For more information contact Commissioner@msmsl.com

Please be advised that team registration is now open to enter a team for the MSMSL 2022 Summer Season. The deadline for teams is April 5 - 5:00pm.
Contact Commissioner@msmsl.com for more information

The MSMSL has made the difficult decision to pause league play due to several reasons. All league play will be suspended immediately with the hopes of a restart after the holiday break. All games will be rescheduled.
The current rise in the Nova Scotia daily case count fueled by the new Omicron variant, along with discussions with Soccer Nova Scotia formed our decision to act immediately.
Currently the NS Department of Health is inundated with a huge case load which has created a significant backlog in contact tracing. Notifications to the building and the league have slowed immensely. This being said, there have been exposures at the BMO Soccer Center as recently as Saturday (not in the MSMSL) and other leagues that have been self identified to Soccer Nova Scotia. Several of our own teams have self indicated that they have players that have potentially been exposed and entire teams are awaiting testing.
The delay in contact tracing coupled with the rise in cases has us concerned enough that the MSMSL has made the conscious decision that we are not at a level of comfort to ensure the safety of players, coaches, and officials at this time.
We are encouraging all players to get tested and make it part of their weekly routine. Lots of test opportunities are available.
We realize the disappointment that such an action as league suspension has on players and teams and assure you that this was not an easy one to make, yet again.
In the meantime, please be safe and follow public health protocols. We will be back on the field as soon as we can.

Please be advised that we expect to start winter in late October. Keeping that date in mind we are advising that all players; coaches and officials will be required to provide proof of vaccination.



Today the province announced that Nova Scotia will delay moving into phase 5 of the reopening plan until October 4. Starting Oct. 4, people who are 12 and older will need to provide proof of full vaccination to participate in most events and activities that bring groups of people together. While the policy is not yet final, it will apply to participants and spectators for indoor and outdoor sports practices, games, competitions and tournaments.



We will continue to update you as more information about the details of the vaccine policy become available to us including the medical exemptions and the collection of the data.



For those needing vaccination appointments please check the Nova Scotia Vaccination website for appointments or walk-in opportunities.



https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/book-your-vaccination-appointment/

Any players looking for a team should fill out the online form found here to be placed on a distribution list that is sent out to all registered teams on a biweekly basis.

https://forms.gle/mRwdfVXwc7y7gad27

The MSMSL will not tolerate discrimination in any form. If people are found to have racially abused or discriminated against players, coaches, or officials, they deserve to be punished.
If anybody witnesses or feel that they have been a victim of racist or discriminatory behaviour at a match or around a field, they can report it directly to our commissioner.
The MSMSL follows the Soccer Nova Scotia guidelines for racism and discrimination. All reported incidents are sent to Soccer Nova Scotia for investigation and review, and we will support any action taken by the Soccer Nova Scotia.

Players looking for teams
Any players looking for a team should fill out the online form found here to be placed on a distribution list that is sent out to all registered teams on a biweekly basis.

https://forms.gle/mRwdfVXwc7y7gad27

The MSMSL would like to remind players that these winter sessions are sessions, not a season, are meant for us all to keep active and play the sport that we all love during a global pandemic. Recent weeks have seen a huge uptake in COVID 19 violations, illegal players, violent conduct, and dissent that needs to be addressed. Consider this email a reset of league expectations regarding player actions.



The spirit of these sessions, while they are competitions, is to play the game, have some exercise, social interaction, and enjoyment. We are so fortunate to be living in a province that has done so well during this global crisis. We are one of a handful of places where amateur sport has allowed to have competition in the country.



Soccer is a passionate game, but we can not let those passions overtake the respect for the game or of its players, including your opponents and especially our officials.



This session will not lead to playoffs, trophies, fortune, fame, or tryouts from local CPL clubs.


Several lengthy suspensions have already been received by players for violating the Violent Conduct rules of the game. Consider this a league-wide warning that Violent Conduct suspensions will be lengthy for the remainder of the season.



There have been a few incidents of players playing illegally during this session. This is a warning that players face severe suspensions for playing on other teams (there are no call-ups). Managers face 6-month suspensions for allowing players to play illegally.



Dissent and foul language have been rampant and needs to end immediately. Officials have been instructed to warn both teams at the start of the game regarding dissent and foul language; this will be considered the first warning for all and cards will be received for any further rule violations of dissent or foul language.



A few players during this session have insinuated league officials are “racist” after receiving on-field discipline. This practice stops immediately. If a player truly feels that they discriminated against by an official or other player, there are correct avenues of pursuit; on-field accusations is never one of them. Players will face discipline if reported to have engaged in such on-field allegations.



Recent games have seen some mask-wearing issues so we would like to remind everyone of the following mask /social distancing protocols.



At the facility, please ensure that when waiting for entrance to the facility, that players stay within your team group, wear a mask, and social distance from other groups as much as possible. We will be monitoring this much more closely, and violators may not be permitted entrance.

Mask must be worn inside the facility until you reach the player's bench on the field in which you will be participating. Masks must also be worn when going to and from the washrooms and when leaving the facility (this is now mandatory). Masks should only be removed once outside and able to keep socially distanced from other players.

It is extremely important that we continue to fill out the game sheets properly and ensure that all players present on any given night are accounted for contact tracing should there be an additional exposure. No non-registered player or coach shall be permitted within the facility.



We are hopeful that this reset of expectations will lessen the issues that have been taken place recently and we have an enjoyable remainder of the session as we head toward the summer season. Please pass this unto all players on your respective teams.



Summer info is forthcoming

We are hoping to have the new MSMSL winter session start in late January or early February. The session will be 12 games and run into early May.
Please find the latest Return to Play protocols (Also found in the download section of the website). Please share this information with all of your teammates that will be playing this winter.
For all teams returning or new, please fill out the team contact form. Please make sure that all info is correct when filling out the form (Especially the email contact). Form must be filled out by January 24, 2021 at 5PM.
Contact form can be found here:
https://forms.gle/WeqLqc6zuf72F2d96

Please note that the field fees have return to normal pricing of $150.00 (including tax) per time slot. Time slots are still based on 45 minutes of field time. More details regarding cost in the Return to Play document.
An initial payment of $500.00 will be due to the league by January 24, 2021 by 5PM for teams to be considered registered with the league. All outstanding league fees will be due at that time as well. Scheduling for those teams that have sent the initial fee, made good on outstanding fees, and have filled in the registration form will begin January 25, 2021.
We are working with the BMOSC and SNS regarding the entrance and waiting before games as all parties are aware it is not great for either social distancing or the impending weather conditions that February and March bring. In the meantime, please ensure the following when at the facility.
At the facility, please ensure that when waiting for entrance to the facility, that players stay within your team group, wear a mask, and social distance from other groups as much as possible. We will be monitoring this much more closely, and violators may not be permitted entrance.
Mask must be worn inside the facility until you reach the player's bench on the field in which you will be participating. Masks must also be worn when going to and from the washrooms and when leaving the facility (this is now mandatory). Masks should only be removed once outside and able to keep socially distanced from other players.
It is extremely important that we continue to fill out the game sheets properly and ensure that all players present on any given night are accounted for contact tracing should there be an additional exposure. No non-registered player or coach shall be permitted within the facility.
For us to continue to play, it is going to take all of us. We cannot become complacent and must take health protocols seriously.

More details will be released in the coming days including a credit for cancelled first session games. It is important that the registration process be completed so that we can be ready once we get permission from the NS Health Department.
Please note WHFC teams will be contacted separately regarding registration process and payment.

We are pleased to announce that no other positive cases have been confirmed from the potential exposure of November 1st. We appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding during the past few weeks. We also would like to thank those teams that have sat out for the last couple of weeks as an abundance of caution.

The MSMSL, BMOSC and SNS protocols were commended by the NS Public Health as we were able to quickly provide them with contact tracing information and prevent the spread.

It is of great importance, and starting today, no player or coach shall participate in the MSMSL competition should they have:
• Traveled outside of the Atlantic bubble in the past 14 days; this now includes those that are considered an essential, a rotational worker or have valid travel permits.
• Co-habited with anyone as noted above that has left the Atlantic bubble in the past 14 days.
• Been told to self-isolate by the NS Public Health.
• Been co-habiting with a person(s) that are in self-isolation under the NS Public Health protocols.
• Has been to a potential exposure site and/or is awaiting testing.
• Is awaiting a COVID -19 test.

Once again, we are taking this opportunity to reinforce the importance of the COVID-19 protocols both on the field and your daily lives. We are requesting that you share this email with your teammates.

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Some things we can do help prevent the spread away from the game are:

• Wear a mask when inside or when you cannot socially distance.
• Maintain social distancing as much as possible.
• Washing of hands
• Keeping your social bubbles to a minimum

It is important that health checks with players are done before each game. Team managers are responsible to ensure that these are completed accurately, and the participation waiver is signed and passed in before entry to the facility.

Team managers must remind their players not to participate should they feel ill at all; no game during these sessions is more important than the health and safety of all players

No players shall participate in the MSMSL and should contact 811 if the player has anyone one of the following symptoms:

· Fever (i.e. chills/sweats) OR Cough (new or worsening)
Or Two or more of the following symptoms (new or worsening):
· Sore throat
· Runny nose/nasal congestion
· Headache
· Shortness of breath

We are working with the BMOSC and SNS regarding the entrance and waiting before games as all parties are aware it is not great for either social distancing or the impending weather conditions that late November and December bring. In the meantime, please ensure the following when at the facility.
At the facility, please ensure that when waiting for entrance to the facility, that players stay within your team group, wear a mask, and social distance from other groups as much as possible. We will be monitoring this much more closely, and violators may not be permitted entrance.
Mask must be worn inside the facility until you reach the player's bench on the field in which you will be participating. Masks must also be worn when going to and from the washrooms and when leaving the facility (this is now mandatory). Masks should only be removed once outside and able to keep socially distanced from other players.
It is extremely important that we continue to fill out the game sheets properly and ensure that all players present on any given night are accounted for contact tracing should there be an additional exposure. No non-registered player or coach shall be permitted within the facility.
For us to continue to play, it is going to all of us. We cannot become complacent and must take health protocols seriously.

We are hopeful for a fall indoor session starting in the first week of October; we are working on all the details, but are still limited by the NS Department of Health’s ten (10) person rule without social distancing. There is some hope that the number will increase, however, we must be flexible in our offerings for the foreseeable future.
What the MSMSL is purposing is the following:
• Sessions versus seasons.
o Due to the possibility of a shutdown, or lessening of gathering numbers, we will be running competitions in 8 to 12 week sessions.
o There will be no winter long season.
• Games
o Games will look at bit different as we have to base our games on the numbers that we currently have (10), but flexible enough to allow for increased numbers.
o Games will start out as follows:
 Teams will be able to register a minimum of 12 players and a maximum of 15 players.
 Only ten players per team will be permitted in the facility for the game night.
 Two 10 player teams will be assigned to an indoor turf.
 Teams will be split into two 5 person squads where ½ the team would play on ½ the turf with ½ of the other team on the far end of the field, and ½ the team would play on other ½ the turf with ½ of the other team .
 Each ½ of the turf would see either a 3v3 (with 2 subs) or 4 v 4 (with 1 sub) (to be determined) game shooting on 3’ x 4’ net.
 There would be no referees.
 There would be no scores kept (just a record of wins, losses, or draws)
 Discipline would be monitored by field marshals.
 Games would be 2 x 22 minute halves.
o Should the contact numbers increase (and depending on what that number would be), we would move to a more normal style winter game.
 Games would move to a 7v7 or 6v6 format with the maximum number of players allowed be determined by the Health Authority provision change.
 A referee would be added to call the game.
 Games would be 2 x 22 minute halves.
 There would be no scores kept (just a record of wins, losses, or draws).
o Should the contact numbers decrease (and depending on what that number would be), we would move back to the 3v3 or 4v4 game.

• COVID 19 Protocols
o The following COVID 19 protocols will be in place:
 COVID-19 declaration form submitted before each game
 At facility entry point
• Contact tracing
• Hand Sanitization
• Check In (Registered players only)
• COVID 19 declaration
 Mandatory Masks as follows:
• from entry point to field locations.
• From field to washroom facilities and back
• From field to exits
 Separate exit points from field entrances
 No locker room access.
 League supplied balls (sanitized after each use).
 No after game activities on the SNS properties (including the parking lots).
 Teams will play on the same night.
We will be finalising the plans with SNS and the BMO Soccer facility, as well as, working on pricing for each session.

We will be asking for interest via the team contact form; teams not wishing to participate but wish to stay informed should fill out this contact form. https://forms.gle/ztBZjELjypdUMW3UA
We will be rereleasing more info as we define our return to play plans.
We appreciate your patience, and hope to get back to some form of soccer activity in the near future.

Due to the COVID-19 situation and the reality of a quick restart date fading, the MSMSL has been forced to cancel the remainder of the 2019-2020 Winter regular season and playoffs. We will start summer planning in the next couple of weeks. More details for both seasons will be released in the coming days.

Although there are no current cases of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), as a precaution the MSMSL is foregoing end of the game/ pre-game handshakes in order to help mitigate the spread of the both the common flu and the COVID-19 Viruses. This ban will stay in effect for the rest of the winter season.
Not to take away the camaraderie of the teams or competition in the MSMSL. We have some suggestions to help
Pre game handshakes at the coin toss should be replaced with either a nod of recognition or elbow bump. At this time, captains of the teams, should determine if a post game acknowledgment of competition will take place. If one team does not want to participate then no post game activity will take place.
Post game handshake lines should be replaced with elbow bumps, a walk by, or other limited physical contact chosen by the captains.
Players should also refrain from spitting on the field.
Teams should encourage players showing signs of the flu in the form of fevers, coughs or other respiratory issues to refrain from coming to the facility to either play or watch.
Players are encouraged to wash their hand before and after each game with soap and water, or hand sanitizer.
For more information of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) please refer to these websites:
www.novascotia.ca/coronavirus/
www.canada.ca/coronavirus

Exciting news from the MSMSL! We’ve partnered up with the HFX Wanderers FC to provide our members with the best possible Wanderers ticket deals for the 2020 season.
Group Season Tickets
We have a hefty ticket discount for groups of 10+. Make Wanderers home games your groups social event, and enjoy savings of up to $56 per ticket!

For more information, please contact Danae Iatrou at danae.iatrou@hfxwanderersfc.ca or (902) 817-0269
Looking for an elevated matchday experience? We have two great game by game options for your group.
SuitesEnjoy an elevated match day experience in a West Endline Suite (opposite end of the Kitchen.) This experience will hold 24 individuals, there is a VIP entrance with no line, catering services, and private bathrooms, with easy two touch tickets using your smartphones. With limited availability, these suites will be on a first come first serve basis
Your Discount: $1000 + HST per game ($48 per person)
Patio Cabanas Similar to our patio section last year, this is a great option for your team! Our cabanas will host 24 people with a VIP entrance, catering services & private bathrooms, with a user-friendly ticket platform on your smartphone. Like suites, these are on a first-come, first-serve basis
Your Discount: $800 + HST per game ($39 per person)
For more information on suites and cabanas, please contact David Finlayson at david.finlayson@hfxwanderersfc.ca or (902) 401-2144

Here is the first of the much-awaited for winter information.  We apologize for the delay in getting theinformation out to you regarding winter soccer.    As you may have heardNewbridge facility is permanently closed leaving us to scramble to find timesto run the winter season    Due to thisclosing, the time slots of 11 PM will have to be used to fill in some of themissing time.   Luckily, we have secured some times in EastCoast Varsity dome in Dartmouth to fill in some of the rest.There will be some capacity for new/split teams but not asmuch as we had hoped.    Existing teams should fill in the registration form byOctober 21st to guarantee their spot in the winter.   Existing teams must also be in good standingwith their club and the MSMSL. New teams should fill in the registration form as well to receiveadditional information about joining the MSMSL.https://forms.gle/aG5ALTwGVwqXF76b6

There is a fundraiser for JC LeBlanc, a long time player in the league, who is battling cancer. JC played on the Sackville Tire Master team for mnay years and more recently on BESA FC. More details in the link below.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/how-can-you-help-jean-claude-jccr

Summer registration is now open for new and returning teams.

Please fill out the summer registration form asap that can be found here:
https://forms.gle/HRmXtYYnPRWSndzM6

Additional summer information to be released in the coming days

League play will most likely start the second week of May.

Please note the initial registration fee is due to the league within the month of April, and the second payment within the first two weeks of June. All outstanding club and league fees are now past due.

The MSMSL is pleased to offer many different divisions within our league. The divisions are as follows:

Senior A Division
This division is an open division (no age limit) within the MSMSL. This division leads into SNS Senior A Men’s provincial play. Please note there may be some travel involved in this division due to the influx of teams outside the metro area. Most likely three games within 1-hour drive of Halifax.

Senior B Divisions (Upper, Middle, Lower)
We offer several divisions at this level. These division are open to ages 17 plus. Currently, we have upper, middle and lower divisions which all have great competition based on skill levels.

Senior C Division
This is the lowest of the open 17 plus divisions, it still offers great levels of competition between teams at this level.

Over 35 Division
We are offering an over 35 division, as long as we have a sufficient number of teams to enter this division. This division will lead to SNS Provincial play for a chance at CSA Eastern Nationals. All teams looking to participate in the Master's Provincials should register in this division to allow for correct ranking. Teams not registering in this division will receive a lower ranking for provincial play.

This division is for players that will turn 35 by December 1st of 2019. The MSMSL will allow for 4 players under the age of 35 (between 32 to 34) for league play, however, these players may not be used in provincial play.
Please note: We need a minimum of 4 teams to make this division viable, and may involve crossover games with upper division teams. If not enough to form this division, we will place teams in the upper division.

Over 45 Division
This division is for players that will turn 45 by December 1st of 2019. Grandfathered underaged players from previous years are still eligible for play in the upcoming seasons.

The MSMSL has given an allowance this season for three (3) new players under the age of 45 (between 42 to 44). These players will be grandfathered into the division once registered. Please note no team can have more than six players under the age of 45 (3 new players, 3 grandfathered players for example)

For the next couple of weeks, there will be a box located in the SNS lobby to collect used gear. The group Project Next Mile is looking for cleats, socks, skin pads, soccer balls, cones, jerseys, shorts, and hockey bags (for transportation of equipment).

The donations will go to support soccer programming in two locations; Eldoret, Kenya and Vieux Fort, St. Lucia.

So please take a look in your garage and closest to see if you have anything that can be donated, it is a great cause and a great way to clear out your old soccer gear.

Tickets can be still ordered for pickup at the door or tonight Tuesday Oct 16, 2018 at East Side Mario’s in Bayer’s Lake 8-9:30PM.

The annual MSMSL Awards Banquet will be held this Saturday October 20, 2018 at Bubba Rays in Bedford, NS. It is located at 1658 Bedford Hwy, Bedford NS(next to Dooley’s).

Doors open at 7:30 PM.

Tickets are $15.00 a person. Ticket will act as a $10.00 gift certificate (valid only on Oct 20) towards your bill. Those entering between 7:30-8:15 will also receive a ticket good for a 16 oz draft of your choice of four Molson products on tap.

Entertainment by Jon Cyr www.joncyr.ca

The annual MSMSL banquet will be held Oct 20, 2018 at Bubba Ray’s Sports Bar in Bedford, Nova Scotia. More details are forthcoming.

Tickets are limited to 200 and priced at $15.00 per ticket. All teams will be guaranteed two tickets. Ticket sales will happen October 9, 2018. Location and time we be announced soon.
Anyone having a league trophy or former HSL trophy is asked to bring it tonight or at the ticket pickup.

Plaid for Dad Contest

The MSMSL encourages you to take part in our Plaid for Dad campaign. This Father’s Day season join people across Canada who are raising funds and going plaid to help protect men from prostate cancer. More details can be found at www.plaidfordad.ca Team MSMSL page can be found here

https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/TeamFundraisingPage.aspx?teamID=805665&langPref=en-CA#&panel1-1






The MSMSL has setup a team Team MSMSL and is encouraging player and teams to donate to the cause.
The MSMSL is having a contest open to all teams and are encouraging teams to dress in you finest plaid, snap a team photo, and tweet it to @msmslsoccer with the hashtag #plaidfordad by June 15th.



For every team photo posted, the MSMSL will donate $10.00 to the cause. Best photo chosen by a panel of independent judges will receive a prize package.

SNS CLASSIFICATION CHANGES

Soccer NS has made the following changes to the senior age classifications. They are as follows:

Senior A- formerly Senior B (HSL) teams; this is a provincial qualifying division for the Senior A championship.

Senior B- formerly part of Senior C; encompasses all of the open divisions.

Senior C- all of the Over Age categories; O35, O45.

SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS


Family Movement Policy
New this season, we are finalizing a policy that will allow a player in the Senior C division, to play with their son in an A or B division for a max of four games. More details on the procedure to follow.

Call-Ups to Senior AAA
This is a reminder that a player may only be called up to Senior AAA a maximum of 5 times as per SNS policy.

New Equipment Sponsor
Please to announce that we have signed an agreement with SoccerX to be the official equipment supplier of the MSMSL. The catalog has been upload to the download section of the MSMSL website. Teams can purchase a variety of different kits, jerseys or other equipment from SoccerX (in team quantities). There is a local rep, Patrick Lowe. Most team purchases will be between 30%-40% of list pricing.

SoccerX is also going to provide MSMSL players with a discount code to receive 15% off of listed items on the SoccerX website.

More details to come on this.



Registration Fees
Soccer Nova Scotia player registration will be $34.00 per player.

District fees will be $0.00 per player (for Halifax District teams).(All other districts may charge more)

Club costs are $3.00 for WHFC fees. Total will be $37.00 per player for WHFC teams. These fees are separate from the league for player registration and must be made out to the WHFC for those teams registering with the WHFC.

Referee Costs

We are working with Soccer Nova Scotia to verify costs due to the divisional setup. For budgetary purposes we suggest using a number of $65.00 per game until we get clarification.


League Fee
League fee will be $625.00

Field Fees
Field costs will be based on teams paying for ½ of field cost (field cost average is $165.00). The exception to this is that the O45 teams have agreed to pay for Bridgewater Master’s and Valley Masters metro field costs and they will cover costs for the field times and referee surcharges in Bridgewater.



DIVISIONS

There will be one ‘A’ level division four (4) open ‘B’ divisions and one (1) over 45 ‘C’ division this season. Please note the competition committee has been task to come up with a promotion/relegation system for next season.

They are as follows:

Senior A Division

Senior A division will play for qualification to the Senior A provincials. There are six teams in this division. (See division matrix for teams).

Slide tackles are allowed in this division, as are call ups from the U21 youth leagues. Call ups must have proper paperwork submitted to the league. There is no free player movement from AAA or AA to this division.

Senior A division will play a triple round robin within the division (15); and a single round robin with the Elite B division (4) for a total of nineteen games.

Please note there are no slide tackles allowed in the crossover games with the Elite B division.

League Playoffs will consist of the top 4 teams.

Teams should budget for a maximum of twenty one (21) games.

Please note Senior A provincials will be held on August weekend.

Elite B Division

There are four teams in this division. (See division matrix for teams).

Elite B division will play a double round robin within the division (6); and a single round robin crossover with the Senior A division (6); and a single round robin crossover with the Upper B division (10) for a total of twenty two games.


League Playoffs will consist of the top 2 teams.

Teams should budget for a maximum of twenty three (23) games.

Upper B Division

There are ten teams in this division. (See division matrix for teams).

Upper division will play a double round robin within the division (18); and a single round robin crossover with the Elite B division (4) for a total of twenty two games.

League Playoffs will consist of the top 8 teams.

Teams should budget for a maximum of twenty five (25) games.


Middle B Division
There are nine (9) teams in this division. (See division matrix for teams).

Middle division will play a triple round robin within the division (24); for a total of twenty four games.

League Playoffs will consist of the top 6 teams.

Teams should budget for a maximum of twenty eight (28) games.


Lower B Division

There are eight (8) teams in this division. (See division matrix for teams).

Middle division will play a triple round robin within the division (21); for a total of twenty one games.

League Playoffs will consist of the top 6 teams.

Teams should budget for a maximum of twenty four (24) games.

O45 C Division
There are twelve (12) teams in this division. (See division matrix for teams).

The O45 C division will play round robin within the division (22); for a total of twenty two games.

League Playoffs will consist of the top 8 teams.

Teams should budget for a maximum of twenty seven (27) games.

Schedule
The league will guarantee only one weekend off per team; more if possible. We may have to get teams to play on one long weekend during the season. Kevin’s email address is nsslstats@gmail.com. The deadline is May 5th for requests.

Safety

The league is strongly recommending that you obtain emergency contact information for each player or team official including the emergency contact person(s), relationship to the player, telephone number(s) and any pertinent existing medical information. We are recommending that you compile this information and also give a copy to every member of your team and strongly suggest that they put it in their soccer bag in a ziplock or other waterproof container with hopes that we never have to use it. Please forward a completed form to the league.

We have attached a form for ease of use.
Emergency Action Plans will be sent out before the next meeting. All teams must have a first aid kit on the bench.


Field Code of Conduct
Please review field code of conduct for turf fields and inform your team members paying special attention to lines 3 through 10.

Please note that any fines will be passed onto the offending teams.

Player Pictures
All teams must have their initial player pictures posted to the website by June 1, 2018.

O35 Provincials
As per SNS Competitions committee, any team wanting to participate in the O35 Masters provincials should also use their weekend off request for the provincial weekend. Teams are expected to meet all league commitments in attending both league and playoff games. Teams must declare by June 1st if they wish to participate.

Important League Dates

22-Apr-18 A first payment of $1000.00 is due. (Past Due)
22-Apr-18 All Outstanding WHFC club fees from past season due
22-Apr-18 All Outstanding MSMSL fees from past season due
30-Apr-18 Final summer information including sample budgets, and final division breakdowns released.
30-Apr-18 Time Off Request Due
6-May-18 First two weeks of the schedule released.
6-May-18 Initial rosters due into clubs/league.
6-May-18 Initial registration and fees due to WHFC ($37.25 per player).
8-May-18 Final payment (the remainder of field fees)
8-May-18 MSMSL Season Kick Off Conference
8-May-18 Game sheets will be ready for pick up.
9-May-18 League play begins.
23-May-18 Remainder of schedule till August be released.
1-Jun-18 Initial player pictures due.
1-Jun-18 O35 Provincial Request Deadline
30-Jun-18 Player Registration Deadline
31-Jul-18 Transfer Deadline

Budgets

Sample budgets have been provided. Yellow highlighted areas should be reviewed to allow for sufficient funds for the summer.

Players looking for teams
Any players looking for a team should fill out the online form found here to be placed on a distribution list.

https://goo.gl/forms/aU1Dzi6neTs6W2TF2

From December 9th to 17th, Soccer Nova Scotia in conjunction with its league partners MSMSL, NSSL, MISL and CISL, are having a food drive for Feed Nova Scotia.

I encourage you, if you can, to drop off a non perishable food item(s) to help out those less fortunate during this holiday season during one of our three visits to the BMO Soccer Centre.
Look for the Feed Nova Scotia collection box in the lobby of the BMO Soccer Centre.

Feed Nova Scotia mission is to feed Nova Scotians in need and reduce that need. Feed Nova Scotia distributes almost 2 million kilograms of donated food to their member network of 146 food banks and meal programs across the province each year. While they continue to address food insecurity by supplying emergency food support, they are also working to find long-term solutions to hunger and poverty in Nova Scotia. For more information on Feed Nova Scotia go to their website www.feednovascotia.ca.
I hope we can help out this great event.

The Metro Senior Men’s Soccer League (MSMSL), Halifax Soccer League (HSL) and Soccer Nova Scotia are collaborating to accomplish a strategic priority within Soccer Nova Scotia's new strategic direction under Organizational Leadership. A goal in this strategic priority states "Explore opportunities to improve all member leagues throughout Nova Scotia."

The two leagues have created an agreement which will see the addition of Senior B Mens soccer as a division of the MSMSL. Starting with the Winter season of 2017, former HSL teams will compete in MSMSL competitions.

HSL President Drew Turner states "Merging with the MSMSL allows for a relegation/promotion system which will increase the number of competitive teams with the division. Furthermore, supporting Soccer Nova Scotia in this endeavor encourages a feeder system which will ensure that new teams are elevated from the U17 division into a men's league. It provides clarity to the member clubs/players and will allow for Men's B and C soccer to grow."

MSMSL President Don Hailstone states “We are very excited to have the addition of these HSL teams. This will allow us to offer greater competition to our upper division in this winter, as well as, allow the HSL teams to see a greater variety of competitors. We are always looking to grow senior men’s soccer in the province, and the addition of these teams certainly helps that vision along. In Summer of 2018, we expect to grow the “B” division in the MSMSL.”

Soccer Nova Scotia Executive Director states "I commend both leagues for working together for the betterment of the game. Drew and Don will be continuing to work together to maintain the integrity on the division and to make the transition as smooth as possible"

With players ages ranging from 18 to 70 plus, the MSMSL competitions encompasses over forty teams in four divisions in the summer competition window, including an over 45 division, and over fifty teams in four divisions in their winter competition. Currently facilitating over 1000 games a year, the MSMSL established in 1982 has seen steady growth since 2002 from just 16 teams to its present number of 43. The league currently serves five of Soccer Nova Scotia’s districts.

The HSL was established in 2004 as Halifax’s only second Division Senior Men’s Division, which has produced multiple provincial Champions. In the summer of 2017 it was home to seven teams of ~200 players ranging from 15 – 40 years of age.
Details of the transition will be discussed with the leagues’ member clubs at their next respective meetings

New Team Applications
Anyone looking to put a new team into the league for Winter 2016, must apply at the next league meeting (Oct 2, 2017) being held at 7:00PM at the SNS classroom. New teams should also an email to msmslexec@gmail.com to confirm their application.

New teams must have a refundable deposit of $1000.00 deposit (in the form of cheques) and submit the following paper work at this meeting.

-The team's proposed budget for their first season.
-A list of at least 14 players
- A letter from the external club (non WHFC) stating that the club will support the new team both logistically and financially. (Only applicable should the team not go thru the league affiliated club).
- Four team contacts including email and phone numbers. These are four separate individuals) (this can be down using the online form https://goo.gl/CcUWyn

The team during their presentation will have to deliver the following.
-A brief history of the team's recent competitive level and successes of play
-A description of their preferred home and away jerseys.
-The preferred division to which they wish to play.

Notes to new Teams:
Teams should review latest editions of MSMSL Constitution and Rules to ensure they are informed on what is expected from them as a member of the league.

Highlights Include:
• Team must have four contacts with a named manager and treasurer
• There are no call ups to the MSMSL
• Any players in not good standing with the league shall make restitution to the league before participating.
• No Slide tackles

Cards carry over to Playoffs
This is a general reminder that all cards carry over into the play-offs.

The MSMSL annual banquet will be held October 14th, 2017. More details to follow.

The MSMSL has encourages you to take part in our Plaid for Dad campaign. This Father’s Day season join people across Canada who are raising funds and going plaid to help protect men from prostate cancer. More details can be found at www.plaidfordad.ca
The MSMSL has setup a team Team MSMSL and is encouraging player and teams to donate to the cause.
The MSMSL is having a contest open to all teams and are encouraging teams playing on the Fathers Day weekend or before to dress in you finest plaid, snap a team photo, and tweet it to @msmslsoccer with the hashtag #plaidfordad. For every team photo posted, the MSMSL will donate $20.00 to the cause. Best photo chosen by a panel of independent judges will receive a pair of Adidas game balls.

Any players looking for a team should fill out the online form found here to be placed on a distribution list.

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An initial 2017 Summer season meeting will  take place Tuesday, April 11th, 2017 starting at 7PM in the Soccer NS Classroom.  Any team wanting to have a summer team must:
1)    Have a representative present at this meeting.
2)    Have a cheque or money order to present to the league or have sent an email transfer to the league before the meeting in the amount of $1000.00.
3)    Have filled out the contact form for summer in full by Monday April 10, 2017  -  Contact form can be found on this link. https://goo.gl/i2RQ0t  Identifying- Preferred division (Upper, Middle, Lower, O35 Upper (provincial), O35 Lower (non-provincial),or O45).  
4)    Understand that full payment of league fees will be due May 15, 2017 and that there will be no exceptions.
5)    Have all outstanding club and league fees must be paid in full by this meeting.
More details to follow at this meeting.
Any teams not returning please inform us as soon as possible.  
Any teams wanting to participate in the O35 Masters provincials should also inform us at this time.

n the cusp of a new season, I would like everyone to forward this to every member of their teams. We all have a responsibility to promote high standards of behaviour in the game. We need to better respect our opponents, referees and facilities. In the past season, the levels of dissent, referee abuse and violent conducts has increased to an alarming level. The lack of respect shown to the game, league and match officials, opponents, coaches, managers, field staff, team mates, and the facilities that we all play in can be considered disturbing at best. Everyone involved with the MSMSL must improve if we want this league to continue to be successful.

We require referees to do our matches, yet the pool of referees that are qualified or those that want to do our league matches is dwindling. Every season official either drop out of the system or refuse to take league assignments due to the abuse and intimidation that they receive on and off the pitch. In regard to officials, we as teams, players and coaches must learn to;

· Respect the officials on field calls no matter our personal opinion of the validity of the call.
· Never engage in public criticism of the match officials including the insinuation of reporting the official.
· Never engage in offensive, insulting, or abusive language or behaviour towards the official.
· Never engage in bullying, intimidation or harassment.
· If ejected, leave the field in a calm and non confrontational manner, and not return to the field to engage the official or other player.

As players, we all are guilty at times at allowing our emotions, due to the inherent competitiveness and passion of the game, over take our good sense. We need to learn to control both our emotions and anger a lot better than we have done in the past. Soccer is a passionate game that can be played competitively while at the same time respecting all others involved and preserving the enjoyment of the game.

We as players, managers, and teams need to:

· Adhere to the Laws of the Game
· Display and promote high standards of behaviour
· Promote Fair Play
· Always respect the match officials’ decisions
· Speak to team-mates, officials, the opposition, coaches and managers with respect
· Win or lose with dignity. Shake hands with the opposing team and the referee at the end of every game
· Ensure that fans associated with our teams also display and promote high standards of behaviour.
· If dismissed from a match, leave the facility, and do not return.


We are very lucky to play in an area that has so many great soccer facilities, but at times players have forgotten this fact. Such things as spitting on the indoor or outdoor turf, facility damage, not adhering to the rules of the facility, sunflower seeds on the turf, and other acts are not acceptable.
The MSMSL is implementing a program to promote, monitor, and improve high standards of behavior in its membership. The program will simply be called RESPECT.

RESPECT is the collective responsibility of everyone involved in soccer and the MSMSL, in all divisions, to create a fair, safe and enjoyable environment in which the game can take place through positive behavior.

What does the MSMSL hope to achieve with Respect?

· Help to ensure, that will be a sufficient base of registered referees for now and in the future, that will officiate our matches.
· Reduce the number of incidents of dissent, referee abuse and violent conduct.
· See a significant improvement in on-field player behavior.
· Ensure league growth through positive behaviors on and off the field.
· See MSMSL involvement in the soccer and general community.

What will the MSMSL do to ensure the success of the RESPECT program?
· Promotion of positive play and respect within the league.
· Establishment of a Fair Play team award.
· Zero tolerance on referee abuse and stricter punishments.
· Creation of codes of conduct for players and managers.
· Work with governing bodies to ensure program success.

The MSMSL hopes that all its membership will embrace the program and we wish you all success in the upcoming season.

As part of the RESPECT Program, we are going to ask teams to bring a donation of non perishable food for FeedNS at our games on the 23rd of October. There will be thirty-eight of our teams participating that day, and we will have a collection box set up at the main entrance. Please pass this along to your team mates.

Any O45 players looking for a spot this winter, give Rod Miller an email at over45soccer@gmail.com . This is a new team, and he will be looking for players before he applies.

An initial Winter meeting to take place September 28, 2016 , (Wednesday) at 7PM at Soccer NS Classroom. Any team wanting to have a winter team must be present with a rep.
All returning teams (including new summer teams) must do the following to ensure their spot for the upcoming winter season:
1)    Have a representative present at this meeting.
2)    Have a cheque or money order to present to the league or have sent an email transfer to the league before the meeting in the amount of $1000.00.
3)    Have filled out the contact form for winter in full (4 reps complete with phone numbers and email addresses).  https://goo.gl/forms/v3knvfqlVmZRNc363
4)    Understand that full payment of league fees will be due October 28, 2016 and that there will be no exceptions.
5)    Have all previous club and league fees must be paid in full by this meeting.
We have Implemented this process to ensure that teams are serious about playing and to alleviate the fee collection process.   Last season with teams dropping out just before and early in the season, as well as teams paying months late, has forced us to streamline team registration and payments.
More details will be forthcoming.

This year’s annual award banquet will be Saturday October 8, 2016 at the Halifax Marriot Harbourfront. The meal will be a hip of beef dinner and includes choice of dessert. Doors will open at 6:15 pm with food being served at 7 pm followed by the award ceremonies.

Price for the tickets is $42 each. This includes your food, entertainment and entry into the cash draw. This will be a business casual event. Spouses are more than welcome.
Ticket sales we be held announced soon.
This year’s entertainment once again will be Yuk Yuks



Contact your team rep for tickets.
Ticket sales dates and more details will be announced later next week. Each team has 3 tickets as part of their summer registration.

The MSMSL has negotiated a room rate deal for those whom wish to stay at the Halifax Marriot Harbourfront on the night of the banquet. The MSMSL will have the regular rate of $197 per night reduced to $159.00 per night. If you are thinking about renting a room, please consider it earlier than later as we have been informed that it is booking quickly.

Please note the league will not be responsible for any damages incurred in rented room

The 2016 MSMSL Summer Season meeting will take place Thursday, April 14th, 2016 , 7PM at Soccer NS Classroom.



A $500 Team Fee Deposit is required at this meeting to confirm a teams spot in the league for the season. Fee deposit will be applied to your league fees.



The 2016 season will start on Wednesday, May 11th.

Three MSMSL Teams have advanced in to the next round of the Ardmore Cup. Athens United and DVC will face off against each other on Jan 20th with one MSMSL team advancing to the final. The MSMSL’s Athens Two will face off against the only remaining HSL team in the Halifax Young Gunz on January 20th. Good luck to all MSMSL teams.

The MSMSL banquet was held Oct 17, 2015. It was a great evening with almost 200 people in attendance.

The following awards were presented.

Team MVP’s
Albion Jordan Quinn
All Blacks Alex Bakolias
Alumitech Craig Sears
Athens United Mat Budreski
Barons Ryan Munden
Basin Insurance Mark Scott
Bedford Titans Ryan Pachal
Bluenose United Umberto Catalano
Bridgewater Barry Whynot
Celtic Masters Kelvin McEwen.
Clippers Jurrien Meerstadt
Cole Harbour Joel Egan-Leach
Convoy Attila Vass
Darkside City Nick Gregory
Darkside United Amel Muskic
DU Classics Milo Negulic
DU Strong Steve Pothier
DVC Joel Grandy
Eastern Passage Alex Gomez
FC Bedford Danny Proffit
FC Citco Andre Pouliot
FC County Tim Goodine
Halifax City Celtic John Dixon
HCU Eagles Brenden Blotnicky
HCU Masters Paul Murphy
Headshoppe Ryan Esch
Heart N Soul Phil Nash
Heat Colin Caswell
Hellas Alex Zafiris
Hurricanes Tom Bettle
Loong FC Xia Fan
Marauders FC Ben Paul
Masters Of Hellas George theoharopoulos
Metro Mariners Paul O' Connell
Molson FC Kent Watters
Old Scotia Lenny Boudreau
Pro-Edge Michael Boone.
Sacktown Ben Colford
Sackville Tire Mike Boyce
Schooner FC Brad thompson
Sporting Rangers Zac Amorin
Storm SC Bert Bertolo
Wolves FC Gavin Kibble

Winter Regular Season
Lower
Viet FC
Middle
Halifax All Blacks
Upper
Athens Too
O45
Sporting Futures
Winter Playoffs
Lower
Viet FC
Middle
Darkside City
Upper
Athens United
O45
Sporting Futures

Golden Boots
O45
Zac Amorin (Sporting Rangers) 35 goals
Upper
Kent Stevens (Metro Mariners) 25 Goals
Middle
Ben Colford (Sacktown AC) 38 Goals
Lower
George Theoharopoulos (Masters of Hellas) 34 goals.

Top Keeper
Lower
Kent Worsnop (Wolves FC)
Middle
Tim Goodine (FC County)
Upper
Jason King (Albion)
O45
George Kakamousias (Bluenose)
Top Defender
Lower
Dimo Panagiotakos(Master of Hellas)
Middle
Andrew Chow (Molson)
Upper
Tim Mullen (Athens)
O45
Sava Krstic (Sporting Rangers)

Division MVP
Lower
George Theoharopolous (Masters of Hellas)
Middle
Ben Colford (Sacktown AC)
Upper
Paul O’Connell (Metro Mariners)
O45
Zac Amorin (Sporting Rangers)

Summer Regular Season
Lower
Wolves FC
Middle
Sacktown AC
Upper
Metro Mariners
O45
Sporting Rangers
Summer Playoffs
Lower
Marauders
Middle
Citco FC
Upper
Metro Mariners
O45
Sporting Rangers


Respect Award

FC Bedford.

Hall Of Fame
The MSMSL is proud to introduce the MSMSL Hall Of Fame at this year’s awards ceremony. Established to celebrate achievements of current or past players, teams, builders and game officials in the MSMSL.
The inaugural award recipients have shown a great love and passion for the game as well as a longevity that can’t be matched. It is hard not to think of these individuals and not think of their time in the MSMSL.

Ron Buckley
Eric McIntyre
Harry Soontiens


The Basil Pellerine Award
The Basil Pellerine Award, established in 1994, is presented to a individual associated with the MSMSL, who, has contribute significant time and service without any remuneration or compensation for their efforts and has made a significant contribution to the MSMSL and demonstrated the spirit of volunteerism. This award is dedicated in memory of Basil Pellerine, a player, coach, referee and friend, who passed away suddenly in a tragic motor vehicle accident.
Ryan Feron

DIVISIONS:

There will be four (4) open (18+) divisions and an over 45 division this season:

OPEN(18+) DIVISIONS:
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There will be an Elite, Upper, Middle and Lower division.

The Elite, Upper, and Middle will be a triple round robin for a total of 30 regular season games. Playoffs will consist of top eight teams. Maximum games (30 regular, 3 playoffs (33)).

The Lower will be a triple round robin for a total of 27 regular season games. Playoffs will consist of top eight teams. Maximum games (27 regular, 3 playoffs (30)).


The divisions will look like this:

Elite Upper Middle Lower
Athens Too Masters Of Hellas Heart N Soul Rangers
Athens United Darkside City Alumitech Halifax Town AFC
Chester Barons Clippers Loong FC
Mariners Bedford Titans Eastern Passage Assante
Concertia Hurricanes Marauders HCU Balding Eagles
Hellas All Blacks Formation Halifax Convoy
DVC DU Strong Heat Headshoppe
Albion City Celtic Wolves Fusliers FC
Halifax Sahara Sacktown Molson FC HCU Masters
Lutraki FC FC County FC Citco CB Electric
Golden Goal Cole Harbour Darkside United


O45 DIVISION:

This will be a triple round robin for a total of 21 regular season games. Playoffs will consist of top six teams. Maximum games (21 regular, 3 playoffs (24)).

The division will look like this:
Sporting Rangers
Sporting Futures
Bluenose
DU Classics
Storm SC
FC Bedford
BESA
Old Scotia



COSTS

Player Costs
SNS player registration will be $17.00 per player. District fees will be $0.00 per player (for Halifax District teams). $3.00 for WHFC fees. Total of $20.00 per player for WHFC teams (Please see WHFC player registration documentation attached for the WHFC teams.

Referee Costs

Referee cost will be $28.00 ($14.00 per team) per game. Fees will be brought to the game and given to the referee at the start of the game along with the game sheets.

League Fees

The league fees will be :
Elite $2,730.00
Upper $2,730.00
Middle $2,730.00
Lower $2,505.00
O45 $2,055.00


This covers all administration and field costs.

PAYMENT STRUCTURE

First payment of $2000.00 will be due in full, along with any outstanding league fees on October 16, 2015. (There will be a league meeting to facilitate the collection. Teams with their accounts not paid in full by this date may lose their spot in the winter, as we have a waiting list. No postdated cheques will be permitted.


The remaining fees will be due November 2, 2015. No postdated cheques will be permitted

Teams may also contact the league treasurer to arrange for online payments.

SCHEDULE:

Preliminary schedule set to be released October 17, 2015. Schedule is in process on being prepared; any teams requiring time off for the season are to submit times to msmslexec@gmail.com no later than October 10, 2015. The league will guarantee only two nights off per team; more if possible.

October 21, 2015 will be the opening game night.

Please note no games will be played between December 23, 2015 to January 1, 2016. Also Superbowl Sunday, no games will be played.


Game Nights/Times
The regular league game nights will be mostly Wednesdays (9PM, 10PM, 11PM) Fridays, (9PM,10PM, 11PM), Saturdays (10PM, 11PM) and Sundays (7PM, 8PM, 9PM, 10PM, 11PM). We also will have some sporadic times throughout the week. In mid-March and April, game frequencies will increase as more field time opens up.

REGISTRATION:

WHFC Teams

Teams are reminded that initial player registration (14 players) and waiver forms were to be submitted ASAP to Tim Murgatroyd (soccer@bellaliant.net) no later than October 17, 2015 @ 5PM.

The electronic forms must be filled out completely and sent back electronically. The form can be found here. http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/player%20registration%20

Also, all players registering via the league's own club, Western Halifax Football Club (WHFC), must have their waiver forms completed and passed into the league before any player may participate in any summer season. Waiver forms are available on the league website.

Waiver forms can be found here: http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/whfc%20waiver%20form.pdf

Team reps must also fill out the WHFC team agreement form found here. http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/whfc%20registration%20ag

Other Club Teams
The club teams (non-WHFC) are to have their SNS player registration as generated by Goalline to Tim Murgatroyd (soccer@bellaliant.net) by October 17, 2015.

PLAYER PICTURES

All teams must have their initial player pictures posted to the website by October 30, 2015. All player pictures must follow guidelines as set out on the website.

REGISTRATION DEADLINES:
December 31, 2015.
TEAM BUDGETS

There are three budget tools on the MSMSL website for team use. Changing text that is in red will allow you budget for number of players, and additional needs of you individual teams.
The MSMSL is also recommending that all teams have team accounts with two signatures. Many financial institutions have loss/zero cost accounts for teams. The MSMSL or WHFC will write a letter for you to establish such an account if needed. TD and Atlantic Credit Union seem to have the best options in regards to community accounts.

GAME SHEETS
Team sheets will be available at the October 8, 2015. Games sheets in 25 game packages will be given to every team. This will be enough sheets for the entire season. There will be no game sheets at the facility this year.
Should you lose or misplace your game sheet packages, replacements can be purchased at a cost of $20.00.
TEAM AGREEMENT
Team reps will be responsible for filling out the team/league agreement form. Forms will be sent out before the first game and must be returned by October 30, 2015.
ARDMORE CUP
Top 4 teams from the Elite division after the first round of play will participate in the Ardmore Cup with the top 4 HSL teams. Teams that think that they will be in the Ardmore should budget an additional funds to cover this.
INARIA
Teams needing jerseys can contact the local Inaria representative and take advantage of MSMSL pricing. Contact Jay Robinson jrobinson78@hotmail.com
INARIA

October 5, 2015 Nominations for Awards due.
October 8, 2015 Online award voting begins.
October 8, 2015 Winter League Kickoff Meeting
October 8, 2015 Game sheet pickup
October 10, 2015 Deadline for time off requests.
October 12, 2015 Online award voting ends (9PM).
October 16, 2015 Initial payment and all outstanding fees due to MSMSL.
October 17, 2015 MSMSL Award Banquet
October 17, 2015 Initial Schedule release.
October 17, 2015 WHFC initial registration due
October 17, 2015 Club team SNS player initial registrations submittal due.
October 21, 2015 First games
October 30, 2015 Player Pictures deadline (initial)
October 30, 2015 Team agreement due.
November 2, 2015 Final Payments Due
December 31, 2015 SNS Player registration deadline.

This year’s annual award banquet will be Saturday October 17, 2015 at the Halifax Marriot Harbourfront. The meal will be a hip of beef dinner and includes choice of dessert. Doors will open at 6:30pm with food being served at 7 pm followed by the award ceremonies.

This years entertainment by Yuk Yuks on Tour.
Price for the tickets is $40. This includes your food, entertainment and entry into the cash draw. This will be a business casual event. Spouses are more than welcome.
Contact your team rep for tickets.
Ticket sales dates and more details will be announced early next week.
Each team has 3 tickets as part of their summer registration.

The MSMSL has negotiated a room rate deal for those whom wish to stay at the Halifax Marriot Harbourfront on the night of the banquet. The MSMSL will have the regular rate of $197 per night reduced to $159.00 per night. If you are thinking about renting a room, please consider it earlier than later as we have been informed that it is booking quickly.

Please note the league will not be responsible for any damages incurred in rented room.

An initial Winter meeting to take place September 24, 2015 , (Thursday) at 7PM at Soccer NS Classroom. Any team wanting to have a winter team must be present with a rep.

Any team wanting to submit a second team must apply at this meeting. (See posting regarding new teams entering the league for this winter)

Please note all club and league fees must be paid in full by this meeting to guarantee your spot in the winter league

All playoff games will be held at Weir field due to shortage of fields due to the resurfacing of Mainland Common.

1st Pool A 1st Pool B Lower Champ 22/09/2015 20:00:00 Tue
1st Pool A 1st Pool B Middle Champ 22/09/2015 21:45:00 Tue

1st O45 8th O45 O45 QF 23/09/2015 20:00:00 Wed
2nd O45 7th O45 O45 QF 23/09/2015 21:45:00 Wed

3rd O45 6th O45 O45 QF 25/09/2015 20:00:00 Fri
4th O45 5TH O45 O45 QF 25/09/2015 21:45:00 Fri

1st Middle 8th Middle Middle QF 27/09/2015 14:00:00 Sun
2nd Middle 7th Middle Middle QF 27/09/2015 16:00:00 Sun
3rd Middle 6th Middle Middle QF 27/09/2015 18:00:00 Sun
4th Middle 5th Middle Middle QF 27/09/2015 20:00:00 Sun

1st Lower 8th Lower Lower QF 30/09/2015 20:00:00 Wed
2nd Lower 7th Lower Lower QF 30/09/2015 21:45:00 Wed

3rd Lower 6th Lower Lower QF 02/10/2015 20:00:00 Fri
4th Lower 5th Lower Lower QF 02/10/2015 21:45:00 Fri

1st Upper 8th Upper Upper QF 03/10/2015 15:00:00 Sat
2nd Upper 7th Upper Upper QF 03/10/2015 17:00:00 Sat
3rd Upper 6th Upper Upper QF 03/10/2015 19:00:00 Sat
4th Upper 5th Upper Upper QF 03/10/2015 21:00:00 Sat

Highest Seed Lowest Seed O45 SF 04/10/2015 15:00:00 Sun
Remaining Seed Remaining Seed O45 SF 04/10/2015 17:00:00 Sun
Highest Seed Lowest Seed Middle SF 04/10/2015 19:00:00 Sun
Remaining Seed Remaining Seed Middle SF 04/10/2015 21:00:00 Sun

Highest Seed Lowest Seed Lower SF 05/10/2015 20:00:00 Mon
Remaining Seed Remaining Seed Lower SF 05/10/2015 21:45:00 Mon

Highest Seed Lowest Seed Upper SF 07/10/2015 20:00:00 Wed
Remaining Seed Remaining Seed Upper SF 07/10/2015 21:45:00 Wed

O45 Final 10/10/2015 15:00:00 Sat
Lower Final 10/10/2015 17:00:00 Sat
Middle Final 10/10/2015 19:00:00 Sat
Upper Final 10/10/2015 21:00:00 Sat

Summer 2015 Information
Fees
Player registration will be $35.00 per player. District fees will be $1.25 per player (for Halifax District teams). $3.00 for WHFC fees. Total of $39.25 per player for WHFC teams. New this year, a separate cheque for player registration must be made out to the WHFC for those teams registering with the WHFC.
Referee cost will be $57.50 (notice price increase) per game. Fees will be brought to the game and given to the referee at the start of the game along with the game sheets. Breakdown is ref $24.50 ($49.00), line $16.50 ($33.00).
League fee will be $550.00; (reduced since last season) see budget in upload section for further details.
Field costs will be based on teams paying for ½ of field cost (field cost average is $165.00). The exception to this is that the O45 teams have agreed to pay for Bridgewater Master’s metro field costs, and Bridgewater will cover costs for the field times in Bridgewater.
DIVISIONS
There will be three open divisions this season.
Lower Division
The lower division will consist of two pools of seven. Teams will play a triple round robin (3 x6) within their pool and a single round robin with the other pool (1 x7) for a total of 25 games.
Top teams in each pool will play a single game to determine division league. Championship.
Pool A will consist of Looong FC Marauders, Clippers, Asante Hydrostone, Darkside United, Headshoppe FC, HCU Masters
Pool B will consist of mostly over 35 teams of Wolves FC, Eastern Passage, Alumitech Masters, and Masters of Hellas, and HCU Balding Eagles, Halifax Heat, and Halifax Convoy.
Playoffs will consist of top 4 teams in each pool. Teams will be ranked for playoff positions based on points.
Maximum games (25 regular; 1 league championship and 3playoffs (29)).
Middle Division
The middle division will consist of two pools of six. Teams will play a triple round robin within their pool (3x 5) and a double round robin with the other pools (2 x6) for a total of 27 games.
Top teams in each pools will play a single game to determine Division Championship.
Pool A will consist of Cole Harbour, Citco FC, Halifax Hurricanes, Sacktown AC, Halifax Celtic, and DU Strong
Pool B will consist of Barons FC, FC County, Darkside City, Heart N Soul, Molson FC, and Bedford Titans,
Playoffs will consist of top 4 teams in each pool. Teams will be ranked for playoff positions based on points.
Maximum games (27 regular; 1 league championship and 3 playoffs (31)).
Upper Division
The upper division will consist of Athens United, Albion, Hellas FC, Metro Mariners, DVC FC, ProEdge Sports, Stewiake FC, Schooner and Halifax All Blacks.
This will be a triple round robin within the division for a total of 24 regular season games
Playoffs will consist of top 8 teams
Maximum games (24 regular; 3 playoffs (27)).

O45 Division
Consisting of Sporting Rangers, Old Scotia, Genieknows, Basin Insurance, Sackville Tire, Celtic Masters, Bluenose United, FC Bedford, DU Classics, and Bridgewater.
This will be a double round robin for a total of 18 regular season games.
Playoffs will consist of top 8 teams
Maximum games (18 regular; 3 playoffs (21)).

Schedule
Schedule is in process on being prepared; any teams requiring time off for the summer are to submit times to by May 10, 2015 to the scheduler. The league will guarantee only one weekend off per team; more if possible. We may have to get teams to play on one long weekend during the season.

Player Pictures
All teams must have their initial player pictures posted to the website by May 20, 2015. We will be releasing new guidelines in regards to player pictures.
O35 Provincials
As per SNS Competitions committee, any team wanting to participate in the O35 Masters provincials must have a complete roster of players that are 35 or older.
Teams wanting to participate should also use their weekend off for the provincial weekend. Teams are expected to meet all league commitments in attending both league and playoff games.

This is a general reminder that all cards carryover into the playoffs.

Due to the upcoming end of year schedule, the MSMSL is requesting all game summary reports be submitted to the league website no more then 24 hours after the end of the game by the winning team. This is also a reminder to submit all cards and goals. If either team notices a discrepancy, you must notify the league. Any winning team that fails to report a completed game summary report as per their official game sheet will be sanctioned by the league. If we do not have the correct data, we can not deal with issues in a timely manner.
Secondly, this is a reminder to read the rule book (included as attachment) . Team executives need to read rules 7 and 9. These sections cover your responsibilities as executives and how discipline is handled. Team executives are responsible to track cards and know the length of suspensions for discipline of players. If the suspension length is defined in our rules, you will not be notified by the league. The league will only notify if the minimum penalty is increased or you have been charged with another violation or offense of league rules. We have also had reports of players playing while suspended. This league is sanctioned under Soccer Nova Scotia. Soccer Nova Scotia penalties for fielding an ineligible player are very severe. See penalties below for player and team executives offenses. These are Soccer Nova Scotia rules and are defined punishments. If you have questions about the length of suspensions, please email me directly.

Player Misconduct

Section Offense First Offense

1.17 Played as an ineligible player. Remaining games of competition.



Team Executive Misconduct

2.9 Played an ineligible player in a sanctioned game 6-month suspension

The MSMSL is pleased to reintroduce the over 35 lower (non- provincial). Teams participating in this division will not be eligible to participate in the O35 Masters provincials. For the initial two seasons, teams will be allowed to use up to eight (8) underage players of the ages of 33(born 1983) and 34 (born 1983) in the first year (2015), and eight (8) underage players of the ages of 34 (born 1982) in the second year (2016). By the 2017, only players that are 35 (born 1982) will be permitted in the division.
We hope to have six (6) teams to start the 2015 summer season in this division.
The O35 lower division will also take place in the winter seasons.
Any teams that are interested in this division should contact the league right away.
Any players interested in this division should contact the league to be placed on a list to distribute to interested teams. If the list is large, the league may contact players in effort to form a new team(s).

The MSMSL is having AGM Thursday February 12, 2015 at 7PM. Hopefully the weather will hold out for us.

The game tonight of Sacktown AC vs Viet FC will be rescheduled.

All team rosters have now been loaded on the website for the 2014-15 Winter Season with information that has been received up to Oct.24.

Please review your team's page:

For WHFC Club teams - if you notice any players missing or other updates required please send an email to Tim Murgatroyd at soccer@bellaliant.net to advise.

For teams that have registered through other clubs (DU, HCU, Hfx City, etc) if you see players missing then you must contact your club admin person and have them send the correct official roster from the Goalline registration system to Tim at soccer@bellaliant.net.

Anyone looking to put a new team into the league, must apply at the next league meeting (September 25) being held at 8:00PM at the SNS classroom. Existing teams looking to put an additional team in the league must send separate representatives to the meeting to present the new team to the league.

New teams must have a refundable deposit of $200.00 deposit and submit the following paper work at this meeting.

-The team's proposed budget for their first season.
-A list of at least 12 players
- A letter from the external club (non WHFC) stating that the club will support the new team both logistically and financially. (only applicable should the team not go thru the league affiliated club).
- Four team contacts including email and phone numbers.

The team during their presentation will have to deliver the following.
-A brief history of the team's recent competitive level and successes of play
-A description of their preferred home and away jerseys.
-The preferred division to which they wish to play.

Notes to new Teams:
Teams should review latest editions of MSMSL Constitution and Rules to ensure they are informed on what is expected from them as a member of the league.

Highlights Include:
•Team must have four contacts with a named manager and treasurer
•There are no call ups to the MSMSL
•Any players in not good standing with the league shall make restitution to
the league before participating.
•No Slide tackles
There are limited spots so there is no guarantee of getting a team in the league.

First round matchups are set.

HCU Masters (3) Assante (6) Lower QF 19/09/2014 20:00:00 Fri Mainland North 1 Full Field
Alumitech (4) Convoy (5) Lower QF 19/09/2014 20:00:00 Fri Mainland North 2 Full Field
Sporting (1) Sackville Tire (8) O45 QF 19/09/2014 21:45:00 Fri Mainland North 1 Full Field
Bluenose (2) FC Bedford (7) O45 QF 19/09/2014 21:45:00 Fri Mainland North 2 Full Field
Citco (1) Wolves (8) Middle QF 19/09/2014 20:00:00 Fri Harbour East 2 Full Field
Molson (2) Heat (7) Middle QF 19/09/2014 20:00:00 Fri Harbour East 1 Full Field
Barons (3) All Blacks (6) Middle QF 19/09/2014 21:45:00 Fri Harbour East 2 Full Field
City Celtic (4) Sacktown AC (5) Middle QF 19/09/2014 21:45:00 Fri Harbour East 1 Full Field

Old Scotia (3) Celtic Masters (6) O45 QF 20/09/2014 17:00:00 Sat Weir
Basin (4) DU Classics (5) O45 QF 20/09/2014 19:00:00 Sat Weir

1st Athens 8th HB Thunder Upper QF 21/09/2014 19:00:00 Sun Harbour East 2 Full Field
2nd Albion 7th International Upper QF 21/09/2014 19:00:00 Sun Harbour East 1 Full Field
3rd Schooner 6th Hellas Upper QF 21/09/2014 21:00:00 Sun Harbour East 2 Full Field
4th Mariners 5th Concertia Upper QF 21/09/2014 21:00:00 Sun Harbour East 1 Full Field
Week 22
Highest Seed Lowest Seed Middle QF 24/09/2014 21:00:00 Wed Mainland North 1 Full Field
Remaining Seed Remaining Seed Middle QF 24/09/2014 21:00:00 Wed Mainland North 2 Full Field
1st Bedford Lowest Seed Lower SF 24/09/2014 20:00:00 Wed Harbour East 2 Full Field
2nd DU Strong Highest Seed Lower SF 24/09/2014 20:00:00 Wed Harbour East 1 Full Field
Highest Seed Lowest Seed Upper SF 24/09/2014 21:45:00 Wed Harbour East 1 Full Field
Remaining Seed Remaining Seed Upper SF 24/09/2014 21:45:00 Wed Harbour East 2 Full Field
1st Lowest Seed O45 SF 24/09/2014 20:00:00 Wed Bedford All Weather Turf
2nd Highest Seed O45 SF 24/09/2014 20:00:00 Wed Weir

O45 Final 27/09/2014 18:00:00 Sat Harbour East 2 Full Field
Lower Final 27/09/2014 16:00:00 Sat Bedford All Weather Turf
Middle Final 27/09/2014 18:00:00 Sat Bedford All Weather Turf
Upper Final 27/09/2014 20:00:00 Sat Bedford All Weather Turf

Here is the 2014 Summer playoff schedule:


SEPT 19 (FRI):

3rd HCU Masters Vs 6th Assante Lower QF 8:00PM Mainland North 1

4th Alumitech Vs 5th Convoy Lower QF 8:00PM Mainland North 2

1st TBD Vs 8th TBD O45 QF 9:45PM Mainland North 1

2nd TBD Vs 7th TBD O45 QF 9:45PM Mainland North 2

1st Citco Vs 8th TBD Middle QF 8:00PM Harbour East 2

2nd Molson Vs 7th TBD Middle QF 8:00PM Harbour East 1

3rd TBD Vs 6th TBD Middle QF 9:45PM Harbour East 2

4th TBD Vs 5th TBD Middle QF 9:45PM Harbour East 1



SEPT 20 (SAT):

3rd TBD Vs 6th Celtic Masters O45 QF 5:00PM Weir

4th TBD Vs 5th TBD O45 QF 7:00PM Weir



SEPT 21 (SUN):

1st Athens Vs 8th TBD Upper QF 7:00PM Harbour East 2

2nd Albion Vs 7th International Upper QF 7:00PM Harbour East 1

3rd Schooner Vs 6th Hellas Upper QF 9:00PM Harbour East 2

4th Mariners Vs 5th Concertia Upper QF 9:00PM Harbour East 1



SEPT 24 (WED):

Highest Seed Vs Lowest Seed Middle SEMI 9:00PM Wed Mainland North 1

Remaining Seed Vs Remaining Seed Middle SEMI 9:00PM Mainland North 2

1st Bedford Vs Lowest Seed Lower SF 8:00PM Harbour East 2

2nd DU Strong Vs Highest Seed Lower SF 8:00PM Harbour East 1

Highest Seed Vs Lowest Seed Upper SF 9:45PM Harbour East 1

Remaining Seed Vs Remaining Seed Upper SF 9:45PM Harbour East 2

1st Vs Lowest Seed O45 SF 8:00PM Bedford All Weather Turf

2nd Vs Highest Seed O45 SF 8:00PM Weir



SEPT 27 (SAT):

O45 Final 6:00PM Harbour East 2

Lower Final 4:00PM Bedford All Weather Turf

Middle Final 6:00PM Bedford All Weather Turf

Upper Final 8:00PM Bedford All Weather Turf

A reminder to all teams that the second deadline for player pictures is July 24, 2014. Teams still without the player pictures will be fined again.

This is the second notice regarding the player benches and spectators.
Spectators, children, or other guests are not permitted to watch from the players benches. Only registered players and team officials may sit on the player’s benches or be on the field of play during the game. All names must appear on the game sheet.
Teams are also reminded that they are responsible for their spectators. Teams will be sanctioned for the actions of their spectators. The league recently had an incident where a team had spectators on the bench that verbally abused the officials. The team will be facing sanctions in regards to this incident. This is unacceptable behavior and it should be condone by teams in the MSMSL.

Spectators, children, or other guests are not permitted to watch from the players benches. Only registered players, and team officials may sit on the player’s benches or be on the field of play during the game.

It is with great regret and heavy hearts that Molson FC would like to let MSMSL league members know we have lost teammate and friend Rodolfe (Roddy) Adikpeto after a short battle with Leukemia. Roddy played with Molson FC for 2 seasons and played with DU prior to this. He was a great teammate, a great friend to many and he will be greatly missed. Roddy originally was from Contonou Benin, Western Africa and came to Canada to study at Univesite Sainte Anne where he graduated in Business Administration. After graduation he worked as a project manager for Programme Francophone Immigration Nova Scotia Acadian Federation, where he helped many new francophone immigrants get their lives started in Nova Scotia. Roddy recently left his position with the Acadian Federation to start his on business. Roddy helped and supported many people in his short time he had on this earth.

Roddy's family would like to bring him back to Africa to lay him to rest and his friends and teammates are trying raise $$ to help his family with this expensive endeavor. Donations can be made at http://www.gofundme.com/a8omsg, every little bit helps and is greatly appreciated. If you have questions or would like further information please contact Dave at molsonfc@gmail.com.




Plans are in the works for a fundraising event at the Oasis Pub and Eatery, stay tuned for details

The MSMSL, in conjunction with the Western Halifax Football Club, is pleased to announce Inaria as its official apparel and equipment partner. This partnership will see MSMSL and WHFC teams benefit from Inaria’s superior quality and fairly priced apparel and equipment from a Canadian based manufacturer.
Inaria, in association with the MSMSL, will be holding a drop in night at the SNS classroom on June 5, 2014 from 7PM to 9PM. Teams will be able to drop by, see the merchandise, and talk to the local Inaria rep, Jay Robinson. There will be several valuable MSMSL/WHFC deals available on the night, and going forward.
Inaria is a division of Bauer Sports and designs and manufactures a full-line of team sports and active apparel, including pro-style soccer jerseys, practice jerseys, socks, warm-up suits and training apparel. The company offers full finishing, embellishment and unique customization services at its Canadian headquarters in Toronto. By providing superior quality, value and quick turnaround time, Inaria's goal is to continue to develop strong relationships with its soccer customers and loyal sports enthusiasts
www.inaria.ca

For those interested in equipment before the June 5, 2014 Inaria drop in night, please contact Jay Robinson directly at jrobinson78@hotmail.com.

The first version of the WHFC player registration form has been uploaded to the MSMSL website (http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/player%20registration%20 ). WHFC teams are asked to fill out the form in its entirety and send it back in an Excel or .CSV format for upload to the registration site. Please send the registrations to both Tim (soccer@bellaliant.net) and Don (msmslexec@gmail.com ) as soon as possible.
It is very important that the date format (YYYY-MM-DD) is complete in this way, as well as correct spellings of first and last names.
For example, a May 3, 1972 birthdate must be inputted as 1972-05-03. The format must be 4 digit for the year, and two digit for both the day and month. 1972-3-5 will not allow for upload.

For teams not registering through the WHFC should send their proof of registration from the SNS system to r both Tim (soccerbellaliant.net) and Don (msmslexec@gmail.com ) as soon as possible

Playoffs start tonight. Teams involved are asked to upload the scores within 12 hours of game completion to allow for schedule update.

Individuals looking to place new teams into the league for upcoming summer seasons should contact the league for more details and new team application processes. Contact the league at msmslexec@gmail.com for further information. New teams will have to appear at a league meeting on April 29,2014. This will be the only opportunity to enter the league for this summer season (slated to start in early May.
New teams should indicate their desired play level at which they wish to play.

Individuals looking for teams should contact the league at msmslexec@gmail.com to be placed on a circulation list to all teams. Individuals should include contact email, phone number, age, player position and skill level. Cutoff for new players is June 30, 2014.

A reminder to everyone that the winter registration deadline is fast approaching: December 31. Please keep in mind that we are running into a very busy holiday season so please send your final registration requests in to your club's registrar as early as possible to ensure it can be done before the system is shut down.

For those teams registering with the WHFC, please get your final registration requests in to me at your earliest opportunity, waiting until the last day or so does not give you a guarentee of the request going through but I will do my best to help you. Please send them to soccer@bellaliant.net.

Banquet ticket pick up will be held Thursday October 10, 2013 from 8PM to 10PM at Eastside Mario’s in Bayer’s Lake. Teams may purchases tickets at this time.
Any new teams are reminded that all fees are due at this drop off. New teams not providing funds (in the form of cheque or money order) will be moved to the bottom of the waiting list.
All other teams still owing from summer or wishing to settle up for winter are encouraged to do so at this time.

This year’s annual award banquet will be Saturday October 19, 2013 at the Delta Halifax. The meal will be a hip of beef dinner and includes choice of dessert. Doors will open at 6:30pm with food being served at 7 pm followed by the award ceremonies.

Price for the tickets is $30. This includes your food, entertainment and entry into the cash draw. This will be a business casual event. Spouses are more than welcome.

Contact your league rep for tickets.

Ticket sales dates will be October 10 and 14,2013.
More details to be announced.

The MSMSL 2013 Summer Playoff Schedule can be found here:
http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/msmsl%202013%20summer%20

The MSMSL is having a special event this weekend to coincide with the weekend games that are taking place indoors at the SNS indoor field. We will be looking for all teams support and participation in this event.
As part as this event, the MSMSL has partnered with Kicks Cafe to provide a licensed bar area where players can watch the game and have a beverage and snack. Licensed hours are from noon until 11PM on both Saturday and Sunday. The MSMSL encourages all teams to stick around and watch a match our two. Kicks Cafe will have food specials all weekend. In addition, we have chosen two great local charities FeedNS and the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia and hope that all teams will support them.
For FeedNS, we are asking teams to bring a non perishable food donation. There will be a donation box setup all weekend. FEED NOVA SCOTIA is a charitable organization that helps feed hungry people by collecting and distributing food to more than 150 member agency food banks and meal programs, while at the same time striving to eliminate chronic hunger and poverty through research, awareness and support programs.
For Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia, we will be having a spare change/cash donation jar at Kicks Cafe, as well as, an opportunity for teams to adopt-a- duck for the Alzheimer Duck Derby, which supports Nova Scotian families living with Alzheimer disease or other dementias. By adopting a duck, YOU will help provide support and education for families in your community. Your duck will be entered in the race on September 21, 2013 for a chance to win great prizes including a 2013 Hyundai Accent! For more information check out the Alzheimer Duck Derby. Adopt one or maybe a team flock.
We hope that all teams will support both of these great charities, and this great event.

On the cusp of a new season, we want to remind all MSMSL members of the following.

We all have a responsibility to promote high standards of behaviour in the game. We need to better respect our opponents, referees and facilities. In the past season, the levels of dissent, referee abuse and violent conducts has increased to an alarming level. The lack of respect shown to the game, league and match officials, opponents, coaches, managers, field staff, team mates, and the facilities that we all play in can be considered disturbing at best. Everyone involved with the MSMSL must improve if we want this league to continue to be successful.

We require referees to do our matches, yet the pool of referees that are qualified or those that want to do our league matches is dwindling. Every season officials either drop out of the system or refuse to take league assignments due to the abuse and intimidation that they receive on and off the pitch. In regard to officials, we as teams, players and coaches must learn to;

• Respect the officials on field calls no matter our personal opinion of the validity of the call.
• Never engage in public criticism of the match officials including the insinuation of reporting the official.
• Never engage in offensive, insulting, or abusive language or behaviour towards the official.
• Never engage in bullying, intimidation or harassment.
• If ejected, leave the field in a calm and non confrontational manner, and not return to the field to engage the official or other player.

As players, we all are guilty at times at allowing our emotions, due to the inherent competiveness and passion of the game, over take our good sense. We need to learn to control both our emotions and anger a lot better than we have done in the past. Soccer is a passionate game that can be played competitively while at the same time respecting all others involved and preserving the enjoyment of the game.

We as players, managers, and teams need to:

• Adhere to the Laws of the Game
• Display and promote high standards of behaviour
• Promote Fair Play
• Always respect the match officials’ decisions
• Speak to team-mates, officials, the opposition, coaches and managers with respect
• Win or lose with dignity. Shake hands with the opposing team and the referee at the end of every game
• Ensure that fans associated with our teams also display and promote high standards of behaviour.
• If dismissed from a match, leave the facility, and do not return.


We are very lucky to play in an area that has so many great soccer facilities, but at times players have forgotten this fact. Such things as spitting on the indoor or outdoor turf, facility damage, not adhering to the rules of the facility, sunflower seeds on the turf, and other acts are not acceptable.
The MSMSL is implementing a program to promote, monitor, and improve high standards of behavior in its membership. The program will simply be called RESPECT.

RESPECT is the collective responsibility of everyone involved in soccer and the MSMSL, in all divisions, to create a fair, safe and enjoyable environment in which the game can take place through positive behavior.

What does the MSMSL hope to achieve with Respect?

• Help to ensure, that will be a sufficient base of registered referees for now and in the future, that will officiate our matches.
• Reduce the number of incidents of dissent, referee abuse and violent conduct.
• See a significant improvement in on-field player behavior.
• Ensure league growth through positive behaviors on and off the field.
• See MSMSL involvement in the soccer and general community.

What will the MSMSL do to ensure the success of the RESPECT program?
• Promotion of positive play and respect within the league.
• Establishment of a Fair Play team award.
• Zero tolerance on referee abuse and stricter punishments.
• Creation of codes of conduct for players and managers.
• Work with governing bodies to ensure program success.

The MSMSL hopes that all its membership will embrace the program and we wish you all success in the upcoming season.

MSMSL Winter playoffs will begin this coming Tuesday, April 23rd.

The Upper & Lower Divisions will have a group stage round robin format consisting of 4 groups of 4 teams. The top 2 teams in each group will continue on to sudden death rounds.

GROUP STAGE:
Top 16 teams will be put into the following groups:
Group A: 1st, 8th, 12th, 16th
Group B: 2nd, 7th, 11th, 15th
Group C: 3rd, 6th, 10th, 14th
Group D: 4th, 5th, 9th, 13th

For the O45 Division, playoffs begin Tuesday April 30th, and will consist of the top 6 teams competing in sudden death playoff rounds, with 1st and 2nd place teams having a bye in the first round.


PLAYOFF SCHEDULE:


Tuesday April 23rd:
8:00pm Field 1 BARONS v HCU
8:00pm Field 2 OLYMPICS v SACKTOWN
8:00pm Field 3 DU STRONG v CLIPPERS
9:00pm Field 1 DARKSIDE v PANDAS
9:00pm Field 2 DUNBRACK v ALL BLACKS
9:00pm Field 3 HURRICANES v MOLSON
10:00pm Field 1 ALUMITECH v NEW BEDFORD
10:00pm Field 2 CITCO v HEAT

Wednesday April 24th:
8:00pm Field 1 ATHENS v ALUMITECH
8:00pm Field 3 CHESTER v WOLVES
9:00pm Field 1 CONCERTIA v 15th
9:00pm Field 2 HELLAS v THISTLE
9:00pm Field 3 ALBION v CITY CELTIC
10:00pm Field 1 MASTERS OF HELLAS v LANDSHARKS
10:00pm Field 2 POGUE FADO v CP SPURS
10:00pm Field 3 CAMILLOS v MARINERS

Friday April 26th:
8:00pm Field 1 DU STRONG v PANDAS
8:00pm Field 2 DARKSIDE v CLIPPERS
8:00pm Field 3 DUNBRACK v MOLSON
9:00pm Field 1 HURRICANES v ALL BLACKS
9:00pm Field 2 ALUMITECH v HEAT
9:00pm Field 3 CITCO v NEW BEDFORD
10:00pm Field 1 BARONS v SACKTOWN
10:00pm Field 2 OLYMPICS v HCU

Sunday April 28th:
8:00pm Field 1 CONCERTIA v THISTLE
8:00pm Field 2 HELLAS v RAIDERS
8:00pm Field 3 ALBION v LANDSHARKS
9:00pm Field 1 MASTERS OF HELLAS v CITY CELTIC
9:00pm Field 2 POGUE FADO v MARINERS
9:00pm Field 3 CAMILLOS v CP SPURS
10:00pm Field 1 Upper Group A ATHENS v WOLVES
10:00pm Field 2 Upper Group A CHESTER v ALUMITECH

Tuesday April 30th:
7:00pm Field 1 O45 3rd v 6th
8:00pm Field 1 O45 4th v 5th
8:00pm Field 2 DUNBRACK v HURRICANES
8:00pm Field 3 MOLSON v ALL BLACKS
9:00pm Field 1 ALUMITECH v CITCO
9:00pm Field 2 HEAT v NEW BEDFORD
9:00pm Field 3 BARONS v OLYMPICS
10:00pm Field 1 SACKTOWN v HCU
10:00pm Field 2 DU STRONG v DARKSIDE
10:00pm Field 3 PANDAS v CLIPPERS

Wednesday May 1st:
9:00pm Field 1 ALBION v MASTERS OF HELLAS
9:00pm Field 2 LANDSHARKS v CITY CELTIC
9:00pm Field 3 POGUE FADO v CAMILLOS
9:00pm Field 4 MARINERS v CP SPURS
10:00pm Field 1 ATHENS v CHESTER
10:00pm Field 2 WOLVES v ALUMITECH
10:00pm Field 3 CONCERTIA v HELLAS
10:00pm Field 4 THISTLE v RAIDERS

Friday May 3rd:
7:00pm Field 3 O45 1st v Low. Seed
8:00pm Field 3 O45 2nd v High. Seed
9:00pm Field 1 Lower QF1 1st Group A v 2nd Group D
9:00pm Field 2 Lower QF2 2nd Group A v 1st Group D
9:00pm Field 3 Lower QF3 1st Group B v 2nd Group C
9:00pm Field 4 Lower QF4 2nd Group B v 1st Group C
10:00pm Field 1 Upper QF1 1st Group A v 2nd Group D
10:00pm Field 2 Upper QF2 2nd Group A v 1st Group D
10:00pm Field 3 Upper QF3 1st Group B v 2nd Group C
10:00pm Field 4 Upper QF4 2nd Group B v 1st Group C

Monday May 6th:
9:00pm Field 1 Upper SF1 Winner QF1 v Winner QF2
9:00pm Field 3 Upper SF2 Winner QF3 v Winner QF4
10:00pm Field 2 Lower SF1 Winner QF1 v Winner QF2
10:00pm Field 3 Lower SF2 Winner QF3 v Winner QF4

Wednesday May 8th:
9:00pm Field 1 Lower Final: Winner SF1 v Winner SF2
10:00pm Field 1 Upper Final: Winner SF1 v Winner SF2
10:00pm Field 2 O45 Final: Winner SF1 v Winner SF2

Individuals looking to place new teams into the league for upcoming summer seasons should contact the league for more details and new team application processes. Contact the league at msmslexec@gmail.com for further information. New teams will have to appear at a league meeting on April 11,2013. This will be the only opportunity to enter the league for this summer season (slated to start in early May.

New teams should indicate their desired play level at which they wish to play.

Individuals looking for teams should contact the league at msmslexec@gmail.com to be placed on a circulation list to all teams. Individuals should include contact email, phone number, age, player position and skill level.

As many of you know former MSMSL player Sergio Sani suffered an accident in December and was severely injured, having to fight for his life. He is, however, recovering amazingly well for someone with a head injury of that degree. He also is now a father. His little girl Olivia was born late December.

His friends are organizing a fundraiser to help Sergio go through this difficult stage in his life. There will be a soccer tournament on the 19th of January. Here are the details:
-Teams of 4 playing 3 on 3 - You can sign up as a team or as individuals.
-$25.00 per player -
-It will be held January 19 (Saturday) – They need to ASAP if you are interested in order to organize everything.
-It will be held at the Agridome in Truro (there will be at least 5. 20-25min games for each team
with 3 games going on simultaneously. (cross field)
-There will be a male and a co-ed division. (If you are male and you are signing up as an
individual you will likely be placed in the co-ed division)

Try to come out and help a friend in great need. And what better way to do that than having fun?
If you have any questions about the tournament, please send an email to Keith Partridge
(kpartridge@nsac.ca) or to Craig MacEachern (cbmaceachern@live.ca.

It has come to our attention that some teams are having problems with the new game sheet process. The home team must get the game sheet from the SNSTC office on the ground level and fill it out completely with all players that are scheduled to play. The home team must have this information filled out and then present the game sheet to the visiting no later than 5 minutes before the scheduled game time. The visiting team must present the game sheet to the referee at game time. No games will commence until the game sheets have be filled out and presented to the referee. Teams may add late or unexpected players at half time.
At the end of the game, teams are responsible to pick up a copy of the game sheet. The winning team (or in the event of a tie, the home team) will receive the white copy of the game sheet and be responsible to input the score within 48 hours into the league website. The referee will keep the yellow copy and place it in the designated folder at the SNSTC office. The losing team (or visiting team, in the event of a tie) will receive the red copy.
Please note; should the referee accidently give the yellow copy to either team, politely remind him that it is his responsibility to pass the copy into the league.
Yellow copies will be picked up weekly and reviewed by the league. Both teams are still responsible to indicate to the league any errors input on the website.

League Meeting

Winter meeting has been moved to November 8, 2012 at 7:30PM at SNS. All winter teams must have a representative at this meeting. Teams not sending a representative will be fined.

The final winter payment is due at this meeting, as well as, any outstanding summer fees. No post dated cheques will be accepted.

Initial player registrations costs for WHFC teams are also due at this meeting.

The following is a list of the nominees for the upcoming awards ceremonies to be held Oct 20,2012. Nominees were voted upon at the last league meeting held on October 11, 2012. Tickets still available.
Lower Div MVP
Alex Fenton-Darkside
Travis Lefebvre - Barons

Lower Div Defender
Dan Currie -Barons
Serge Toghlajian-Alumitech


Lower Div Keeper
Shawn Gilligan-Barons
David Dibb- Alumitech


Middle Div MVP
Patrick Davis-City Celtic
Adam Lardner -Molson

Middle Div Defender
Dan Kavanagh-Citco
Andrew Chow-Molson

Middle Div Keeper
Zachary Langlois-Cole Harbour
Saif Shaker-Citco


Upper Div MVP
Ivan Crnogorac-Albion
Douglas Vieira- Mariners
Stephane Jonchere-Hurricanes
Jonathon Nordine-Camillos


Upper Div Defender
Geoff Power-Mariners
Andrew Botas-Hellas
Craig Colgan-Camillos
Scott Thieu-Mariners

Upper Div Keeper
Matt Andrea-Pogue Fado
JP Angelopoulos-Hellas
Mike Gniewek-Hurricanes

O35 Div MVP
Sheldon Musseau- Old Scotia
Jaques Boudreau- Athen United
Francis Kangata-Thunder
George Theropolus- Masters Of Hellas

O35 Div Defender
Rob Adams- Athens United
Lorne Timmons-Wolves FC
Dean McDow- Thunder
Len Boudreau-Old Scotia

O35 Div Keeper
Jean Marc Pernier-Old Scotia
Gary Shaw- DU Masters
Kent Worsnop-Wolves

O45 Div MVP
Dominic Amorim-Sporting Rangers
David Liem-Bluenose

O45 Div Defender
Dragan Toprek-Sporting Rangers
Mark Scott-Basin
Greg Fougere-Bridgewater
Umberto Catalano-Celtic

O45 Div Keeper
Len DePalma-Sporting Rangers
Robert Younker-Bridgewater
Paul Peace-Sackville
Cameron Brown-Bluenose
Carl Goodwin-Basin
Wade Scott-Genieknows

Basil Pellerine
Don Chard
Sheldon Musseau

The winter schedule is available here:
http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/msmsl%20winter%20oct-dec
This will be uploaded to the website along with player’s rosters as soon as possible. Teams are asked to keep their game sheets for the first two weeks.

The banquet will be Saturday October 20, 2012 at the Greek Community Centre at 38 Purcell’s Cove Road. The meal will be gourmet chicken dinner and includes choice of dessert.. Doors will open at 6:30pm with food being served at 7 pm followed by the award ceremonies.

Price for the tickets is $25. This includes your food, entertainment and entry into the cash draw. There is also a 50/50 draw. Spouses are more than welcome.

Contact your league rep for tickets.

Ticket sales dates will be October 11,2012 and October 15, 2012.

Featured entertainment this year will be The Saunders Brothers Show. This ECMA nominated for fans choice award act includes unique, audience interactive versions of East Coast classics, plus a number of salty originals, sprinkled with a generous dose of comedy. You may end up playing the spoons, grunting like a pirate, scratching a wooden toad, pounding a drum or singing along with the fun!

Halifax Street Soccer is looking for teams (5 to a squad - 4 players on the field at any one time) to play in a street soccer tournament the weekend of the 29th - 30th September. This event is an integral element of the CBC and True Sport sponsored "Sports Day In Canada".

The purpose of the 16 team tournament is to raise funds to send a disenfranchised Nova Scotian to the Homeless World Cup in Mexico City this October as a member of Team Canada. Street Soccer Canada will be taking at least one player from each province. This is the perfect opportunity to give back to the community and to those who have not had the breaks in life that we often take for granted.

The entry fee is $150 per team. You don't have to be a great soccer player - just keen to play and have fun. So it can be a Corporate team, work team or just a group of like-minded friends. You can call yourselves whatever you want.

If you are interested in taking part as a team, or as an individual who would like to be placed on a team, please get back to either myself or Luke asap. Thanks.

Here are a few links that provide additional information:

http://www.halifaxstreetsoccer.org/

http://www.homelessworldcup.org/groups/canada

http://www.deepvision.ca/hss

http://sportsday.cbc.ca/

The winter season is scheduled to start mid October. All existing MSMSL teams should contact the league (msmslexec@gmail.com) in regards to their willingness to participate in the upcoming season to help with the planning. There will be an upper and lower open division (split based on last seasons standings), and an over 45 division.
Individuals looking to place new teams into the league for upcoming winter season should contact the league for more details and new team application processes. Contact the league at msmslexec@gmail.com for further information. New teams will have to appear at a league meeting in September.(Date to be set) This will be the only opportunity to enter the league for this winter.

Individuals looking for teams should contact the league at msmslexec@gmail.com to be placed on a circulation list to all teams. Individuals should include contact email, phone number, age, player position and skill level.

A local youth team qualifies for the final spot of BMO Team of The Week. Storm Soccer are the only team to make the 15 finalists from Atlantic Canada. A win for the Storm will benefit all players in the Halifax region as the first prize is $125,000.00 to be directed at field maintenance.
Voting starts here on August 13th - http://community.bmo.com/soccer/team-of-the-week/winners
For more details on the team:

http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2012/07/storm-take-fifthteenth-

Due to construction at both universities this summer parking may be limited.

Saint Mary's University's main parking lot is closed for construction. Parking can be found south of the Tower, far end of field as well as the main lot off Robie and walking through campus.

Dalhousie University is pulling down the arena adjacent to the field. The main entrance to the field will now be at the north west side of the field next to the tennis courts. We ask that people avoid parking in the Dal parking lot and try the adjacent side roads and parking behind Dal at the foot of University Avenue, you can get to that parking from Coburg Avenue.

Please also note that there is no drinking allowed at either facility.

Due to the number of late registrations we have extended the player picture deadline to the 25th of May.

Due to the Halifax Connection team dropping out at the last moment, there are a few divisional changes.


Summer 2012 Information
Costs

Player registration will be $32.00 per player. District fees will be $1.58 per player (for Halifax District teams).

Referee cost will be $52.50 per game. Fees will be brought to the game and given to the referee at the start of the game along with the game sheets.
League fee will be $500; see budget for further details.

Field costs will be based on teams paying for ½ of field cost (field cost average is $165.00). The exception to this is that the O45 teams have agreed to pay for Bridgewater Master’s metro field costs, and Bridgewater will cover costs for the field times in Bridgewater.

A first payment of $1200.00 (complete league fee ($500) and $700.00 of your field fee cost), plus minimum 18 player registration fees (includes SNS and District fees ($33.58) (if registering through the WHFC) is due by May 8, 2012. Teams not having the money in by that due date will charge a $100.00 late fee.

Second payment (the remainder of field fees) will be due June 5, 2012.

DIVISIONS

There will be three open divisions this season.

Upper Division
Consisting of Albion, Metro Mariners, Halifax Huricanes, Landsharks, Camillos, Hellas, Pogue Fado, Raiders, Concertia, and Thistle
This will be a double round robin for a total of 18 regular season games.
Playoffs will consist of top six with 1&2 getting a bye to the semifinals
Maximum games (18 regular; 3 playoffs (21)).

Middle Division
Consisting of Sacktown, Halifax Heat, Cole Harbour, Soccer Pandas, Halifax All Blacks, Halifax City, Du Strong, DU Blues, Citco, and Molson.
This will be a double round robin for a total of 18 regular season games.
Playoffs will consist of top six with 1&2 getting a bye to the semifinals
Maximum games (18 regular; 3 playoffs (21)).

Lower Division.
Consisting of Alumitech, Clippers, Halifax Convoy, HCU, Dunbrack, Darkside, and Barons
This will be a double round robin for a total of 18 regular season games.
Playoffs will consist of top six with 1&2 getting a bye to the semifinals
Maximum games (18 regular; 3 playoffs (21)).



Upper O35 Division
Consisting of Athens, HB Studios Thunder, DU Masters, Master of Hellas, Wolves FC, and Old Scotia
This will be a triple round robin for a total of 15 regular season games.
Playoffs will consist of top four teams.
Maximum games (15 regular; playoffs 2(17)).


O45 Division
Consisting of Sporting Rangers, Genieknows, Basin Insurance, Sackville Tire, Celtic Masters, Bluenose United, FC Bedford, DU Classics, and Bridgewater.
This will be a double round robin for a total of 16 regular season games.
Playoffs will consist of top eight. We will be using the round robin format as last season
Maximum games (16 regular; pool 3; playoffs 2(21)).

Registration

Teams are reminded that initial player registration and waiver forms were to be submitted ASAP to Tim Mugratroyd (soccer@bellaliant.net) and no later than May 8, 2012 @ 5PM. The club teams were to have their player registration to Don Hailstone (msmslexec@gmail.com) by May 12, 2012. Teams must use the registration forms available on the league website.

Registration form can be found here. http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/msmsl_registration_form-

Also, all players registering via the league's, Western Halifax Football Club, must have their waiver forms completed and passed into the league before any player may participate in any summer season. Waiver forms are available on the league website.
Waiver forms can be found here. http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/whfc%20waiver%20form.pdf
Schedule

Schedule is in process on being prepared; any teams requiring time off for the summer were to submit times to Shawn Langille( shawn.langille@gmail.com ) by May 1, 2012. The league will guarantee only one weekend off per team; more if possible.

Player Pictures

All teams must have their initial player pictures posted to the website by May 20, 2012.

Registration Deadline

The registration deadline for summer is June 30, 2012.
Transfer Deadline

The registration deadline for summer is July 15, 2012.

Final matchups this Tuesday.

Open Final
5/1/2012 20:00:00 SNS 4 Elite (1) vs Concertia (3)

O45 Final
5/1 /2012 19:00:00 Sporting Rangers (1) vs Genieknows (3)

The next round of playoffs is slated to start this Friday. Game sheets are available at SNS in office.

Fri 04/27/2012 19:00:00 Elite (1) vs Albion (10)
Fri 04/27/2012 20:00:00 Athens (2) vs Hellas (8)
Fri 04/27/2012 21:00:00 Concertia (3) vs Pogue Fado (7)
Fri 04/27/2012 22:00:00 Alumitech (4) vs Metro Mariners (5)

The MSMSL Annual General Meeting is tonight Tuesday April 24, 2011 at 7PM sharp. Meeting will be held at Soccer Nova Scotia classroom. The SNS classroom is located upstairs at the new indoor facility. All teams participating in summer competitions must have a representative in attendance.

Executive positions up for election this year are; Treasurer, and Member at Large (registrar). Any teams still owing the league funds after this meeting will be place in "non good standing" with the league.

We will be accepting applications for new teams at this meeting. Individuals looking to place new teams into the league for spring and summer seasons should refer to the admission of new teams document found in our download section of the website (http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/admission%20of%20new%20t )for more details and new team application processes. New teams should also review our rules (http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/msmsl%20rules%202007.pdf) and constitution(http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/msmsl%20constitution%202 ). New teams should indicate their desire to which the level at which they wish to play.

Group 1

Greece

Croatia

France

Holland



Group 2

AmericAsia

Scotland

Canada

England



Friday Apr. 20th

19:00 Greece vs Holland field 2

19:00 AmericAsia vs England field 3

20:00 Croatia vs France field 2

20:00 Scotland vs Canada field 3



Saturday Apr. 21

09:00 Greece vs France field 2

09:00 AmericAsia vs Canada field 3

10:00 Croatia vs Holland field 2

10:00 Scotland vs England field 3

11:30 Greece vs Croatia field 2

11:30 AmericAsia vs Scotland field 3

12:30 France vs Holland field 2

12:30 Canada vs England field 3



Sunday Apr. 22

09:00 1st Place group 1 vs 2nd place group 2 field 2

09:00 1st Place group 2 vs 2nd place group 1 field 3

Final @ 12:00.

Anyone interested should contact Marcel Hinz marcel.hinz@bellaliant.net

There will be a over 40 World Cup exhibition tournament open to players registered in this winter season who are or turn 40 in 2012. The tentative dates for the tournament are the weekend of April 20th.

Format will be as follows: teams will be formed based on country/area of birth/origin. Organizers are looking to have two groups of four teams with each team being guaranteed three games.

Thus far organisers have the following as potential teams

Asia, Canada ,Croatia, England, France, Germany/Scandinavia, Greece, Holland, Ireland/N.Ireland, Middle East, South America, Scotland

Anyone interested should contact Marcel Hinz marcel.hinz@bellaliant.net .

More details on the costs to follow.

Four MSMSL teams are still in contention for the Armore Cup. Athens United, Halifax Elite, Hellas and Concertia have defeated the HSL opponents and have advanced to the quarter finals.

Quarter Final Schedule is as follows:

Tue 03/13/2012 19:00:00 Old SNS 4 Cup Halifax Elite vs Hellas QF 1
Tue 03/13/2012 20:00:00 Old SNS 4 Cup Halifax United vs Athens QF 2
Tue 03/13/2012 21:00:00 Old SNS 4 Cup Halifax Celtic vs DUSC QF 3
Tue 03/13/2012 22:00:00 Old SNS 4 Cup Concertia vs Armview 2

Ardmore Cup
The MSMSL, along with the HSL is pleased to announce that the Ardmore Cup will take place this year starting March 6, 2012. It was unsure that the event could take place due to field scheduling in the new facility.
Eight teams of the top fourteen responded before the 23 February deadline and will participate in the tournament.
Tournament Ranking League Ranking Team Participating
1 1 Halifax Elite
2 3 Concertia
3 4 Masters of Hellas
4 5 Alumitech
5 7 Hellas
6 10 Molson
7 12 Albion
8 13 Mariners


MSMSL teams tournament ranking will be based on the league standings after the first 16 games
The Ardmore Cup was not included in this year’s winter budget due to the uncertainty of the event taking place. Teams agreeing to participate will charge a $100.00 entry fee to cover the costs of the turf. Teams will be responsible for referee fees for games. It will be a single elimination tournament.


Schedule

Tue 03/06/2012 18:00:00 Old SNS 4 Cup Halifax Elite HSL 8 Game 1
Tue 03/06/2012 19:00:00 Old SNS 4 Cup HSL 4 Hellas Game 2
Tue 03/06/2012 20:00:00 New SNS 2 Cup HSL 2 Albion Game 3
Tue 03/06/2012 20:00:00 New SNS 3 Cup Masters of Hellas HSL 6 Game 4
Tue 03/06/2012 20:00:00 Old SNS 4 Cup HSL 1 Mariners Game 5
Tue 03/06/2012 21:00:00 New SNS 2 Cup Alumitech HSL 5 Game 6
Tue 03/06/2012 21:00:00 New SNS 3 Cup Concertia HSL 7 Game 7
Tue 03/06/2012 21:00:00 Old SNS 4 Cup HSL 3 Molson Game 8

Tue 03/13/2012 19:00:00 Old SNS 4 Cup Winner Game 1 Winner Game 2 QF 1
Tue 03/13/2012 20:00:00 Old SNS 4 Cup Winner Game 3 Winner Game 4 QF 2
Tue 03/13/2012 21:00:00 Old SNS 4 Cup Winner Game 5 Winner Game 6 QF 3
Tue 03/13/2012 22:00:00 Old SNS 4 Cup Winner Game 7 Winner Game 8 QF 4

Tue 03/20/2012 20:00:00 Old SNS 4 Cup Winner QF1 Winner QF 2 SF 1
Tue 03/20/2012 21:00:00 Old SNS 4 Cup Winner QF 3 Winner QF 4 SF 2


Thu 03/22/2012 19:00:00 Old SNS 4 Cup Winner SF1 Winner SF 2 Final

The complete season schedule has now been uploaded; the league apologises for the delay, but we were waiting to obtain better times for March and April. We are pleased to announce that there will be no 11PM games in March and August.

The Playoff schedule is as follows:
Wed 04/25/2012 20:00:00 New SNS 1 Open 1st 16th 1st Round
Wed 04/25/2012 20:00:00 New SNS 2 Open 2nd 15th 1st Round
Wed 04/25/2012 20:00:00 Old SNS 4 Open 3rd 14th 1st Round
Wed 04/25/2012 21:00:00 New SNS 1 Open 4th 13th 1st Round
Wed 04/25/2012 21:00:00 New SNS 2 Open 5th 12th 1st Round
Wed 04/25/2012 21:00:00 Old SNS 4 Open 6th 11th 1st Round
Wed 04/25/2012 22:00:00 New SNS 1 Open 7th 10th 1st Round
Wed 04/25/2012 22:00:00 New SNS 2 Open 8th 9th 1st Round

Fri 04/27/2012 19:00:00 New SNS 4 Open Highest Seed Lowest Seed QF
Fri 04/27/2012 20:00:00 New SNS 4 Open 2nd Highest Seed 2nd Lowest Seed QF
Fri 04/27/2012 21:00:00 New SNS 4 Open 3rd Highest Seed 3rd Lowest Seed QF
Fri 04/27/2012 22:00:00 New SNS 4 Open 4th Highest Seed 4th Lowest Seed QF

Sun 04/29/2012 19:00:00 New SNS 4 Open Highest Seed Lowest Seed SF
Sun 04/29/2012 20:00:00 New SNS 4 Open 2nd Highest Seed 2nd Lowest Seed SF
Sun 04/29/2012 21:00:00 New SNS 4 O45 1st 4th SF
Sun 04/29/2012 22:00:00 New SNS 4 O45 2nd 3rd SF

Tue 05/01/2012 19:00:00 New SNS 1 O45 Playoffs Final F
Tue 05/01/2012 20:00:00 New SNS 1 Open Playoffs Final F

The SNS facilty is open for play this evening.

See SNS webpost.

http://www.soccerns.ns.ca/news_detail.asp?article_ID=462

Due to a delay in opening the new facility, we have adjusted our winter schedule slightly. The first two weeks have been posted upon the website. Teams should enter the scorers and card info in the text for these games until we have all player info uploaded.

Games start tomorrow, October 26,2011.

If you have not registered your players, please do so by Wednesday. Club teams please forward player registration to Tim and Don ASAP.

Games sheets will be left at the caretakers office in the old facilty; (this will be done by Wednesday at 8PM) each team will have an envelope with their team name on it. There will be 25 game sheets in each package; in January teams will receive another package of game sheets. Teams are encourage to pick these up in the next couple of days.



Field 4 is the old facility; the old facility has the new turf as well, I would not suggest indoor soccer shoes, but rather turfs or cleats.

Field 1 is the left most field in the new facility as you enter the field of play.

Field 2 is the middle field.

Field 3 is the right most field in the new facility as you enter the field of play (closest to the outdoor fields).

The facility is not 100% ready, so expect areas not 100% complete.

Anyone still owing money contact Pat ASAP.

FC Bedford is still looking for a few over 45 players for winter; please contact Andrew Mott amott4354@eastlink.ca if you are interested

1) Winter
a) New facility was set to open Oct 15; opening date has been revised to Oct 24., but it looks like that time could slide to the 31st.
b) We have 16-18 game times per week, and accommodate up to 32-36 teams based on a minimum one game per a week for each team. Teams may on occasion play two games a week. In late March and April all teams will play two games a week. This is due to the amount of teams, and the compressed schedule due to late opening.
c) Our time slots look like this at present:
i) Wednesday nights (10PM, and 11PM) (four fields)
ii) Sundays nights 2 fields (8, 9 ,10, and 11 PM)
iii) Sunday nights 1 field (10, 11PM)
iv) Depending on scheduling and actually facility opening date we may have a few scattered games on different nights if needed.
d) We are looking to run a single open division (for the first year) and an O45 division.
e) Open Division
i) Single open division will have 25-28 teams and will play 24-27 games in the regular season.
ii) Top 16 teams will playoff.
f) O45 division
i) Single O45 division will have 5-6 teams and will play a 25 game schedule
ii) Top 4 will playoff.
g) Costs will be :
i) League fee $2300.00
ii) Registration fee ( for WHFC teams) $13.00 per player.
iii) Referee fee $12.50 per team per game ($25.00 total)
h) Payment Plan
i) October 11, 2011 First Payment of $1000.00 for league fees.
ii) October 18, 2011 Remainder of league fees $1300.00; initial 14 players registration (WHFC only).
iii) Jan 15, 2012 remaining player registration WHFC.
i) Registration
i) Initial registration can start right away using the form on the website.
ii) Initial player registration minimum of 12 players to be into Tim by Oct21st

The MSMSL will be well represented this year in the SNS O35 Masters provincials. All six of our O35 teams will compete along with two teams from the valley.
Group 1 will have Athens, Valley United, Wolves FC and Masters of Hellas.
Group 2 will have New Ross, DU Masters, Old Scotia and HCU Camillos
The schedule can be found here:
http://www.soccerns.ns.ca/images/upload/2011Provincials_Mast
Teams involved are reminded of the 7PM pretournament meetings at the respective venues.

The registration deadline for summer of June 30, 2011 is fast approaching; please ensure that all your players appear on your official SNS roster (to be sent shortly) and the MSMSL website by that time. No players may be added after this date.
If you think there is a problem or player missing contact both Don Hailstone (msmslexec@gmail.com) and Tim Murgatroyd (soccer@bellaliant.ne​t).

Transfer deadline is July 15, 2011.

Individuals looking for teams should contact the league at msmslexec@gmail.com to be placed on a circulation list to all teams. Individuals must include contact email, phone number, age, player position and skill level.

You can also post the information to our Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Metro-Senior-Mens-Soccer-Leagu

Concertia captured the League Cup on Monday, May 23, 2011 with a win over Citco FC. A highly contested affair that saw Concertia hold and build on an early lead for a 3-1 victory despite a late game comeback by Citco.

MSMSL Summer Season will commence late May 2011. To facilitate the season, we are holding a meeting May 17, 2011 at Bloomfield Centre @ 7:00PM sharp. All teams must have a team rep at this meeting.
The league is full at this time and will not be accepting any additional teams.

Costs

Player registration will be $31.00 per player. District fees will be $3.50 per player (for Halifax District teams).

Referee cost will be $48.00 per game. Fees will be brought to the game and given to the referee at no later than half.

League fee will be $500; see budget for further details. Budget can be found here: http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/2011-summer%20budget%20f
A sample team budget can be found here: http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/2011-sample%20summer%20b

Field costs will be based on teams paying for ½ of field cost (field cost average is $165.00). The following is the breakdown.

Upper (based on 22 games)(14 regular season, 8 crossover) $1815.00
Middle (based on 23 games) (7 regular season, 16 crossover) $1897.50
Lower (based on 22 games) (14 regular season, 8 crossover) $1815.00
Masters (based on 20 games) (20 regular season) $1650.00

Field costs will be based on teams paying for full field cost for home games (field cost average is $165.00). The exception to this is Bridgewater who will secure their own field times. The following is the breakdown:

O45 (based on 11 home games) $1815.00

A first payment of $1200.00 (complete league fee ($500) and $700.00 of your field fee cost), plus minimum 18 player registration fees (includes SNS and Disctrict fees ($34.50) (if registering through the WHFC) is due by May 17, 2011. Teams not having the money in by that due date will not be permitted to participate in the summer league.

Second payment (the remainder of field fees) will be due June 9, 2011.


DIVISIONS

There will be three open divisions this season.

Upper Division

1. Hellas
2. Albion
3. Metro Mariners
4. Thistle
5. Concertia
6. Soccafrique
7. Reliant Security
8. DU A&H


This would allow for fourteen (14) regular season games in a double round robin format.

The division would also participate in a cross over with the middle division for an additional eight games.
Total regular season games would be twenty two. (Maximum number of games played for a team in this division would be twenty five (Please note maximum is defined as making it to Playoff final)

Playoffs will consist of top six with 1&2 getting a bye to the semifinals.



Middle Division

1. HCU Camillos
2. Citco FC
3. Molson FC
4. DU-Blues
5. Hurricanes
6. Halifax City Celtic
7. Darkside United
8. Landsharks
This would allow for seven (7) regular season games in a single round robin format.

The division would also participate in a crossover with the lower division and upper divisions for an additional sixteen games.

Playoffs will consist of top six with 1&2 getting a bye to the semifinals.

Total regular season games would be twenty three. (Maximum number of games played for a team in this division would be twenty six). (Please note maximum is defined as making it to the Playoff final)


Lower Division


1. Alumitech
2. Sacktown
3. MAPP Blue Devils
4. Halifax Convoy Football Club
5. Clippers
6. All Blacks
7. Barons FC
8. Cole Harbour

This would allow for fourteen (14) regular season games in a double round robin format.

The division would also participate in a cross over with the middle division for an additional eight games.
Total regular season games would be twenty two. (Maximum number of games played for a team in this division would be twenty five (Please note maximum is defined as making it to Playoff final)

Playoffs will consist of top six with 1&2 getting a bye to the semifinals.


Upper O35 Division

1. Old Scotia
2. Athens United
3. DU Masters
4. Wolves
5. Master of Hellas
6. Camillos Masters

This would allow for twenty regular season games in a quadruple round robin format.


Total regular season games would be twenty. (Maximum number of games played for a team in this division would be twenty two. (Please note maximum is defined as making it to the Playoff final)

Playoffs will consist of top four teams. These will most likely be held after the provincial tournament.


O45 Division

1. Celtic Masters
2. Sporting Rangers
3. Bridgewater
4. FC Bedford
5. GenieKnows.com Masters
6. Tirecraft Sackville Masters
7. Basin Insurance
8. DU Classics

This would allow for twenty one regular season games in a triple round robin format.
Total regular season games would be twenty one. (Maximum number of games played for a team in this division would be twenty four. (Please note maximum is defined as making it to the Playoff final)

Playoffs will consist of top eight.


Registration

Teams are reminded that initial player registration and waiver forms must be submitted ASAP to Tim Mugratroyd (soccer@bellaliant.net) and no later than May 20, 2011 @ 5PM. The club teams must have their player registration to Don Hailstone (msmslexec@gmail.com) by May 22, 2011. Teams must use the registration forms available on the league website.

Registration form can be found here. http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/msmsl_registration_form-

Also, all players registering via the league's, Western Halifax Football Club, must have their waiver forms completed and passed into the league before any player may participate in any summer season. Waiver forms are available on the league website.
Waiver forms can be found here. http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/whfc%20waiver%20form.pdf
Schedule

Schedule is in process on being prepared; any teams requiring time off for the summer must submit times to Shawn Langille( shawn.langille@gmail.com ) by May 17, 2011. The league will guarantee only one weekend off per team; more if possible.

Player Pictures

All teams must have their initial player pictures posted to the website by May 31, 2011.

Registration Deadline

The registration deadline for summer is June 30, 2011

All rosters have been uploaded to the website based on SNS data as of April 17, 2011. All non WHFC club teams must notify the league of any changes in their rosters.
Some games have been reset to allow for the entering of data.

Spring Cup 2011

MSMSL Spring Cup Season will commence on April 15, 2011. To facilitate the season, we are holding a meeting April 12 at Bloomfield Centre @ 8:00PM sharp. All teams participating must have a team rep at this meeting. At this meeting, we will be collecting the full league fee, plus the initial player registration fee (minimum 18 players) for the WHFC clubs. All outstanding debts to the league are due at this time.
Due to lack of participants in the O45 spring, two of our Classic (O45) teams have agreed to join us in the open pool.
Every team will be guaranteed seven games (6 in the round robin and one in playoff or consolation round)
Format:
Round robin:
The games will be full field games with 40 minute halves. The open division breakdown will have four pools of seven. Each team will play round robin within the pool.


The pools were randomly drawn and are as follows

Pool A
Cole harbour
Concertia Stars
Dartmouth United
DU Masters
City Celtics
Old Scotia
Sacktown AC

Pool B
All Blacks
Darkside United
Halifax Heat
Metro Mariners
Molson FC
Sackville Tire Masters
Wolves FC

Pool C
Albion
Alumitech
Celtic Masters
Citco
Landsharks
Halifax Convoy
Masters of Hellas

Pool D
Athens
Barons FC
Camillos Masters
Thistle
Halifax Hurricanes
HCU Camillos
Hellas

Playoffs:

Top two teams in each pool will advance to a single elimination playoff round. Overall winner of the playoff round will be crowned cup champion.

Consolation:
Bottom placed teams in the pool will get an additional game with a same finish place team in another pool.
Example: 3rd Pool A versus 3rd Pool B

Costs
For teams registering through the MSMSL’s Western Halifax Football Club(WHFC) player registration will be $10.00 per player.

Referee cost will be $48.00 per game. Fees will be brought to the game and given to the referee at no later than half.

League fee will be $675.00; see budget for further details. http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/2011-spring%20budget.pdf Field fees are included into the costs.
A sample budget form is available on the website. http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/2011-sample%20spring%20b

Registration

Teams are reminded that initial player registration and waiver forms (minimum 18 players) must be submitted to Tim Mugratroyd (soccer@bellaliant.net) no later than April 10, 2011 @ 5PM.
The club teams must have their player registration to Don Hailstone (msmslexec@gmail.com) by no later than April 10, 2011 @ 5PM. Teams must use the registration forms available on the league website.

Also, all players registering via the league's, Western Halifax Football Club, must have their waiver forms completed and passed into the league before any player may participate in the spring cup season. Waiver forms are available on the league website.

The waiver form is found here : http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/whfc%20waiver%20form.pdf
The registration form is found here: http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/msmsl_registration_form-


Schedule

Schedule has been posted to the website for download, and will be uploaded in the next few days.
http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/2011-spring-schedule-apr

Player Pictures

All teams must have their initial player pictures posted to the website by April 23, 2011

Registration Deadline

The registration deadline for spring has been set by the league as May 1, 2011
Important dates
April 10, 2011 WHFC Initial Rosters Due
April 10, 2011 Club Team Initial Roster Due
April 12, 2011 Spring Kick Off Meeting
April 15, 2011 Spring Cup Round robin Begins
April 23, 2011 Player Pictures Due
May 1, 2011 Last registration day
May 18, 2011 Playoffs begin
May 23, 2011 Final Playoff Game.

Individuals looking for teams should contact the league at msmslexec@gmail.com to be placed on a circulation list to all teams. Individuals must include contact email, phone number, age, player position and skill level.

You can also post the information to our Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Metro-Senior-Mens-Soccer-Leagu

All divisions will be 11 a-sides 80 minutes (40 minute halves) on turf fields. We are looking at the following divisions:
Open division (open to all age ranges within the league).
Classics (Open to all over 45 teams as per league rules).
From each team we would like to know the following:
1) The division that you would prefer to participate in.

Summer 2011
In the summer, we are looking at the following options for league play:

(We need this information by March 15, 2010 in order to try to pre-plan for the summer season)
All divisions will be 11 a-sides 90 minutes (45 minute halves) on turf fields. We are looking at the following divisions:
Open lower division (open to all age ranges within the league).
Open middle division (open to all age ranges within the league).
Open upper division (open to all age ranges within the league).
Masters Upper (Open to all over 35 teams as per league rules).
Masters Lower (Open to all over 35 teams as per league rules).(need 4 teams to start this divison)
Classics (Over 45) (open to ages 45 (with those grandfathered from last season)
From each team we would like to know the following:
1) The division that you would prefer to participate in. (Please keep in mind that we will fill the open divisions equally, using statistics from the previous seasons). Please indicate your second choice if first choice is not available.

The rumours are true; there will no longer be a Spring Season. Rest assured the freezing cold spring competition in the MSMSL will continue. The Spring Season is getting replaced by the League Cup and Over 45 Cup. With the recent growth of the MSMSL, the League Cup, usually held during the summer season, scheduling has been a huge issue, along with the tracking of cards and discipline. The move also allows some additional field time for acceptance of new teams.
The recent spring competitions have been set up like the League Cup in an open pool based format, so with the exception of the competition name and the trophy awarded, not much else will change. More details to be discussed at the AGM.

Places 5 thru 7 comes down to the last game of the season.

A crucial game will take place this Friday between HCU Camillos (25pts and currently 8th) and Athens United (23pts and currently in 9th) . Winner of the game will make the league playoffs and the loser will assume 9th spot for the consolation round.

Team position one thru four have been set in place, as well as, teams in the consolation round in positions ten thru sixteen. Wolves FC (25pts) will be the 8th place team (due to their win versus Camillos early in the month) no matter which teams outright wins or if there is a tie.

Here is how everything will breakdown:

A Camillos(25(+3)pts) win will see them move into 5th, with Thistle(26pts) 6th (due to victory over Albion), and Albion(26pts) 7th.

An Athens (23(+3)pts) win will see Thistle(26pts) (due to wins over Athens and Albion) move into 5th spot, Albion (26pts)(based on goal differential and that Athens would have to win last game by 24 goals) into 6th spot, and Athens 7th.

A tie would see Camillos (25pts (+1)) advance and Athens (23pts (+1) assume 9th spot. The tie would see Camillos take 5th spot ( head to head Albion ((0-1-1)) (1pt)), HCU((1-0-1)(4pts)), Thistle ((1-1-0)(3pts))); Thistle in 6th spot, and Albion in 7th Place

Playoff Format

This year we have enough time to run our normal "Top 8" playoff as well as a "Bottom 8" playoff. Format is the same as past years. 1 v 4, 2 v 7 etc. If you win, you advance, if you lose, your out. All games go straight to penaltyes (5 shooters each)

MSMSL Playoff Schedule

Consolation Playoffs

Friday March 4 11:00pm 10TH (DU) vs 15TH (Sacktown)
Saturday March 5 11:00pm 9TH (TBD) vs 16TH (Convoy)
Sunday March 6 11:00pm 11th(Molson FC) vs 14th (Blue Devils)
Friday March 11 11:00pm 12th (Landsharks) vs 13th (Hellas)

Semi Finals

Sunday March 13 10:00pm Highest Seed vs Lowest Remaining
Sunday March 13 11:00pm 2nd Highest Seed vs 2nd Lowest

Finals

Saturday March 19 9:00pm Finalists

Championship Playoff (Top 8 Teams)

Sunday March 6 10:00pm 1st (Concertia) vs 8th (Wolves FC)
Tuesday March 8 10:00pm 2nd (Alumitech) vs 7th
Friday March 11 10:00pm 3rd(Metro Mariners) vs 6th
Saturday March 12 10:00pm 4th(Masters of Hellas) vs 5th

Semi Finals

Monday March 14 10:00pm Highest Seed vs Lowest Remaining
Tuesday March 15 10:00pm 2nd Highest Seed vs 2nd Lowest
Final
Saturday March 19 8:00pm Finalists

The Ardmore cup will take place starting January 14, 2011.
The following is the ranking for the MSMSL teams for the Ardmore Cup with the HSL. Teams were chosen by league ranking (minus Athens due to being a new team) after 6 games of play.
1 Concertia
2 Albion
3 Wolves
4 Alumitech
5 Landsharks
6 Mariners
7 Mast. Of Hellas
8 Camillos

The HSL teams ranking is as follows:

1. HC Predators
2. Halifax Celtic Metros
3. DUSC
4. DVW Strikers
5. Halifax United
6. DU-Chard
7. Cole Harbour SC
8. Armview Roundabout

Complete Ardmore schedule is available for download on the league website.

The winter schedule has been uploaded to the website.

The master schedule is located in the downloads section. Please compare the two schedules and notify the league with any errors. The master schedule takes precedent over the website schedule.

http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/2010%20winter%20master%2

The banquet is tonight Saturday October 16, 2010 at the Greek Community Centre at 38 Purcell’s Cove Road. The meal will be gourmet chicken dinner and includes choice of dessert. Entertainment will be DJ this year. Doors will open at 6pm with food being served at 7pm followed by the award ceremonies.

DU Porter's Pub are eastern Masters bronze medalists. DU defeated PEI 5-0 to claim the bronze medal.

Ontario is the gold medal champions.

Due to the withdrawal of one of the existing winter teams, there is now space for one team. Any MSMSL teams interested in this spot must do the following:

• Contact both Don Hailstone (msmslexec@gmail.com) and Kevin Boutlier (coachsintrepid@yahoo.com) via email no later than noon on Friday, October 8, 2010. (no exceptions or extensions)
• Be prepared to play in a qualification tournament the week of October 11, 2010. Notification to go out on the 11th.
• Have a minimum of twelve (12) (18 max) players that registered by Oct 12, 2010. No players are to be added to the roster for the remainder of the tournament after this date. To prevent team stacking, all players must remain on your winter roster for the entire season; removal of any players from the tournament roster will result in a fine of $300 per player.
• Have the current outstanding balance with the MSMSL at zero. (Contact Pat Matthews for current balances).
• Have a cheque /money order in the amount of $400.00 to cover tournament costs for collection at the first game.
• Have a cheque /money order in the amount of $10 per player for registration for collection at the first game. (Non WHFC teams need only have SNS proof of registration).
• Winner of the tournament must present a cheque for complete winter fees ($1300.00) within seven (7) days of tournament completion or by Oct 25, 2010 (which ever date comes first).

We will be having an awards nomination and voting meeting on October 4 , 2010 at 6 PM (note the time change) at the Bloomifield School. To expedite the process, teams are asked to submit the following via email to msmslexec@gmail.com by October 3, 2010.

1- Their team MVP
2- Nominations for Divisional MVP in the division in which the team participates.
3- Nominations for Divisional Best Defender in the division in which the team participates.
4- Nominations for Divisional Best Keeper in the division in which the team participates.

Teams must bring all trophies to this meeting. Teams are also encouraged to discuss amongst team mates a worthy nomination for the Basil Pellerine award.

The Basil Pellerine Award, established in 1994, is presented to a individual associated with the MSMSL, who, has contribute significant time and service without any remuneration or compensation for their efforts and has made a significant contribution to the MSMSL and demonstrated the spirit of volunteerism. This award is dedicated in memory of Basil Pellerine, a player, coach, referee and friend, who passed away suddenly in a tragic motor vehicle accident.


We will be accepting nominations for the Basil Pellerine award at this meeting. Nominator should be prepared to speak to the nominee’s contribution to soccer and the MSMSL.


The banquet will be Saturday October 16, 2010 at the Greek Community Centre at 38 Purcell’s Cove Road. The meal will be gourmet chicken dinner and includes choice of dessert. Entertainment will be DJ this year. Doors will open at 6pm with food being served at 7pm followed by the award ceremonies.

The MSMSL’s DU Porter’s Pub team has captured the provincial championship with a 2-1 extra time victory over defending champs Athen’s United.
Old Scotia captured the bronze.

The 2010 MSMSL awards banquet will be held October 16, 2010. More details to follow.

Teams should start voting on their team's MVP.

Players that have been suspended are not allowed on the player’s benches or playing field until the suspensions have been served. This is still the case if you are the manager or team official of the team.

Suspended individuals may watch from the spectator stands.

Players that are ejected during a match must leave the facility immediately and may not return during the match. The MSMSL definition of the facility is all grounds associated with the soccer facility, this includes the spectator area, just outside the fences, and the parking lot.

A current list of suspensions handed out by the league is now available in the download section of the website. This will be updated on a semi weekly basis.

http://www.msmsl.com/download_files/2010-summer%20discipline

Next League Meeting will be held June 28 at 7:00PM at the Bloomfield Centre. All teams are asked to send a representative.

Game sheets will be available at this meeting.

Please ensure that you input your scores within 48 hours. It is ultimately the winner’s responsibility to input the score, however, both teams must review the game report to ensure accuracy in scoring and discipline as the website is the leagues official record for the winter season.

Please note; games that did not have goal scorers or cards inputted will be reset on Sunday. It is the responsibility of those teams to update this information.

Passwords and team ID’s and the same as last season, and teams are encouraged to complete team information. Team reps not remembering their information should contact the league via e-mail as soon as possible (msmslexec@gmail.com).

Team managers should ensure that all players registered with their team appear on the 2010 Summer roster on the team page. Incorrect players or missing players should be reported to the league via e-mail as soon as possible (msmslexec@gmail.com).

Teams MUST input player pictures by June 20, 2010 or late registration players (within three days of website notification) using the correct format as stated in the website file. Teams not meeting this date will be subject to fines and/or sanctions. Pictures shall be as stated in the guide in regards to file size and content. Inappropriate pictures as defined in the guide will be removed; teams will be warned for the first offence, than fines and sanctions will follow for additional offences.

At a press conference held at Soccer Nova Scotia today, Premier Darrell Dexter announced a provincial contribution of $3.0 million towards construction of the Soccer Nova Scotia Multisport Facility slated to begin construction within 30 days.

The provincial contribution brings the total assistance from all government levels to 5.0 million dollars.

The three field facility will assist in alleviating the severe shortage of indoor facilities for HRM based soccer players.

We are having a payment collection date on Tuesday Mat 25, 2010 at East Side Mario's in Bayers Lake from 7:30- 8:30PM. If your account is in arrears, you must either show up at this meeting or contact Pat Matthews to make other arrangements. Cheques or Money orders only.

Individuals looking to place new teams into the league for upcoming summer seasons should contact the league for more details and new team application processes. Contact the league at msmslexec@gmail.com for further information. New teams will have to appear at a league meeting April 26, 2010. This will be the only opportunity to enter the league for this summer season.

New teams should indicate their desired play level at which they wish to play.
Individuals looking for teams should contact the league at msmslexec@gmail.com to be placed on a circulation list to all teams. Individuals should include contact email, phone number, age, player position and skill level.

The website is now completely ready with complete team rosters and is ready for inputting of scores for our spring season. It is ultimately the winner’s responsibility to input the score, however, both teams must review the game report to ensure accuracy in scoring and discipline as the website is the leagues official record for the winter season.

Please note; games that did not have goal scorers or cards inputted have been reset. It is the responsibility of those teams to update this information.

Passwords and team ID’s and the same as last season, and teams are encouraged to complete team information. Team reps not remembering their information should contact the league via e-mail as soon as possible (msmslexec@gmail.com).

Team managers should ensure that all players registered with their team appear on the 2010 Spring roster on the team page. Incorrect players or missing players should be reported to the league via e-mail as soon as possible (msmslexec@gmail.com).

Teams MUST input player pictures by April 23 or late registration players(registered after April 20) within three days of website notification ) using the correct format as stated in the website file. Teams not meeting this date will be subject to fines and/or sanctions. Pictures shall be as stated in the guide in regards to file size and content. Inappropriate pictures as defined in the guide will be removed; teams will be warned for the first offence, than fines and sanctions will follow for additional offences.

First place Albion won the winter playoffs defeating Thistle Master 3-0.

Due to the power outage on Feb 26, the MSMSL lost 4 games. To enable the League to re-schedule these games, the Playoff schedule will be the following.
Friday March 5
8:00 PM Camillo’s v Wolve’s Regular Season
9:00 PM DU v Sacktown Regular Season
10:00 PM Albion v Alumitech Regular Season
11:00 PM Blue Devil’s v Hella’s Regular Season
Saturday March 6
11:00 PM 15th v 16th Consolation Round
Sunday March 7
9:00 PM Mariner’s v Celtic Metro’s Ardmore Cup
10:00 PM 11th v 12th Consolation Round
11:00 PM 13th v 14th Consolation Round
Monday March 8
10:00 PM 9th v 10th Consolation Round
Friday March 12
8:00 PM 1st v 8th Playoff QF
9:00 PM 2nd v 7th Playoff QF
Tuesday March 16
6:00 PM 3rd v 6th Playoff QF
7:00 PM 4th v 5th Playoff QF
Saturday March 27
9:00 PM Highest Seed v Lowest Playoff SF
10:00 PM Remaining Seed v Remaining Playoff SF
Sunday March 28
7:30 PM MSMSL Final Playoff Final

All games for Friday February 26, 2010 have been cancelled due to a power outage at Soccer NS. Games will be rescheduled.

The next league meeting will be October 28 @ 7PM at Bloomfield Centre room 208. Only teams that are involved with the winter or winter qualification tournament need to attend. We will only be going over the winter 2009-2010 season items.
All teams involved with the winter 2009-2010 must have a rep at this meeting complete with the following:
· A list of four contacts with 4 valid emails.
· A cheque/money order as detailed below to cover both league fee first payment ($1000.00) and player registration fees (if registering through the WHFC).
· A cheque/money order to clear off any outstanding balance to the team account (contact Pat Matthews to verify monies owing).
· A cheque/money order (if they participated in the winter 2009 preseason tournament or qualifying tournament) in the amount of $450.00 to cover tournament costs.
Winter Info
The MSMSL has room for only sixteen teams and preference was given to the teams from last winter season that responded to the response deadline. Due to the great response within the league, the MSMSL regrets that it cannot take on any additional or new teams at this time from outside the MSMSL.
Teams that have responded and confirmed to participate are Albion, Alumitech, Mariners, HCU Camillos, Dartmouth United (Chard), MAPP Blue Devils, Scotia Stars, Old Scotia, Landsharks, Garrison, Convoy, Thistle, Hellas, Sacktown, and Wolves.
There is currently one open spot. This was competed for in last week’s qualifying tournament. Should an additional spot open up, the second, then third place teams will have an opportunity to participate.
The MSMSL winter season is slated to start November 3, 2009. Games will be mostly Tuesdays 6PM, Fridays 7-11PM, Saturday 11PM and Sundays 10-11 PM.
Finances
All teams must have their account balances at zero by October 26, 2008. There will be no further deadline extension. If teams fail to clear their accounts by this time, teams will lose their confirmed and potential spots in the winter season.
The league will not be accepting any post-dated cheques for payment. Payment checks must be dated October 28, 2009 or earlier. Teams submitting cheques with non-sufficient funds will be place at the bottom of the list of teams wishing to participate.
League costs shall be $1250.00 per team as per budget.

Teams should budget for league costs $1250.00 per team; player registration of $10 per player; referee costs of $11.00 per game. Teams will play a minimum of 16 games (teams involved in Ardmore cup and playoffs should make allowance for an extra eight games if successful).
The first payment will be $1000.00. The league will not be accepting any post-dated cheques for payment past the October 28, 2009 date. Payment checks must be dated October 28, 2009 or earlier. Teams submitting cheques with non-sufficient funds will be place excluded from winter competition.
Teams participating in the preseason or qualifying tournament must have their $450.00 tournament fee by this October 28, 2009 meeting.
Registration
Teams are reminded that their initial 12 player registration must be submitted to Tim Murgatroyd no later than October 30, 2009 @ 5PM to guarantee entry into the system. Registration forms are available on the league website. Forms maybe emailed to Tim Murgatroyd (msmslreg@gmail.com); or faxed to the league number 405 3742. Those that have registered for the preseason or qualifying tournament are already registered, and only changes need be sent by this date.
The Soccer Nova Scotia waiver form is now available in the download section of the website. Teams are reminded that this form is for teams registering thru the Western Halifax Football Club. Teams registering thru other clubs should obtain the form thru their club. These forms are due Oct 30, 2009 via email or fax. All players participating in soccer in Nova Scotia must sign this form to be eligible for play. Forms must be emailed to Tim Murgatroyd (soccer@bellaliant.com); or faxed to the league number 405 3742 before any player may play.
Final registration date is December 15, 2009
Teams are reminded to ensure that player pictures for the initial 12 players are complete by November 9, 2009

The MSMSL has released the list of award nominees for the upcoming banquet to be held October 3, 2009.

Upper MVP
Kent Stevens (Mariners)
Dimo Panagiotakos (Hellas)
Colin Devlin (Albion)
Delali Motey(Soccafrique)

Lower MVP
Douglas Vieira (Hfx Convoy)
Justin Melnyk (DU Barrington)
Ivan Rapchuk(Clippers)
Brendan Chard (DU Max Plum)

Masters MVP
Gary Bolt (Wolves FC)
Zac Amorin (M of Hellas)
Jason Meuse (DU Masters)
Tunde Oduntan (Wolves FC)
Jeff Farquar (Athens)

O45 MVP
Scott McRinner (Basin)
Stewart Clark (GenieKnows)
Howard Prior (DU Classics)
Elias Mutale (Sporting Rangers)

Upper Keeper
Peter Hoyt (Albion)
Mark Tyler(Scotia Stars)
J.P. Angelopoulos(Hellas)
Tola Alabi (Soccafrique)

Lower Keeper
Steve Beaton (Convoy FC)
Alex Chiasson (DU Max Plum)
Anthony Fielding (HCU Masters)

Masters Keeper
Kent Wornsop (Wolves FC)
Richard McConnell (Thistle)
Jeff Farquhar (Athens)
Gary Shaw (DU Masters)

O45 Keeper
Brian Wells (GenieKnows )
Robert Younkers (BW)

Upper Defender
Chris Ayotte (Albion)
Dimo Panagiotakos (Hellas)
Jason King (Albion)
Michael Fisher (Soccafrique)
Adam Lardner (Garrison)

Lower Defender
Andrew Chow (Clippers)
John Willows (Convoy)
Ben Manubay (HCU Masters)
Scott Howell (DU Max)

Masters Defender
Gary Bolt (Wolves FC)
Chris Burns ( DU Masters)
Rob Adams (Athens United)

O45 Defender
Steve Boudreau (GenieKnows)
Carl Goodwin(Tirecraft)
David Allen (Spanglish)
Dragon Tropek (Sproting rangers)
Howard Prior (DU Classics)

Basil Pellerine Award
Don McHanon
Eric McIntyre
Chalres Williamson

Year End Awards Banquet

The banquet will be Saturday October 3, 2009 at the Olympic Club in downtown Halifax. The meal will be gourmet chicken dinner and includes choice of dessert. Entertainment will be DJ this year. Doors will open at 6pm with food being served at 7pm followed by the award ceremonies.

Price for the tickets are $25. This includes your food, entertainment and entry into the cash draw. There is also a 50/50 draw. Spouses are more than welcome.

Teams are encouraged to get number of attendees to the league as soon as possible. Players should contact their team representative for ticket info.

Teams should start thinking about their selection for team MVP.

In the upper divison, Landsharks and Garrison were tied for points at 19 each. Tie breaker of head to head has (1-1-0) records for both. Goal differential in the two games favored Garrison thus giving them sixth spot and Landsharks seventh spot.

In the lower division, Citco and Clipper were tied for points at 24 each. Tie breaker of head to head has Citco (1-0-1) in fifth spot with Clippers (0-1-1) in sixth.



Here is the Play-off schedule:

Sept12
Dart2 7pm Soccafrique v Landsharks
Dart2 9pm DU Barrington v Blue Devils
Main1 7pm Hellas v Garrison
Main1 9pm Convoy v Clippers
Main2 7pm Halifax City Celtic v Citco
Main2 9pm Masters of Hellas v Thistle

Sept13
Dart2 7:30pm Mariners v Scotia Stars
Dart2 9:30pm DU Max Plum v Sacktown
Main1 9pm Wolves FC v Old Scotia
Main2 9pm Albion v HCU Master

Sept16
Main1 7pm Highest Upper v Lowest Upper
Main1 9pm Remaining Upper v Remaining Upper
Main2 7pm Highest Lower v Lowest Lower
Main2 9pm Remaining Lower v Remaining Lower

Sept20
Dart1 9pm Upper Final
Dart2 9pm Lower Final

Sept26
Main1 7pm Athens v Lowest seed
Main2 9pm DU Masters v Highest seed

TBA Masters Final

The O45 Division should be sorted in the next day or so.

The following are the times for the quarter finals.

Aug-23 Sun 10:00 Weir Soccafrique vs DU Masters Quarter1
Aug-23 Sun 20:00 Weir Albion vs Athens Quarter2
Aug-23 Sun 12:00 Main2 Wolves vs FC Citco FC Quarter3
Aug-23 Sun 14:00 Main2 Mariners vs Old Scotia Quarter4

Semi finals will be as follows:

Aug-30 Sun 21:00 Main1 Winner1 Winner2
Aug-30 Sun 21:00 Main2 Winner3 Winner4

2009 Cup
The round robin portion of the MSMSL Summer Cup has been completed.

A draw was held on August 23, 2009. Draw was done by a member of Basin Insurance at the game sheet pickup night.
The cup playoff draw is as follows:
Aug-16 Sun 10:00 Weir Soccafrique Clippers Rnd2 A
Aug-16 Sun 20:00 Weir DU Masters DU-Maxwell Plum Rnd2 B
Aug-16 Sun 19:00 Dart1 Albion Hellas Rnd2 C
Aug-16 Sun 19:00 Dart2 Athens United Landsharks Rnd2 D
Aug-16 Sun 21:00 Dart1 Wolves FC HCU Masters Rnd2 E
Aug-16 Sun 21:00 Dart2 Halifax Garrison Citco FC Rnd2 F
Aug-16 Sun 21:00 Main1 Barons FC Metro Mariners Rnd2 G
Aug-16 Sun 21:00 Main2 Old Scotia Masters of Hellas Rnd2 H

Playoff format is a single round elimination.
RND 3 A Winner A versus Winner B
RND 3 B Winner C versus Winner D
RND 3 C Winner E versus Winner F
RND 3 D Winner G versus Winner G


Semi A Winner A versus Winner B
Semi B Winner C versus Winner D

Final Winner A versus Winner B

On Saturday, June 20 at 2PM, there will be a ceremony to dedicate the Brookside Junior High School Field in honour of Romano Janc. Romano was founder of the Brookside Tigers Soccer Club and a leader in the development of youth soccer in Halifax. The field will become known as the "Romano R. Janc Memorial Park". The Janc family will be there and all are welcome. The ceremony is taking place at 2pm during the annual HCU Mini Brookside Tournament.

Bullying / Racism Has No Place in the MSMSL

The MSMSL prides itself on providing a tolerant and welcoming environment for all to enjoy. With the 2009 summer season kicking off, we would like to remind all players and coaches that there is to be absolutely no bullying or racism. Discrimination of any kind against a player for any reason is strictly prohibited and is punishable by suspension or expulsion.

Spring
Everyone needs to update all of their scores to ensure that the standings are correct.
Playoffs (Open Divisions)
Open divisions will be broken into three tiers. Tier one will consist of teams placing first or second in their division. Tier two will consist of teams placing third or fourth in their division. Tier three will consist of teams finishing fifth or sixth in their division.
All tiers will be seated in positions 1 thru six based on points, then goal differential. First and 2nd place in each, of the tiers receive a bye to the Semi's. 3rd plays 6th (in each tier) in one Quarter final, 4th plays 5th (in each tier) in the other Quarter Final. Winner's play Semi Final against top 2 seeds. Winners of the Semi Final play each other for the Championship.
Tier 1 winner will be crowned Spring Open Champion
Playoffs (Master Division)
All teams will be seated in positions 1 thru six based on points in division play. First and 2nd place in each, of the division receive a bye to the Semi's. 3rd plays 6th in one Quarter final, 4th plays 5th in the other Quarter Final. Winner's play Semi Final against top 2 seeds. Winners of the Semi Final play each other for the Championship.
Winner will be crowned Spring Masters Champion

Schedule

09-May__Sat__1830__Weir__3rd in Tier 3__6th in Tier 3__Tier 3 QF
09-May__Sat__2000__Weir__4th in Tier 3__5th in Tier 3__Tier 3 QF
09-May__Sat__2130__Weir__3rd in Tier 2__6th in tier 2__Tier 2 QF
10-May__Sun__2000__Dal__4th in Tier 2__5th in Tier 2__Tier 2 QF
10-May__Sun__2130__Dal__3rd in Tier 1__6th in Tier 1__Tier 1 QF
12-May__Tue__2100__Burnside 2__3rd in Tier 1__6th in tier 1__Tier 1 QF
13-May__Wed__1900__Weir__3rd in Master's__6th in Master's__Master's QF
13-May__Wed__2030__Weir__4th in Master's__5th in Master's__Master's QF
14-May__Thur__2000__Weir__1st in Tier 3__Lowest Seed Tier 3__Tier 3 SF
14-May__Thur__2130__Weir__2nd seed in Tier 3__Highest Seed Tier 3__Tier 3 SF
15-May__Fri__2000__Dal__1st in Tier 2__Lowest Seed Tier 2__Tier 2 SF
15-May__Fri__2130__Dal__2nd seed in Tier 2__Highest Seed Tier 2__Tier 2 SF
15-May__Fri__1900__Burnside 2__1st in Tier 1__Lowest Seed Tier 1__Tier 1 SF
15-May__Fri__2030__Burnside 2__2nd seed in Tier 1__Highest Seed Tier 1__Tier 1 SF
16-May__Sat__1700__Weir__1st in Master's__Lowest Seed Master's__Master's SF
16-May__Sat__1830__Weir__2nd in Master's__Highest Seed Master's__Master's SF
17-May__Sun__2000__Dal__Semi Winner Tier 3__Semi Winner Tier 3__Tier 3 Final
17-May__Sun__2130__Dal__Semi Winner Tier 2__Semi Winner Tier 2__Tier 2 Final
18-May__Mon__2000__Weir__Semi Winner Tier 1__Semi Winner Tier 1__Tier 1 Final
18-May__Mon__2130__Weir__Semi Winner Master's__Semi Winner Master's__Master's Final

The MSMSL Summer 2009 season will see the creation of the first over 45 division in Atlantic Canada. The division presently has six very committed teams, with the possibility of three more teams looking to join the division. The inaugural season in this division should see some great competition as well as the return of many past MSMSL players. Any players interested in the O45 division, or any other divisions offered by the MSMSL should contact the MSMSL at msmslexec@gmail.com to get placed on a distribution list for new players.

The AGM is being postponed from this Wednesday, March 25, 2009 to Tuesday March 31, 2009. The reasons for the postponement are:
1) A critical crash in our accounting spreadsheets, that needs a bit of time to correct. Spreadsheets crashed and the closest backup (not corrupted) was November. Patrick is working on rectifying the problem, but needs a bit of time.

2) Not all teams have responded to their interest in the upcoming spring and summer seasons. If your team has not please do so, as we need to figure out both budgets and scheduling, which we want to present at the AGM.

We are keeping the time slot, and asking all Masters Teams (and anyone else that wants more information) to attend a meeting concerning the creation of the unnamed over 45 division on Wednesday at 7PM at Dalplex Room 206.
Also we need to update contacts, if you haven’t please do so, this will be one of the last time that we will be using the existing contact data base. We had asked for this information for March 21st so that we could do a budget as start to have an idea of the scheduling and division. As of March 25, 2009, we will begin to use the new database and contacts that have been sent to us by 13 of the 30 teams from last year. Please include names of four (4) contacts, their email addresses, and their phone numbers, as well as what you are wanting to do for spring and summer.

Teams that have responded are with complete information are:( 3 others have partial information provided).
Albion

Barons FC
Celtic Masters
City Celtics
Clippers
Halifax Convoy

HCU Camillos
Hellas

Metro Mariners
Mexi's
Sacktown AC
Scotia Stars
Wolves FC

Here is the following schedule for both the consolation and playoff match ups. Games will be added to the schedule as soon as team positions are confirmed.

Consolation
Sun Mar 8 10 PM 11th versus 12th
Sun Mar 8 11 PM 13th versus 14th
Tue Mar 10 6 PM 9th versus 10th
Sat Mar 14 8 PM 15th versus 16th
Note: No player data will be added to the consolation rosters.

Playoffs
Fri Mar 13 8PM 1st versus 8th
Fri Mar 13 9PM 2nd versus 7th
Fri Mar 13 10PM 3rd versus 6th
Fri Mar 13 11PM 4th versus 5th
Sun Mar 15 10PM Highest Seed versus Lowest Seed
Sun Mar 15 11PM Remaining Team versus Remaining Team
Sat Mar 21 9:15PM Championship Game Final

Hella's is the only remaining MSMSL team left in the Ardmore cup. They defeated their opponents the HSL Hurricanes 3-1

The next league meeting will be October 16 @ 6PM at Dalplex. Only teams that are involved with the winter or winter qualification tournament need to attend.

All team participating in the winter season shall provide a list of four contacts complete with email addresses and phone number.

The MSMSL winter season is slated to start the last week of October. Games will be mostly Tuesdays 6PM, Fridays 7-11PM, and Sundays 9-11 PM.

The MSMSL has room for only sixteen teams and preference was given to the teams from last winter season that responded to the response deadline. Due to the great response within the league, the MSMSL regrets that it cannot take on any additional or new teams at this time from outside the MSMSL.


Teams that have responded and confirmed to participate are Albion, Alumitech, Mariners, HCU Camillos, Dartmouth United (Chard), MAPP Blue Devils, Scotia Stars, Landsharks, Garrison, Convoy, Thistle, Hellas, Sacktown, Mexi’s, and Wolves.


This means that there are a minimum of one spot is up for grabs; teams that have expressed interest in these three spots by the deadline set are: Halifax City Celtic, Old Scotia and Clippers


Teams that want the vacant spot shall compete in an indoor tournament to be held on the weekend of October 25th to compete for the spots. Teams participating in the tournament will be expected to pay for the costs of the tournament; the MSMSL will endeavour to keep costs as low as possible. Tournament format and details will be confirmed on the meeting on October 16, 2008. Teams wanting to compete in the tournament will have to produce a deposit of $300.00 at this meeting. Successful teams will have the money minus the tournament expenses credited to their winter account. Unsuccessful teams will have their deposit minus their tournament expenses returned to them by November 1st.


In order to prevent team stacking for the tournament teams must submit a list of a minimum of 14 players, which will be registered for the winter season at the October 16, 2008 meeting. No changes to this roster will be allowed going into the winter season.

Successful teams are expected to have the remainder of their first payment ($1000.00) paid in full by November 1st.

After the tournament, we will confirm the teams that will participate in the 2008 season.

All teams must have their account balances at zero by October 16, 2008. There will be no further deadline extension. If teams fail to clear their accounts by this time, teams will lose their confirmed and potential spots in the winter season.

The league will not be accepting any post-dated cheques for payment. Payment checks must be dated October 16, 2008 or earlier. Teams submitting cheques with non-sufficient funds will be place at the bottom of the list of teams wishing to participate.


Teams should budget for league costs between $1300-$1500 per team; player registration of $10 per player; referee costs of $11.00 per game. Teams will play a minimum of 16 games (teams involved in Ardmore cup and playoffs should make allowance for an extra eight games if successful).

The first of two payments for Winter Fees will be due in full, October 16, 2008.
The first payment will be $1000.00. The league will not be accepting any post-dated cheques for payment past the October 16, 2008 date. Payment checks must be dated October 16, 2008 or earlier. Teams submitting cheques with non-sufficient funds will be place excluded from winter competition.

Teams participating in the preseason tournament must have their $360.00 tournament fee by this October 16, 2008 meeting.


Teams are reminded that player registration must be submitted to Tim Murgatroyd no later than October 17, 2008 @ 5PM if participating in either tournament to guarantee entry into the system. October 22, 2008 if not in the tournaments. Registration forms are available on the league website. Forms maybe emailed to Tim Murgatroyd (msmslreg@gmail.com); or faxed to the league number 405 3742

The Soccer Nova Scotia waiver form is now available in the download section of the website. Teams are reminded that this form is for teams registering thru the Western Halifax Football Club. Teams registering thru other clubs should obtain the form thru their club.

All players participating in soccer in Nova Scotia must sign this form to be eligible for play. Forms must be emailed to Tim Murgatroyd (msmslreg@gmail.com); or faxed to the league number 405 3742 before any player may play.

Final registration date is December 15, 2008

Teams are reminded to ensure that player pictures for the initial 12 players are complete by November 9, 2008.

The MSMSL has released the list of award nominees for the upcoming banquet to be held Sept 27 2008.

Most Valuable Players Nominees
Upper Masters
Lorne Timmons (Wolves)
Jason Muese(DU Masters)
Rob Adams (Athens)
Dom Amorin (MOH)
Ricki Reid (Old Scotia)
Allan Langois (Athens)

Lower Master
Ray Smith (Tirecraft)
Scott Neil (FC BED)
James MacNeil (Celtic)
Jim Young (BW)
Stewart Clark (Genieknow.com)

Lower Open
Pat Mather (Barons)
Jules Laraque (Blue Devils)
Regis Simmons (Scotia Stars)
Nathan Brooks (Hfx City)
Craig Colgan (HCU)
Adam Lardner (Garrison)


Upper Open
Kent Stevens (Mariners)
Delai Motey (Sacktown)
Ryan Munden (Landsharks)
Jordan Quinn (Albion)

Defensive Player of the Year
Upper Masters
Tim Murgatroyd (Wolves)
Eric MacIntyre (DU Masters)
Sean Burke (Athens)
Mike Ewalde (DU Masters)

Lower Master
Scott Neil (FC BED)
Jerry Porter (Tirecraft)
Steve Boudreau (Genieknows.com)

Lower Open
Patrick Whitty (Barons)
Neil Kendall (Scotia Stars)
Danny Slaunwhite (HCU)
Adam Lardner (Garrison)
Chris Lavell (City)

Upper Open
Jason King (Albion)
Dimo Panagiotakos (Hellas)
Josh Todd (Mariners)
Rob Boucher (Hellas)

Keeper of the Year
Upper Masters
Gary Shaw (DU Masters)
Richard McConnell (Thistle)
Jeff Farquhar(Athens)

Lower Master
Robert Younkers (BW)
Robert Morash (Celtic)
Alec Murphy (FC BED)
Paul Peace (Tirecraft)
Gord MacKenzie (Spanglish)
Brian Wells (Genieknow.com)


Lower Open
Mark Tyler (Scotia Stars)
Shawn Gilliagan (Barons)
Geof Reith (Hfx City)

Upper Open
Peter Hoyt (Albion)
Matt Robinson (Mariners)
Dave Weatherbee (Mexis)


Basil Pellerine Award
Mike Dauphinee
Don Chard
Greg Fletcher

This is a reminder that the next league meeting will be held September 10, 2008 at Dalpex. Meeting will start promptly at 7PM.

All teams should be be prepared to pay in full any outstanding monies. Please contact Pat Mathews to verify your account.


In order to simplify the nomination process for the awards, we are asking each team to submit the following by Sept 9, 2008 to me @ this email address.


Team MVP

Division MVP
Division Best Keeper
Division Top Defence

We will be voting for these awards at the league meeting.


Teams still having trophies in their possession must bring these to this meeting.

We need to get a sense of the number that your team is sending to the banquet. Tickets will be available for purchase at this meeting .


A ticket presale night will happen Monday Sept 8 from 8:30 to 10 pm at Eastside Mario's in Bayer's Lake. Trophies can be dropped off at this time as well.


Agenda for meeting to follow on Monday.

Quarter Finals
Sept 9th Dart1 7pm Masters Upper 3 v 6
Sept 9th Dart2 9pm Masters Upper 4 v 5
Sept 13th Dart1 7pm Masters Lower 3 v 6
Sept 13th Dart2 7pm Masters Lower 4 v 5
Sept 13th Main1 7pm Open Upper 3 v 6
Sept 13th Main2 7pm Open Upper 4 v 5
Sept 14th Dart2 6pm Open Lower 1 v 8
Sept 14th Dart2 8pm Open Lower 2 v 7
Sept 14th Main1 4pm Open Lower 3 v 6
Sept 14th Main2 4pm Open Lower 4 v 5

Semi Finals
Sept 16th Main2 8pm Masters Lower 1 v lowest seed
Sept 17th Main1 9pm Masters Lower 2 v highest seed
Sept 17th Main2 9pm Open Upper 1 v lowest seed
Sept 18th Main2 8pm Open Upper 2 v highest seed
Sept 18th Dart1 8pm Masters Upper 1 v lowest seed
Sept 18th Dart2 8pm Masters Upper 2 v highest seed
Sept 18th Dart2 9:45pm Open Lower 1 v lowest seed
Sept 18th Main1 10pm Open Lower 2 v highest seed

Finals
Sept 20th Dart1 5pm Open Lower
Sept 20th Dart2 5pm Masters Lower
Sept 20th Dart1 7pm Open Upper
Sept 20th Dart2 7pm Masters Upper

The following matches have been cancelled Thursday Aug 14 on Mainland Common:

Camillos v City
DU-Ashley v Landsharks
GenieKnows.com v Thistle
FC Bedford v Masters of Hellas

The next MSMSL General Meeting will be held Monday July 28, 2008 at Dalpex (off of South Street). Meeting will start promptly at 7:00PM in classroom 206 (ask the front desk for directions)

All MSMSL teams must have a member present.

Teams are reminded that the remainder of the summer payments will be due at this meeting. Invoices will be coming out via e-mail on the weekend.

This is a reminder that the registration deadline of June 30 th is fastly approaching.

Suspensions til for game up to June 8

Carlos Holmes - Genieknows - 3 game suspension for violent conduct - 23 May 08
Danny Murphy - Masters of Hellas - 2 game suspension for 2 yellows - 31 May 08
Predrag Mrkic - Camillos - 3 game suspension for violent conduct - 31 May 08
Scott Lynch - Celtics - 2 game suspension for serious foul - 3 Jun 08
Joe Chaisson - Sackville - 1 game suspension for 2 yellows - 3 Jun 08
Seamus Rooney - Spanglish - 2 game suspension for 2 yellows - 4 June 08
Mike Abbott - Athens - 1 game suspension for 2 yellows - 7 Jun 08
Tom Riley - Bridgewater - 3 game suspension for violent conduct - 8 Jun 08
Ambroise Matwawana - Basin - 2 game suspension for serious foul - 8 Jun 08

Spring 2008 Playoffs

Due to the amount of field time we have and the necessary start of summer play,
we are changing the playoff format as such.

In the open division, only the top two teams in each division will playoff off in a
crossover semi final with the winners of these games going to the finals. This
differs from the top four teams playing of in a crossover quarter final play. First
from division A will play second for division B and first from division B will play
second from division A.

The open division semi finals will be held at Dartmouth 2:

May 22, 2008 at 8:30pm will see 1 st Div A (Mariners) versus 2 nd Div B (Clippers)
May 22, 2008 at 9:30pm will see 1 st Div B (DU Masters) versus 2 nd Div A (Albion)

In the Master’s division there is no change with the top four teams playing off.
First will play fourth, and second will play third.

Games are as follows
May 20, 2008 at 9:00 pm at Dartmouth 2 will see Masters 1st (Master Hellas)versus Master 4 th (Celtic) .
May 20, 2008 at 9:00 pm at Weir will see Masters 2 nd (Old Scotia)versus Master 3 rd (Thistle).


The finals for spring will be held at Weir field as follows:
May 28, 2008 at 7pm will see the Masters final.
May 28, 2008 at 9pm will see the Open final.


Tie breakers

Semi's: Straight to five shooters in penalty shots.
Final’s: Two (2) 5 Minute golden goal halves, than straight to five shooters in penalty shots.

3pm at Weir (Albion versus Mexi) has been moved to Burnside 1 at 6PM on May 3.

The following games on Weir, May 3rd have had the following time changes.

5pm Mariners vs Landsharks was 4:30

6:30pm Resolutes vs Blue Devils was 6pm

8pm Old Scotia vs Spanglish was 7:30

9:30pm FC Bedford vs GenieKnows was 9:00pm

The first round of the playoffs is now completed with the first and second place regular season teams knocked out in the first round.


Eighth place Sacktown defeated Hellas 3-2 in regular time to gain their berth in the next round. It took seventh place Albion’s sixth shooter in penalty kicks for their victory over the Metro Mainers . Alumitech defeated Mexis; while Landsharks won against Halifax Garrison.

The next round, to be held this Sunday is as follows;

Sun, Mar 16 at 10pm Alumitech versus Sacktown

Sun, Mar 16 at 11pm Landsharks versus Albion

The final shall be held Thursday March 2 th at 10 PM. Finals will be two 25 minute halves, if tied, Two 10 minute Golden goal halves, if still tied 5 a piece shootout.

Teams are reminded of the Consolation matches to be held Friday Mar 21, 2008 . Any teams not able to field a team due the holiday should contact the league as soon as possible.


7pm Resolutes 9th versus Stallions 10th
8pm HCU Camilo's 11th versus DU Chard 12th
9pm Thistle 13th versus Blue Devils 14th
10pm Scotia Stars 15th versus Convoy 16th

This is the list of confirmed teams so far for the Spring League; if you want in you should let the league know as we are beginning to work the schedule and book field time. All interested teams should contact the league by March 13,2008 to ensure that you have a confirmed spot in the spring.


Open Div
1 Albion
2 Alumitech
3 Mariners
4 Hellas
5 Landsharks
6 Garrison
7 Convoy
8 Sacktown
9 Blue Devils
10 Mexis
11 DU Max Plum
12 Clippers
13 Resolutes
14 DU Masters
15 Stars
16 HCU

Masters
1 Genie Knows
2 Celtic
3 Spanglish
4 FC Bedford
5 Old Scotia
6 Hellas Masters
7 Sackville Masters
8 Thistle

Individuals looking to place new teams into the league for spring and summer seasons should contact the league for more details and new team application processes. Contact the league at msmslexec@gmail.com for further information. New teams will have to appear at a league meeting during the week of March 24, 2008.

New teams should indicate their desire to play spring, and or summer, as well as, the level at which they wish to play.

Only two of the eight MSMSL teams have advanced to the second round of the Ardmore Cup. Both Hellas and Albion defeated their HSL opponents to advance to the second round games to be held this Friday.

Unfortunately for the MSMSL, only one of these teams will continue on to the next round as the teams will have to play each other. The MSMSL wishes both teams well, and hopes that the winner will be the eventual Ardmore Cup champion.

Due to some National Training Centre time overlaps and to accommodate teams wanting to participate in Superbowl festivities, the following games have been changed.


Friday, Feb. 1, 7pm Albion vrs HCU Camillo's moved to Sun Feb. 3 4pm Albion vrs HCU Camillo's

Friday, Feb. 1, 8pm DU Maxwell vrs Scotia Stars moved to Sun Feb. 3 5pm DU Maxwell vrs Scotia Stars



Sun Feb 3 10pm Metro vrs Convoy moved to Sat Feb 2 10pm Metro vrs Convoy

Sun Feb 3 11pm Mexi's vrs Stallions moved to Sat Feb 2 11pm Mexi's vrs Stallions

The Halifax Blue Devils have withdrawn from the Ardmore Cup. Halifax Garrison, the next highest standing from last season, will replace them.

Their game time is as follows:
Sun Feb 10 10pm OPA (HSL) Hfx Garrison Cup 7

Complete regular season schedule has now been posted to the website including the two rescheduled games.

The MSMSL Annual General Meeting will be held Wednesday December 12, 2007. Location to be announced. Meeting will start promptly at 7PM.

Executive positions up for election this year are; President, Treasurer, Member at Large (Registrar). and Member at Large (Banquet & Promotions). Any teams still owing the league funds after this meeting will be place in "non good standing" with the league.

All MSMSL teams must have a member present for the AGM.

Individuals looking to place new teams in the league do not have to appear at this meeting; the league will have a special meeting in February for new team applications into the league for spring and summer seasons.

In case of bad weather, please check the league website www.msmsl.com for meeting cancellation. Cancellation will be posted before 5PM on Wednesday December 12, 2007.

Games sheets are available at the office at Soccer Nova Scotia; please do not take more than one or two at a time as we have a limited number for the time being.

The team called Sporting Rangers were withdrawn from the tournament due to violations to the eligiblity to compete for one of the coveted spots..

Here is the new schedule for this weekend. Every team will now play four games.



Sat. Oct. 20
Noon Mariners vs Scotia Stars Round Robin
1pm Clippers vs HCU Camillo's Round Robin
2pm FC Bedford vs Mariners Round Robin
3pm Scotia vs Clippers Round Robin
4pm HCU Camillo's vs FC Bedford Round Robin
5pm Mariners vs Clippers Round Robin
Sun. Oct. 21
10am Scotia vs HCU Camillo's Round Robin
11am FC Bedford vs Clippers Round Robin
6pm Scotia vs FC Bedford Round Robin
7pm Mariners vs HCU Camillo's Round Robin
5th place is out of tourny
8pm 1st Place vs 2nd Place
Final 1st & 2nd excepted inot league
9pm 3rd Place vs 4th Place

3rd Place Game Winner of 3rd place game excepted into League

The MSMSL winter season is slated to start the first week of November. Games will be mostly Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Time slots will be mostly 9PM, 10 PM and 11 PM.

The MSMSL has room for only sixteen teams and preference was given to the teams from last winter season that responded to the response deadline. Due to the great response within the league, the MSMSL regrets that it cannot take on any additional or new teams at this time from outside the MSMSL.



Teams that have responded and confirmed to participate are Albion, Alumitech, Stallions, Dartmouth United (Chard), MAPP Blue Devils, Landsharks, Garrison, Convoy, Thistle, Hellas, Sacktown, Mexi’s, and Resolutes.



This means that there are a minimum of three spots up for grabs; teams that have expressed interest in these three spots are: FC Bedford, HCU Camillos, HCU Barons, Metro Mariners, Celtic, Clippers, Scotia Stars, and Sporting Rangers.



Teams that want the vacant spots shall compete in an indoor tournament to be held on either the weekend of either October 20th or October 27th to compete for the spots. Teams participating in the tournament will be expected to pay for the costs of the tournament; the MSMSL will endeavour to keep costs as low as possible. Tournament format and details will be confirmed on the meeting on October 15, 2007. Teams wanting to compete in the tournament will have to produce a deposit of $500.00 at this meeting. Successful teams will have the money minus the tournament expenses credited to their winter account. Unsuccessful teams will have their deposit minus their tournament expenses returned to them by November 1st.



Teams looking for a spot should reconfirm their interest to both Don Hailstone (msmslexec@gmail.com) AND Kevin Boutlier (coachsintrepid@yahoo.com) by October 11, 2007 so that we can setup the tournament format. No response by this date, we will assume that you are not interested.



In order to prevent team stacking for the tournament teams must submit a list of a minimum of 14 players, which will be registered for the winter season at the October 15, 2007. No changes to this roster will be allowed going into the winter season.



Successful teams are expected to have the remainder of their first payment ($1000.00) paid in full by November 1st.


All teams must have their account balances at zero by October 15, 2007. There will be no further deadline extension. If teams fail to clear their accounts by this time, teams will lose their confirmed and potential spots in the winter season.


The league will not be accepting any post-dated cheques for payment. Payment checks must be dated October 15, 2006 or earlier. Teams submitting cheques with non-sufficient funds will be place at the bottom of the list of teams wishing to participate.

To help facilitate this the league is having a winter league meeting October 15, 2007 facility and time to be named

After the tournament, we will confirm the teams that will participate in the 2007 season.

Teams should budget for league costs between $1300-$1500 per team; player registration of $10 per player; referee costs of $10.00 per game. Teams will play a minimum of 16 games (teams involved in Ardmore cup and playoffs should make allowance for an extra eight games if successful).

The first of two payments for Winter Fees will be due in full, October 15, 2007.
The first payment will be $1000.00. The league will not be accepting any post-dated cheques for payment past the October 15, 2007 date. Payment checks must be dated October 15, 2007 or earlier. Teams submitting cheques with non-sufficient funds will be place excluded from winter competition.


Teams are reminded that player registration must be submitted to Tim Mugratoyd no later than October 30, 2007@ 5PM. to guarantee entry into the system. Registration forms are available on the league website. Forms maybe emailed to Tim Mugratoyd (msmslreg@gmail.com); or faxed to the league number 405 3742

The Soccer Nova Scotia waiver form is now available in the download section of the website. Teams are reminded that this form is for teams registering thru the Western Halifax Football Club. Teams registering thru other clubs should obtain the form thru their club.

All players participating in soccer in Nova Scotia must sign this form to be eligible for play. Forms must be emailed to Tim Mugratoyd (msmslreg@gmail.com); or faxed to the league number 405 3742 before any player may play.

Final registration date is December 31, 2007

Teams are reminded to ensure that player pictures for the initial 12 players are complete by November 15, 2007.

Old Scotia and Athen’s United will battle it out for the Master’s Division Regular Season trophy on September 8 ,2007 at Weir field. Game time is at 5PM. It should be an exciting match as both teams have competed hard all season to get to the top of their respective divisions.

Year End Awards Banquet
The banquet will be Saturday Sept 22th at the Olympic Club in downtown Halifax. The meal will be buffet style Hip of Beef dinner and includes choice of dessert. Entertainment will be DJ this year. Doors will open at 6pm with food being served at 7pm followed by the award ceremonies.

Price for the tickets are $25. This includes your food, entertainment and entry into the cash draw. There is also a 50/50 draw. Spouses are more than welcome.


Teams are encouraged to get number of attendees to the league as soon as possible. Player contact you team representative for ticket info.

Game Reschedules

Most if not all game have been rescheduled and posted on the web.


Playoffs

In the Masters divisions, 1 through 5 make the playoffs. 4X Div versus 5X Div plays with the winner to cross over to play 1Y Div in a quarter, similarly 4Y Div versus 5Y Div to crossover to 1X Div. 2Y Div plays 3X Div and 2X Div v 3Y Div in the other quarters. .

In the Lower and Upper divisions, 1 through 6 make the playoffs. 1 and 2 get a bye, therefore 3 v 6 and 4 v 5. Lowest seed plays 1 in the semi.


Consolation Round

The teams not making the playoffs all get one extra match. Some of these will cross divisions.


Cup

This final rounds of the cup will be held the week of the September 17th.

The MSMSL General Meeting will be held Monday July 23,2007 at the Halifax Police Club. The Police club is located upstairs in the Vimy Legion ( Now Z103) 5527 Cogswell St in downtown Halifax, NS. Meeting will start promptly at 7PM. Teams participating in summer seasons must attend.

All outstanding bills are due at this time. Final field fees for each team will be distributed at this meeting for immediate payment. Please contact Mike Boyce to ensure what you have owing on your account.

Any team having league trophies are asked to return them to the league at this meeting.

Main topics for this meeting will be finances, discipline and the year end banquet.

All teams have been uploaded into the site. Please input scores for all games as per standard procedure.

The remainder of the schedule should be uploaded by May 28, 2007

Player pics are Due June 4, 2007.

Spring playoffs start up today, May 6, 2007, for both open divisions.


Division A

DU Masters have clinched first (based on one (1) game remaining with only Albion able to catch DU Masters, head to head tie breaker would let DU Masters still be in frist place) and therefore will have a bye to the quarter finals along with second place Albion (based on one (1) game remaining with Resolutes only able to catch up, head to head tie breaker would let Albion still be in second place).

Due to a scheduling error, several of Saturday’s games were affected. The DU Masters and Resolute game was not played and ruled a 0-0 tied after Albion defeated Sacktown AC thus allowing Resolutes to clinch third spot.


The remaining teams (Convoy, Sacktown and Landsharks) all finished with six points. The next tie breaker (head to head) was even with 3 pooints to each team. The next tie breaker (goal differential) gave Sacktown AC fourth with minus six (-6), the Landsharks fifth with minus nine (-9), and Convoy sixth with minus twelve (-12).

Third place Resloutes will play sixth place Convoy in today’s action, which will also see Fourth Place Sacktown AC match up against fifth place Landsharks.

Winners will play on the 12th.

The seventh place DU team will face the yet to be decided last place master division team in the consolation round.


Division B

First and second spots were clinched by Mexis and Metro Mariners. Their game to decide first and second was postponed due the HRM scheduling error and will be played Wednesday May 9, 2007 (at either 9 or 10 time to be confirmed) to determine first spot.

Alumitech has clinched third and will play sixth Halifax Blue Devils Fourth place Stallions will play fifth place Halifax Garrison. Both games are slated for play today.


Master Division

There are no positions yet decided.


Open Divisions:

Top two teams in each division receive a bye to quarter finals. Third versus sixth and fourth versus fifth will determine quarter finals in each division.

First plays lowest seed, second plays remaining team all within the division.
Winners play in the semi final.

Division A versus Division B winner for championship.


First Round
Sun May 6 Dart 1 2:00pm 3rd in Division A 6th in Division A
Sun May 6 Dart 1 3:30pm 4th in Division A 5th in Division A
Sun May 6 Dart 1 5:00pm 3rd in Division B 6th in Division B
Sun May 6 Dart 1 6:30pm 4th in Division B 5th in Division B

Quarter Final Round

Sat May 12 Weir 5:00pm 1st in Division A Lowest seed Div. A
Sat May 12 Weir 6:30pm 2nd in Division A Next lowest seed Div. A
Sat May 12 Weir 8:00pm 1st in Division B Lowest Seed in Div. B
Sat May 12 Weir 9:30pm 2nd in Division B Next lowest seed Div. B

Semi Final Round
Wed May 16 Weir 7:00pm QF Winners Div. A QF Winners Div. A
Wed May 16 Weir 8:30pm QF Winners Div. B QF Winners Div. B

Final Round

Sat May 19 Weir 6:30pm SF Winner Div. A SF Winner Div. B


Masters:

First will play fourth; and second will play third. Winners will play for division championship.

Semi Final

Thur May 17 Weir 8:00pm 1st Masters 4th Masters
Thur May 17 Weir 9:30pm 2nd Masters 3rd Masters

Final Match
Sat May 19 Weir 8:00pm SF Winner in Masters SF Winner in Masters

Consolation Match

There will be a consolation match in which seventh in Div. A will play fifth in Masters Div

Sat May 19 Weir 5:00pm 5th in Masters 7th in Division A
.