As highlighted in the fees section, the center referee gets $70 and each assistant referee gets $50. That’s $190 in total, split between the two teams at $85 a piece.

If you only have two referees when the game starts, you are not obligated to provide for the late/non-existent third referee. If the referee arrives late, you can take care of that at halftime.

Use your discretion – they do work hard, and covering the whole field is a lot of work. Especially if you are short-handed.

At the AGM of January 11, 2025, the league announced that it was formalized what had been an informal rule about hydration breaks. Starting with the 2025, any time the temperature is 85 degrees or higher, there will be a hydration break at approximately halfway between quarters. Unlike halftime, the hydration breaks will be a running clock. Please inform the referees about this change, and emphasize that it is a running clock so there is no confusion about the total game time – which remains at 100 minutes.

Erica Montessori has started a page where you can drum up players for out-of-town tournaments. Please visit Tourney Central for more information.

The decision to break up the league to “over 30” and “over 40” for 2025 will be a work in progress. We ‘get’ that.

To facilitate those necessary discussions, and for the good of the game, we will host a Slack channel. This is for any and all members — present, former and future — teams and players who need to discuss the in’s and out’s as we move toward this goal.

Please join the Slack channel. We will moderate the discussions, so please be respectful.

The annual Member meeting is set. Please set your reminder for Saturday January 11am. We will get set at approximately 10:30am, to be ready promptly at 11am.

Every team needs a representative.

Please be patient – I suffered a stroke on Thanksgiving morning and I have Aphasia, so it takes me a little longer. Thank you for your patience.

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.