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Washington Youth Soccer: Regional Club League

The Regional Club League is a Washington State league who teams come from the premier clubs (such as Crossfire Premier) throughout the state. It is a competitive league.
Referee Assignors: [a3]Tim Mortimore  Rules of Competition: [a2]Click Here Player Cards: Yes Rosters: Yes [a1]What is acceptable? Data Current as of: 8/29/11


Referee Assignments

As a "Competitive League" - referees must be a Grade 8 or higher referee in order to be assigned as a center referee. A grade 9 referee, with approval of an assignor, may be assigned to be a center referee for U10 matches, as U10 is considered "development" as opposed to "competitive". A grade 9 referee may be assigned as an "Assistant Referee" to matches U14 and younger. Matches U15 and older Assistant Referees must be Grade 8 (or higher).

RCL U10 and U11

RCL U10 and U11 matches are played as either 6-a-side or 9-a-side. In 2013, the RCL also introduced U9 teams. U9 and U10 teams may be playing "U10" matches (6v6) or "U11" matches (9v9). Unfortunately, RCL published rules have not kept up with their creativity in designing training programs. In addition, because of "incomplete communication" from the league - it is not always clear to the referee scheduling administrators what teams are doing what. In general, regardless of the ages of the players - If a match is to be 9v9, call it as a U11 match. If a match is to be played 6v6, call it as a U10 match. If you do take these assignments, prepare to be flexible. Get the coaches together before the start of the match and clarify the following:

  1. How long are the halves? (U10 is normally 25 minutes, U11 is 30)
  2. Is slide tackling permitted (U10 is normally no, U11 is yes)
  3. Are penalty kicks awarded if a DFK foul occurs in the penalty area (U10 normally is no - a DFK is taken from the top of the penalty area instead, U11 is yes

Whatever both coaches agree on - go with it.