Just a few notes to start your week off right:

• Tournaments: All tournaments except the PHMSA Soccerfest now have their registration info posted on their websites, and deadlines rapidly approaching. All are open except for Soccerfest (which has no info up other than tourney dates) and Davis World Cup (whose registration info should be posted on or about 5 Feb). Make sure to sign up early, and to take into account turn-around time for those that require Regional checks. And please follow the Regional check info that was sent out previously - contact your Divisional Coordinator if you need it again.
• Extra Games: I am attaching to this email a list of those games that have been scheduled to take place in Davis for the rest of the regular Select season.  For people who would like to schedule additional extra games, here is the method/rules I propose using for the remainder of the season:
• Regularly scheduled games supersede all reservations.  However, regular games can bump an extra game if the primary field is unplayable.
• Games that are scheduled outside Davis cannot bump an extra game scheduled in Davis. 
• All coaches have Wednesday until 5:00 pm to request a reservation via email to me.
• After approval, I will then forward the request on to the RefScheduler for ref self-assignment. However, I cannot ensure that refs will be available, so make sure you have a few in reserve between your two teams.
• If there is room on the regular field you play on (Valley Oak, Nugget), you MAY request that field, but there are no assurances. To be safe, I would suggest requesting your appropriate back-up field.
• Coaches cannot reserve more than 2 weekends in any one month.
• In the e-mail subject line you can just write, “1/15/11 U12B  DAV 01 vs. Pleasant Hill 02 2:00 Northstar East”. 
• Unless you hear from me “confirmed”, do not assume you have the field for that game!
• Yellow/Red Card: All of the Davis teams have been great so far this season related to receiving cautions and send-offs. Let's keep up that trend!
• Rosters: As of today, the rosters are locked. As a reminder, there can be no changes in your roster after today without approval by the Area 2C/2D Select Coordinator, which will usually NOT be allowed unless there is an injury to a player.
• Some reminders from the Select Coaches Manual: After the Select Tournament you can make additions to your roster for specific tournaments with the permission of the Select Coordinator. Players who drop from your team cannot play for another AYSO team. For tournaments you may be required to add players from the Select wait list. If a Select team wishes to add a player to fill a vacancy in the roster for a tournament the coach must have prior permission from the Select Committee prior to contacting replacement players. Players added to the team after the Select Tournament must be taken from the select reserve list or “wait list”, and they must have participated in at least half of the games in the prior Fall season.
  If a player is to be added, the other coaches in the same division must be notified prior to the player being contacted. If multiple teams wish to add players then the Select Committee will arbitrate the selection of players.
• No Games on 11 Feb: Due to the Section Conference taking place on the weekend of 11-12 Feb, there will be no games that period. This includes "Friendlies" between teams. Please respect this Area rule and have a great soccer-free weekend!

Thanks all!

Mike Zicardi

• National Referee (AYSO's highest level): Ralph Aldredge, Dan Jones, Paul Schrupp
• Advanced Referee: Ian Longue
• Intermediate Referee: Matt Wood, Jie Zheng

• Pictures:  Saturday, October 15, at 11:30 at Community Park, on the mound next to the swimming pool.  Arrive no later than 11:15.
• VIP Tournament: Sunday, October 30, in Concord.  It is open to VIP players who participate on the "large" field and to any buddies who would like to come and help.