Essex County Soccer League

Hello ECSL Club Representatives,

As the 2024 Grassroots Festival season comes to a close this Saturday, August 24, 2024 and tryouts are just around the corner please see the correspondence from ECSA advising that Grassroots Standards will remain STATUS QUO (no changes) for the 2025 outdoor season.

I take this opportunity to thank you for all the time and effort in making the 2024 grassroots season successful.

Regards,

Joe Barile, ECSA President 

For July 2,3,9 and 10, the office will be open from 5-8 p.m.

After July 10, and until further notice, the office will be open on Wednesday evenings only, from 5-8 p.m.

Click here to visit the ECSA site.

L1O REFEREE TANYA CANDIDO DISCUSSES THE CAMARADERIE WITHIN THE MATCH OFFICIAL GROUP AND HOW THE GAME HAS DEVELOPED HER AS A PERSON AWAY FROM THE FIELD.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW ARTICLE

The playing up rules for grassroots players (Under 7 to Under 13) has been updated for the 2023 season. Please see the attached document for details

On July 1, 2019, new rules came into effect through Rowan’s Law, to improve concussion safety in amateur competitive sport.

Everyone can help recognize a possible concussion if they know what to look for.

A person with a concussion might have any of the signs or symptoms listed below. They might show up right away or hours, or even days later. Just one sign or symptom is enough to suspect a concussion. Most people with a concussion do not lose consciousness.

Get to know the "Red Flags" of a concussion

“Red flags” may mean the person has a more serious injury. Treat red flags as an emergency and call 911.

Red flags include:

To find out more about concussion awareness and Rowans Law please visit this website

We will be using a new website for the 2022 season. The system is the latest league management platform from E2E Soccer so it retains a lot of the features that you have used in previous years.

The biggest change is that the web site is now responsive so it will display much better on a smart phone or tablet.

The new platform uses Word Press technology so we are able to take advantage of some of that technology to improve your online experience.

You will also have the opportunity to customize your home page.

At the top right of the home page you will see a cog icon. Click on this to configure your home page.

There are currently two features to use

We hope to add other home page configuration tools in the near future

Ontario Soccer is looking for new referees. Why don't you give it a try? Without referees we cant have a game.

There are lots of good reasons to become a referee

You can now register to take a referee course with Ontario Soccer

There are two courses on offer from Ontario Soccer

Small Sided (for 5 v 5 and 7 v 7 games)

Entry level (for 9 v 9 and 11 v 11 games)

To register for a course please go to www.refcentre.com/ontario