For all club representatives please ensure that you pass this message on to any of your teams involved in promotion games. This information is posted on our web site under MAPLE Tournaments. Furthermore, please note that our web site will continue to be updated with information on the teams and you should check out the following link for most current status and schedule.
http://www.maplesoccer.com/maple-tournaments/promotion-games-2016/Rosters and passcards will be checked by the referees at the field before each match. All the games are on the upper fields, so continue past the parking lot and turn to the right at the bottom of the hill.
Below are the rules for use of Lancaster Fields. Managers are responsible for making sure that this information is gotten to all their players and parents.
Rules for all spectators and participants
NO pets – pets are prohibited on all Mass Youth Soccer property
No noisemakers of any kind are allowed at the fields.
NO smoking – smoking is prohibited on all Mass Youth Soccer property – including the restrooms
**Tents must be secured with sand bags at all times. Wrapping your players’ soccer bags around the leg of the tent will not keep the tent in place when the winds cross the complex. Tents must not be left unattended.
Spectators are not allowed on the team’s bench side of the field.
Promotion games will be held June 11th & 12th and 18th & 19th. Some divisions may play June 4th & 5th if the section is completed by that time. If you are involved in a promotion game and you have ODP players involved in the Ryder Cup you will not be required to play that weekend. All matches will be held at Lancaster Fields. No games will be permitted at any other venue.
All games for all age groups must be completed by June 5th. The U11 age groups must be completed by May 25th since the KC Andre is June 4th & 5th.
Due to the fact that tryouts are prior to these matches we have decided to allow teams to modify their rosters based on the tryouts. You may add players who have been added to the team for next year and drop players who have gone elsewhere.
Given the change to birth year in determining teams, teams who earn a D-1 or D-2 spot will be able to keep that place regardless of what age group they opt to play in for the following year.
A team failing to field sufficient players for a scheduled promotion game will automatically be relegated.
Promotion games are a single match between the 7th place team in the higher division and the 2nd place team in the lower division.
If a 2nd Division, 7th or 8th place Division 1, or former MAPLE team is in the semi-finals of the State Cups we will not be able to determine the teams for promotion until the semi-finals are over.
If a team lower than 6th place in Division 1 is in the finals of the State Cups then the 6th place team will be added to the promotion games and additional games will be added. This does not affect the Division 2 v Division 3 game.
Division 1 v 2
B14 TBA v TBA 11:00 6/12 Field 13
B15 TBA v Chestnut Hill 9:00 6/12 Field 14
B16 TBA v TBA 11:00 6/12 Field 14
B17 TBA v TBA 1:00 6/12 Field 14
G14 Spirit Of Liverpool v Galway Rovers 6/11
G15 TBA v TBA 9:00 6/12 Field 13
G16 BEST v Mass City 11:00 6/5 Field 13
G17 Alliance Hooksett v Galway Rovers
Division 2 v 3
B14-3 2nd best record v 3rd best record TBA, BSA North Shore, or AC Legends 6/11 11:00
B14- 3 Winner of 6/5 match v best record 9:00 6/12 Field 12
B14-2 v 3 Loser of 6/11 match v TBA 9:00 6/18 Field 12
B15- 3 Blue winner v Red winner TBA v Springfield 6/11 1:00
B15-2 v 3 Loser of 6/11 match v TBA 6/12 1:00 Field 12
B16 AC Legends & Chauncy promoted to D-2
G14-3 2nd best record v 3rd place record. TBA, SS Select, or FSC North 6/11 9:00
G14-3 Winner of above match v best record 1:00 6/12 Field 13
G14-2 v 3 Loser of above match v TBA 11:00 6/18
G15-3 Synergy v Nor’easter for advancement to D-2 1:00 6/5 Field 13
G15-2 v 3 Loser of above match v 7th place D-2 11:00 6/12 Field 12
G16 Lusitana and TBA promoted to D-2
The following are exceptions to this procedure:
BU17
There will be no promotion game between D-2 and D-3 BU17. Only the 8th place team in D-2 will be relegated and the 1st & 2nd place teams in D-3 will be promoted.
GU17
The winners of the Blue & Red D-2 sections will play each other. The winner will automatically advance to D-1. The loser will play the 7th place team in D-1.
BU16 & GU16
There will be no promotion game between D-2 and D-3 BU16. Only the 8th place team in D-2 will be relegated and the winners of the Blue & Red sections will be promoted to D-2
U15 Boys & Girls
The winners of the U15 Blue & Red sections will play each other. The winner will automatically advance to D-2. The loser will play the 7th place team in D-2.
U14 Boys & Girls
The U14 divisions for U15 2016 will be reduced to 8 teams. The procedure will be as follows:
U14D-1: The 1st place team in D-2 will be promoted to D-1. The 7th place team will play the promotion game against the 2nd place team in D-2 and the 8th, 9th & 10th place teams will be relegated to D-2.
The winners of the U14 Blue, Red & White sections will play each other. The winner of the sections with the 2nd and 3rd best records will play each other. The loser of that match will remain in D-3.
The winner of that match will play the D-3 team with the best record. The winner will automatically advance to D-2. The loser will play the 5th place team in D-2 and the 6th -10th place teams will be relegated to D-3.
Teams in the U14 Developmental section are not eligible for promotion to D-2.