weeks later.

Join the Soccer Resort in Sterling, Virginia (Loudon County), for an 8v8
outdoor tournament, with 4/5 games on some of the best grass fields in the
DC Area, and complimentary beer (post tournament of course), sponsored by
Carlsberg. We only have space for 50 teams,with Men's, Women's and Coed
divisions - Open, Over 30's and over 40's. Men's and Women's is Saturday
July 11, and Coed is Sunday July 12 (with new 5:3 male:female ratio rules)


And as part of our partnership with Setanta, if your team photo is taken at
the event, you might get your team pic on Setanta Sports before a
Premiership game a few weeks later. Make sure you sign-up early for the
early bird special before June 9 - and there's also great travel prizes -
winning team captains get a complimentary hotel and tournament weekend in
Las Vegas August 28/29 if your team travels on a full roster.

Other upcoming tournaments include Boston, NYC, Las Vegas in August, Costa
Rica, Miami, and more. More info visit www.soccerresort.com
<http://www.soccerresort.com/> email travel@soccerresort.com or call 646
688 3089.

Potomac Cup 2009 - Register a team now for as little as $449 until June 15
for the Early Bird, increasing by $50 afterwards.


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Executive Decision: Rescheduling & Cup


Guys

Given the rainout of Bretton Woods & Soccerplex # 23 & 24 this weekend as well as for multiple weekends

It will be impossible to get all necessary season games played by time to kickoff the Cup by weekend of June 20 & 21

ALL TEAMS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE REDUCED # OF GAMES @ SOCCERPLEX MEANS THAT YOUR FIELD COSTS FOR THIS SEASON WILL BE HIGH COMPARED TO PRIOR SEASONS AS MORE GAMES ARE THEREFORE PLAYED ON THE TURF FIELDS

As a result of all the rainouts, we will kickoff the Cup on the weekend of June 27 & 28 instead BUT THE CUP WILL BE REDUCED TO 8 TEAMS ONLY

we will start with a quarterfinal instead of a round of 16

TOP 2 OF EACH FIRST DIVISION + TOP TEAM IN EACH OF OPEN/GEMSTONE DIVISIONS (EMERALD/RUBY/SAPPHIRE/DIAMOND) WILL BE INVITED

THERE WILL BE NO WPL TEAMS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE

I will be rescheduling games from this weekend that were rained out for the weekend of June 20 & 21 as well as other games remaining to be rescheduled

I will also move a few weeknight games to that weekend at my discretion to accommodate those teams that are scheduled for a disproportionate # on weekday games

the Bretton Woods teams and their opponents will still need to play on Memorial Weekend

Sorry Folks but this is how we can still have a season and a Cup

I came very close to throwing in the towel and not having a Cup at all

my best to you all

chip


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Hummersport Point of Contact
703-433-1887

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D.C. United Discount Through WISL

WISL DC United Account # 1852591 http://dcunited.clubspaces.com/home.aspx?clubID=211&IsInternal=true

Guys

when ordering DC Utd tickets

use this link:

http://dcunited.clubspaces.com/home.aspx?clubID=211&IsInternal=true

doing this solidifies our WISL Field Fund relationship with United

letter to WISL from United

Thank you for your many years of support. Attached is information for D.C. United groups and the full schedule. Please contact me with any questions and note there is one WISL account number to use to benefit and track any and all sales through the W.I.S.L. from now on;

#1852591

Please refer to this account if you cannot reach me. Utilizing this account will benefit you and the league as we can accurately gage the seats sold and should there be any fundraising agreement, it would be through this account.

Please note potentially the Gold Cup in July and 14 October is the U.S. Men’s national team match v. Costa Rica in World Cup qualifying. There will are several means to acquire seats- please have your team members or office contact me for more information as well. Thank you for your continued support and please contact me with any suggestions as well.

All the best,

Dan Giffin
Senior Account Manager
D.C. United
202.587.5479
dgiffin@dcunited.com
RFK Stadium
2400 East Capitol Street, SE
4th Floor
Washington, DC 20003

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League New Forfeit Rule


There is no longer any ability of a WISL team to call and forfeit its game. Games will be played as scheduled

and no notice of a forfeit will be accepted.

Games must begin no later than 10 minutes after scheduled time and each

team must have at least 7 players dressed and on the field ready to start

the game. If a team is short, the short team shall forfeit and referees are to

report such shortages to league commissioner for official designation of

forfeit. Referees are directed to begin the clock running 5 minutes after the

time game is scheduled to kick-off and to initiate play as soon as 7 players are present.

Time removed will be deducted equally from the two periods of play.

A forfeiting team shall pay the entire referee fee for the game. The only exception shall be

if the non-forfeiting team agrees to play a "friendly" against the forfeiting team.

If the non-forfeiting team agrees to play a "friendly" game after a forfeit is declared by referee, then both teams split

referee costs.

Whether or not to to play a "friendly" game is at the sole discretion of the non-forfeiting team. However, all WISL

teams are encouraged to split players and to play a "friendly" when another team has made the effort to get its

players to the field. The more players a team gets to the field, the more likely it will be that the non-forfeiting team

will agree to play the "friendly."

In every instance of forfeit, should the non-forfeiting team agree to play a "friendly" game, the

referees are to referee the game within the allowed time remaining as if no forfeit were

declared. If referees refuse to referee the game they do not get paid.