Game this Saturday (1/21/2017) at 10:00 AM.

[WCSoccerSaturday]

Somehow this didn't go out when I sent it yesterday... but you know the drill anyway.

This is the first game of season #80. Note that the regular slots have changed around a little.

Guests, note that because the field price has gone up. As I warned over the last month or so the guest slot fee now has to be $15 per game (however, guests who show up on time and bring exact change will get a five dollar discount for a total of $10 - if you don't have exact change but still show up on time you'll only get a $4 discount).

Another excerpt from the Procedures and Rules page:

REGULAR PLAYERS/SLOTS

A "regular" player pays in advance for a full season and shows up to most or all games. A "guest" player pays a game at a time, and shows up whenever they can, IF there is an opening. We have a maximum of sixteen regulars per season. If you are not on this list, you are not a regular, you are a guest.

Guests wanting to become regulars (after having played with us at least a couple of times) need only let us know. We will put you on the waiting list. At the beginning of a new season, if we have any open slots, they will be filled from the waiting list. If you are on the top of the waiting list, and don't take the offered slot for some reason, you still stay at the top of the list.

One advantage to being a regular player is: you have a guaranteed playing slot. Guests can take a slot only if one or more regular players can't make it (guests must clear it with the person running the game beforehand). We field a maximum of eight players per team. We pick different teams every game.

Another advantage of being a regular is that if there is any surplus at the end of the season (e.g. from guest fees), it's used to pay for part of the next season, so returning regulars pay less than the full ten game cost. Regulars play most every week. Regulars are expected to know when the game starts, and to show up on time. Every time a regular is late for a game, their share of the surplus gets reduced by 10%, and they run the risk of losing their regular slot (see TARDINESS section). As stated above, guests that show up late will not be given any discount. The full price for a guest slot is fifteen dollars! Be on the field READY TO PLAY at game time!

Regular slots are not transferable. If you can't make it to a game, your slot goes to the first person on the waiting list. You cannot assign your slot to a particular guest. If you can't make it for a season, you either pay to hold the slot, or give up the slot and re-join as a regular when a new slot opens up for you. As an exception, we will allow a slot swap for up to one full season in the case of an injury (soccer or otherwise) that would keep you from playing for more than a month. The slot will be swapped with the first available player from the waiting list.

        ========================== the usual ==========================

    Game time Saturday is at 10:00 AM. Do not be late! Show up ten minutes early so you are ready to play at game time!

    Guests: Please do not make guest list requests before Wednesday! All guest requests received on Wednesday will go into a lottery for the top positions on the guest/waiting list. Requests received before or after Wednesday get the next available slots.

    If you need to contact me on a game day, or the night before call me on my cell phone/voice mail (650.740.8096) or at home (650.366.3537 - please, not before 8:00 AM). If you have a slot and can't make it, YOU MUST CONTACT ME!! To avoid spamming you, I don't send updates to regulars or confirmed guests. There may be players waiting on your slot. So CALL me! Speak to me. Just sending an email is not good enough, you have to be sure that I know you have cancelled either by speaking to me, or getting a returned text. If all you do is send an email on Friday evening or Saturday morning, you are considered a no-show. 

       A full schedule is here:
        https://sites.google.com/site/WCSoccerSaturday/team-schedules


       For directions, map, rules/procedures and more check out:
        http://WCSoccerSaturday.soccer