Levels Of Competition

Competitive teams U11 and up are classified Classic 3 (C3), Classic 2 (C2), Classic 1 (C1) or Premier; with C3 being the lower level of competitive play. Teams will participate at an appropriate level based on overall team performance the previous season and on coach and player ability.

U10 teams and under are classified as a maroon or gold teams with gold being the lower level.

All age brackets that are eligible for coach select level of play per MYSA rules will be determined by the ability of the coach and players on that team as assessed by the club.

 

Siblings

When a family has 2 children close in age, and the family desires that the younger child be allowed to roster up and play on the same team as the older siblings, the NPSC will consider the request based on the guidelines for allowing play ups as stated below.

 

Playing Up

If the number of players registered at any age group does not meet reasonable requirements for fielding a single-age team at a level, then the Player Placement Committee will look to combine age groups in order to roster the greatest number of players while taking into consideration the skill level expectations for each level of play.


The NPSC does NOT, under any circumstances, guarantee to any registered player that he or she may play up an age or competitive level with the NPSC for any reason. 


Players may request to play up and age or competitive level. All requests submitted in writing, or email, will be presented to the Player Placement Committee for consideration. The following guidelines will be used in determining whether or not the committee will consider the request play up.

  1. The request to play up is submitted in writing to the NPSC prior to the formation of teams.
  2. An open roster spot is available on the team that the player is requesting to play up on after all players have been placed on teams based on competitive ability, regardless of age. A player requesting to play up shall not take the place of a player who, by ability, has earned the right to move up.
  3. The play up request will not leave the player’s age appropriate team short rostered players.
  4. The player’s skill level and size is deemed to be close to that of the team he or she would be playing up on.


Play up requests may be considered by the Player Placement Committee providing all of the above criteria are met. In the event that multiple players have requested to play up and that all said players meet all the above listed criteria, then the following order will be used in determining which requests will be considered first:

  1. Players with siblings on the older team
  2. Player’s age with the oldest players moving up first
  3. Earliest date and time of play up request received


The NPSC reserves the right to attempt to fill all roster spots with children from the appropriate age group and will continue to do so until the player registration deadline, regardless of any play up requests. A play up in any one season does not guarantee playing up in subsequent seasons.

 

Roster Size

The NPSC will build team rosters for each season based on the guidelines given by the MYSA.

 



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