(October 2007)WAYSA U14 and U18 schedules posted on WAYSA. WAYSA U10 and U12 Schedules are posted on WAYSA. Schedules are identical to those posted on The Arbiter. All playoff and tournament play starts Saturday, October 27th. U10 and U12 coaches pickup your tournament patches for your team at the Sterling Field Snack Shack.
(October 2007)WAYSA U10 U12 Tournament Schedules are posted on The Arbiter. Tournament location is Sterling, with six fields. U10 teams will play 3 (or 2) games on Saturday October 27th and U12 teams will plan 3 (or 2) games on Sunday October 28th. If there will be an all-day rain out, like we had in 2006, we will attempt to reschedule the following weekend. Referees interested in refing U10 U12 tournament weekend should contact the Referee Director at refdirector@waysa-soccer.org . Ref payment requires Coach Signatures for each game. 2007 Tournament Patch is now posted.
(August 2007)Sept 4th WAYSA U10 Ref Training will be held at First Church, Sterling, MA. 6 Meetinghouse Hill Rd in the Town Center, 6.30-8.30PM. Please bring paper, pencil/pen, and water.
(August 2007) U10 WAYSA Referee Training change. West Boylston dates for 28th or 29th location is canceled. Sept 4th in Sterling will be scheduled. Stay tuned to this website for new details.
(August 2007)Sterling FieldsPlease allow 15 extra minutes drive time if driving from the west, e.g Interstate 190, the bridge on Muddy Pond Road is under construction and there is a detour. Detour to be in effect through season.
(July 2007)U10 Referee training planned. August 21 Paxton Anna Marie College room F117, 6.30PM-8.30PM and West Boylston August 29th, 6:30-8:30PM, location to be announced. Course participants are elgible to referee WAYSA U10 games and if selected by their town their U8 games. Attendees receive instruction, referee shirt, referee forms, and referee kit. Registration is free. If you are a Grade 9 certified referee, you do not need to take this class; you can contact the WAYSA referee coordinator to get registered as available to referee games age appropriate U12 and above. For U10 games, you must contact the referee scheduler to make your available services known.
(July 2007)Paxton Youth Soccer is hosting a 3v3 tournament on August 25th in Paxton. Open to all WAYSA clubs. Age groups are U10 through U16, both boys and girls. Cutoff to register a team is soon. Contact either Ed Beauregard [EBeauregard@fsepg.com] or Neil Hoare [nhoare@charter.net] to obtain registration and waiver forms. Cost per team is $90.00 . Good opportunity to build in some competitive matches in prep for the upcoming WAYSA season.
(July 2007) WAYSA votes to keep referee payment fees for games the same as 2006.
(July 2007) Four (4) WAYSA U16B/U18B teams will play in Fall MAYS league.
(March 2007) League meetings set for 3/20, 4/18, 5/15, and 6/19 at the Paxton White Building, 7:30PM
(March 2007) Greg Raber takes on League President role, while Dick O'Rino is applauded for six years on the board and for his leadership and volunteerism.
In a given year, WAYSA is comprised of between 8 to 14 towns and clubs with between 100 to 130 teams playing every fall season. We have the teams playing in U10B&G , U12B&G, U14B&G, U16B, U18G, and O30Coed. We finish each season with a U10/U12 Friendship Tournament and single elimination playoffs for U14-U18. To learn more about WAYSA, go to About WAYSA.
WAYSA is focused on recreational play and has structured its activities in support of player and referee development by:
- All teams are formed by a town/club open enrollment and random team placement. There are no skill divisions in the league. All teams are expected to be balanced, rather than stacked.
- Each team should strive for each player to play at least 50% or more of a game.
- U10 and U12 games are 7v7 to maximize player touches with the ball.
- U10 and U12 games are not tracked for win/loss. The end of season U10 and U12 tournament is to expose teams to other divisional teams.
- League is fair minded to ensure players can play with team roster size waivers, playing down waivers, and combining fractional club teams into a whole team.
- League has a Coaches code of conduct, recommended reading for Parents code of conduct, and is responsive to address incidents as they first occur.
- League develops U10 and U8 referees through in-house unlicensed training and paid games. League reimburses referee's course license fees (eligible for those refs in highschool only). League sponsored referee training.
- Providing non-varsity players an opportunity to continue to enjoy their youth sport with U18Girls and U18Boys (available when 5 or more teams can be formed). Also for the parents of players and coaches, an O30 Coed league.
League play starts Saturday, September 8th, 2007