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It’s here! Our fourth 7 v 7 fall soccer season. Click over to GLWSL.org/fall for more details, including the registration link and costs, dates and game schedules.

All games will be played at Livonia Bicentennial Park, 36000 W Seven Mile Rd., Livonia, MI 48152 (please proceed to the back of the park).

Format for the season:

• Sunday afternoons: September 15, 22 & 29 – 3pm-6pm, October 6, 13 & 20 – 3pm-6pm
• Games are 7 v 7 on a 9 v 9 field, 25 minute halves, with 1 referee.
• FIFA Laws of the games apply and include unlimited substitution at any stoppage of play.
• Maximum players per team is 13.
• In order to have fair teams, the teams will be randomly decided and will consist of equally divided Open, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th division players.
• Each player needs to bring a white and dark shirt – home team is white, away team is dark.
• Each player will need to bring their driver’s license for verification purposes, if needed.
• Each team will need to supply their own ball.
• Team lists and the schedule will be published prior to the first game.

Your team manager should have contacted you with instructions for how to register as a player and/or team official (e.g. manager or coach). A new twist this year is the addition of your player-specific “team assignment” registration code. USA Soccer has implemented this to ensure that each player is uniquely identified in the nationwide registration system.

As has been the case for a few years already, your registration payment will be processed through Soccer Connect. The Soccer Connect payment portal accepts credit cards, debit cards (Visa/MasterCard) as well as e-checks drawn directly from your bank. As has also been the practice for several years, rest assured that your credit/debit card will not be charged until your registration has been accepted by the GLWSL league registrar. 

Returning players and team officials (managers and coaches) should use your existing Soccer Connect account.  If your last name has changed since the 2023 registration, a new copy of your driver’s license will need to be uploaded into the system.  

Please note: Managers and assistant managers – if you are both playing and managing/coaching, you need to register as a coach and/or assistant coach in order to have access to the team roster and other functions that you will need to use for game sheets.

New players/coaches – you will need to create a Soccer Connect account. A head shot picture and a copy of your driver’s license is required for you to be able to register. You need to pay close attention to upload these documents in the appropriate boxes. If you are missing either document your registration will not be processed. 

Everyone, whether new or returning – your player registration must be completed by May 30, 2024 in order to be eligible to play in the first game of the season… which is slated for the first Sunday of June! Squeeeeeee!!!!

Technically, the March 3rd deadline has already passed. We still have a handful of teams that haven’t sent in their registration, though. Short of concluding that you don’t want to play in 2024, we’re guessing that the calendar just got ahead of you and oops you missed March 3rd.

Please visit the 2024 Season page for more details on registering your team.

Congrats to all of the teams who helped to make 2023 a record year for GLWSL. We had 569 players in 2023, topping participation for six years running.

The champions for 2023 were:

• Over 30 Division 1 – Strike Club
• Over 30 Division 2 – Michigan Legacy
• Over 30 Division 3 – Shooting Stars
• Over 30 Division 4 – FSC Fusion

If you’re curious to drill down into the statistical weeds, click on the division heading for the whole division-wide master schedule, and from there you can click to ‘standings’ to see overall as well as game-by-game results.

The details that we teased a few weeks ago, well everything is set to go!

Visit www.GLWSL.org/FALL for all of the details.

Hurry! Registration closes on Friday Sept 8th and afternoon play begins the following Sunday…

GLWSL has put an air quality policy into place due to the recent Canadian wildfires.  The GLWSL Board Members will be monitoring air quality 2 hours before the 1^st games on any given Sunday.  An air quality rating of 150 or higher will result in a cancellation of the game, which will be communicated via email.  We will monitor air quality in 3 separate locations to cover the span of the home fields of the league.     

All existing GLWSL players and coaches will soon receive communication regarding the GLWSL Fall Season.  We will mirror last year’s league, as it proved to be fun and successful in reaching new novice players and giving experienced players an extended season.  The season will run from 9/17 through to 10/22, and games will be held on Sunday afternoon/evenings.  More details to follow including registration forms, field location and times!  

Coach/Player registration for the 2023 season opened in the second week of April. 

Just like in 2021 and 2022, GLWSL will be using Soccer Connect again this year for player registration. All payments will be processed through Soccer Connect, but please note that GLWSL will not release the payment for processing until your registration has been reviewed and verified. Repeat – Your credit/debit card will not be charged until your registration has been accepted by the league registrar. 

Returning players/coaches need to use your existing Soccer Connect account.  If your last name has changed since the 2022 registration, a new copy of your driver’s license will need to be uploaded into the system.  

**Please note: Managers and assistant managers need to register as coaches and assistant coaches in order to have access to the team roster and other functions.

New players/coaches will be required to create a Soccer Connect account. A head shot picture and a copy of your driver’s license are required to register. You must upload these documents in the appropriate boxes. If you are missing either document your registration will not be processed. 

To be eligible to play in the first game of the GLWSL 2023 season? Your registration must be completed by June 2, 2023.

More details on the registration process can be found at https://glwsl.org/soccer-connect-registration-faqs/

DID YOU KNOW that, over the past two years alone, GLWSL has had over THREE HUNDRED women contact us looking for a team to join? Yes, three hundred, not a typo. The breakdown is, roughly:

• 18-29 age group has over 200!
• 30-39 age group had nearly 90
• 40-49 age group had 2
• 50-59 age group had 10

DID YOU KNOW that YOU could be that vital link to helping other women join our beautiful game?

All we need is for you to raise your hand in sisterhood with the other future players to our “play in our league forever” league. And to volunteer to manage/coach a new team. Heck, at this rate, we could field literally dozens of new teams.