Metro Senior Men's Soccer League - News & Events
Below you will find the latest news and events from around the league; tournament information, schedule updates, registration and
fee deadlines, player awards, etc.. Check back often to stay up-to-date!
League Meeting
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.
Schedule
Complete schedule for the remainder of the season has now been uploaded. Please check and compare the schedule with that provided via email and report any errors noticed.
Registration Deadline
This is a reminder that the registration deadline of June 30 th is fastly approaching.
Summer Reminders
With most teams having competed in their first couple of games of the season the league thought we should remind all teams of the following:
June 25, 2008 is the picture deadline for all players register as of June 11, 2008. (All other players registered after June 11, 2008 must have their picture on the website within 7 days). Non-WHFC teams (club teams) must notify the league if they have made a change to their roster. Please check the website to ensure all players have been uploaded correctly. Notify the league of any changes/missing players. June 30, 2008 is the last day for player registration. July 15, 2008 is the last day for player transfers. Each player must have his own jersey, swapping of jersey's is not permitted. Referee fees and game sheets are due at half time. Referee fees are $46.00 per team (or $92.00 per game) as set out by Soccer Nova Scotia Cards/ suspensions carry over between the league and cup games.
Suspensions
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
Schedule Changes
There have been a rash of double booking things this season for all Leagues. We have been able to keep some of our double booked time but the following times have been changes.
Tomorrow night (Wednesday),June 4, 2008 Albion versus Mexi's Mainland 1 moved to June 6 @ 8:00PM Mainland 1. Tomorrow night (Wednesday),June 4, 2008 Hellas versus Mariners Dart 1 moved to June 6 @ 8:00PM Mainland 2. More changes will coming; we will keep everyone posted.
Fee Drop Off
There will be league fee drop off held at the Boston Pizza Downtown location Thursday May 29 ,2008 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Teams are reminded that fees are now overdue. Please contact Patrick Matthews if you have any questions concerning your accounts.
Spring 2008 Playoffs
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.
League Meeting
The next MSMSL General Meeting will be held Tuesday May 20, 2008 at the Chocolate Lake Rec Centre 14 Purcell’s Cove road. Meeting will start promptly at 7:30PM after the group ahead of us clears the room.
All MSMSL teams must have a member present for the AGM. The league is full and is not accepting any new teams into the summer season. Teams are reminded that summer payment and remainder of spring is due at this meeting. Game sheets will be available at this meeting. Agenda to follow this weekend.
Sat May 3 Game Changes
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
Spring League
The complete Spring League schedule is now online.
League Meeting
The MSMSL General Meeting will be held Monday March 31st at the Bloomfield Centre in room 208.The Bloomfield centre is located at 2786 Agricola Street Halifax, NS. Meeting will start promptly at 7PM. Teams participating in summer and spring seasons must attend.
New teams applications for summer will be accepted at this meeting.
Playoff News
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
Player Looking for Teams
Any player looking to participate on either a summer or spring team may contact the league using the msmslexec@gmail.com address with "Looking for Team" in the title. Players should include contact email address, postion played, and open or masters status.
We will be distrubting this list to all teams on a semi weekly basis.
Spring 2008
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
Playoffs
The standings are as such.
Hellas has clinched first place, while Metro Mariners have second. Alumitech has third even with one game left to play, Alumitech , Garrison and Landsharks all have 26 points; tie breaker is head to head. Alumitech (2-0-0) defeated both opponents securing them third place, Garrison (1-0-1) has fourth place, and Lansharks (0-0-2) have fifth place. Mexi’s and Albion tied with 25 points; tie breaker is head to head. Mexis (1-0-0) have secured sixth place, while Albion (0-0-1) have secured seventh place. Sacktown and Resolutes tied with 24 points; tie breaker is head to head; Sacktown (1-0-0) secure final playoff spot. The playoff schedule is such. Fri, Mar 14 7pm Hellas (1st) vs Sacktown (8th) Fri, Mar 14 8pm Mariners (2nd) vs Albion (7th) Fri, Mar 14 9pm Alumitech (3rd) vs Mexis(6th) Fri, Mar 14 10pm Garrison(4th) vs Landsharks(5th)
New Teams
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.
Spring 2008
MSMSL Spring Season will commence in early April and finish up in late May. Game nights have yet to be determined Games will be played at Weir field and at the new Dartmouth Turf fields, and possibly on the Dal turf.
Format The games will be full field games with 40 minute halves. We are looking at three or four divisions (depending on interest); 2 open divisions, and one or two masters divisions. We hope to have at least seven to eight teams in each division and can take as many as ten per division. Open divisions would be randomly selected to see which team would play in which division. Please note, master division will only include those players eligible for masters play in the summer as per league rules. Every team would play each team in their division plus a playoff game. Based on seven teams in a division, you would be guaranteed six regular games plus one playoff game. The more teams involved, the more games will be played. Playoffs have yet to be determined, but will be announced as soon as we get a close idea of what the numbers shall be. Costs Player registration will be $10.00 per player. Referee cost will be $35.00 to $45.00 per game. (To be confirmed) Fees will be brought to the game. League costs will run between $450.00-$650.00 (range due to unknown number of teams committing to spring.) Sample Budget (Budget High) 20 Players @ $10.00 $200.00 10 Games @ $45.00 $550.00 League Fee $650.00 Misc $ 100.00 $1500.00 or $75 per player (based on 20 players) We will present a final budget as soon as the costs are established with the fields. Commitment The league needs to determine numbers for this spring; we need every team to respond if they are going to participate in spring by Sunday March 16, 2007. Contact Don Hailstone (msmslexec@gmail.com). A first payment of $450.00 plus registration fees is due by the week of March 24, 2008. (There will be a league meeting during that week.) Teams not having the money in by that due date will not be permitted to participate in the spring league. Teams should start the registration process as soon as possible. Pictures for new players are required
Two Teams Advance to Next Round of Ardmore
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.
SNS Open
The Soccer Nova Scotia Indoor facility is open tonight, February 10th, 2008.
More Schedule Changes
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
Schedule Changes
The following corrections in the schedule have been made:
Friday, Feb 1st was Sacktown vs Landsharks at 10PM now is Resolutes vs Landsharks at 10PM. Tues, Feb 5th was Sacktown vs Mexis at 6PM now is Resolutes vs Stallions at 6PM. Tues, Mar 4 was Landsharks vs Scotia Stars at 6PM now is Thistle Master vs Hellas at 6PM. Fri Mar 7 was Thistle Master vs Hellas was at 6PM now is Landsharks vs Scotia Stars at 6PM.
Team Withdraws from the Ardmore
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
The Ardmore Cup
The Ardmore Cup is set to commence on February 4, 2008. The MSMSL will be represented by the top eight finishers from last season. They are Albion, Alumitech, Hellas, MAPP Blue Devils,. Stallions, Sacktown AC, DU –Maxwell Plum, and the Resolutes. The HSL will be represented by DUSC, DU-Chard, Dunbrack, Cole Harbour, Halifax Hurricanes, Celtic Metro’s, Opa Taverna, and Source. The first round is now posted on the website. MSMSL teams are responsible for website update. Scorers and cards to be posted in the note field. The draw is such: Fri, Feb 8 7pm Cole Hrb. SC (HSL) Resolutes Cup 2 Fri, Feb 8 8pm Hella's Dunbrack (HSL) Cup 3 Fri, Feb 8 9pm Hfx Hurricanes Albion Cup 4 Fri, Feb 8 10pm Alumitech DU Chard (HSL) Cup 5 Fri, Feb 8 11pm Stallions Celtic Metro's (HSL) Cup 6 Sun Feb 10 10pm OPA (HSL) Hfx Blue Devils Cup 7 Sun Feb 10 11pm Sacktown AC Source (HSL) Cup 8 The remaining rounds are as follows: Fri, Feb 15 8pm Winner Cup 1 Winner Cup 2 Cup 9 QF Fri, Feb 15 9pm Winner Cup 3 Winner Cup 4 Cup 10 QF Fri, Feb 15 10pm Winner Cup 5 Winner Cup 6 Cup 11 QF Fri, Feb 15 11pm Winner Cup 7 Winner Cup 8 Cup 12 QF Sun, Feb 24 10pm Winner Cup 9 Winner Cup 10 Cup 13 SF Sun, Feb 24 11pm Winner Cup 1 Winner Cup 12 Cup 14 SF Fri Feb 29 10pm Winner Cup 13 Winner Cup 14 Cup 15 Cup Final
Schedule
Complete regular season schedule has now been posted to the website including the two rescheduled games.
AGM
The MSMSL Annual General Meeting will be held Wednesday December 12, 2007. at the Chocolate Lake Rec Centre 14 Purcells cove road. 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.
AGM
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.
Teams Uploaded
All team roster have been upload; please verify that all team members apear on the website.
Game Sheets
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.
MSMSL Winter Season starts November 6, 2007
The MSMSL winter season is slated to start November 6 2007, and will see Dartmouth United kickoff the season against the Stallions.
The schedule is now available online up to the January 6 games. We are awaiting confirmation of the Ardmore cup games before posting the remaing matches. Congratulations to HCU Camillos, Metro Mariners, and Scotia Stars who captured the three vacant MSMSL winter spots. These teams are reminded that the remainder of their first payment minus the tournament and player registration costs is due. Teams are reminded that player registration must be submitted to Tim Mugratoyd no later than Nov 4th 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.
Team Withdrawn for Tournament; New Schedule
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
Winter League Meeting
The MSMSL winter season kick off meeting is slated for Monday October 15, 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.
Due to the great response within the league, the MSMSL regrets that it cannot take on any additional or new teams at this time. No new teams will be accepted into the league at this meeting. Meeting will discuss only the winter season; all teams participating in the winter season must have a representative present. All other MSMSL teams are welcome.
Winter 2007-2008
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.
Awards Banquet Well Attended
The MSMSL year end banquet was held Saturday Sept 22th at the Olympic Club in downtown Halifax. A record crowd of over 200 people attended the event. The following awards were given out on the night.
Winter Season Indoor Regular Season Champions • Albion Winter Season Indoor Playoff Champions • Rouges Roosters Spring League Champions • Metro Mariner’s Spring League Master’s Champions • Thistle Masters Regular Season Team Trophies • Lower Division- Sacktown • Master Division- Athens • Upper Division- Hellas The MSMSL Challenge Cup •Hellas Top Goal Scorers (Golden Boot) • Lower Division- Justin Sheppard (Blue Devils); McCollin Jones Jones (DU) 19 Goals • Masters Division- Rikki Reid (Old Scotia) 19 Goals • Upper Division- Zac Amorin (Hellas) 20 Goals Playoff Champions • Lower Division- Sacktown • Master Division- Old Scotia • Upper Division-Hellas Team MVPs Lower Division • Mark Tyler (Scotia Stars) • Steve Beaton (Convoy) • Rodney Huitchings(Garrison) • Justin Sheppard (Halifax Blue Devils) • Delai Motey (Sacktown) • McCollins Jones (Dartmouth United) • James Gray (Clippers) • Shawn Gilligan (HCU Barons) • Stan Lowther (HCU Camillos) Master Division • Steve Boudreau (Genie Knows) • Karman Eskardari (Sporting Rangers) • Riki Reid (Old Scotia) • Mark Trevorrow (Spanglish) • Scott Bennett (DU Masters) • Charles McNally (Athens) • Mark Hutchinson (Basin Insurance) • Brad Burrell (Sackville Masters) • Dan Sheehan (Thistle) • Bev Langley (Bridgewater) • Scott Neil (FC Bedford) • Paul Bourque (Celtic) Upper Division • Garett Baillie. (Resolutes) • Matt Holley (Metro Mariners) • Mike Dauphinees (Mexicalla Rosas) • Colin Devlin(Albion) • Zac Amorin (Hellas) • Eric Flynn (Stallions) • Ryan Munden (Landsharks) Division MVP • Lower- • McCollins Jones (DU) • Masters- • Charles McNally (Athens) • Upper- • Zac Amorin (Hellas) Top Keeper • Lower- • Matt Boudreau (Sacktown) • Masters – • Mark Theriault (Spanglish) • Upper – • Peter Hoyt (Albion) Division Top Defender • Lower- • Alex Moreira (Sacktown AC) • Masters – • Alex Kalogeroploulos (Thistle) • Upper- • Dimo Panagiotakos (Hellas) Basil Pellerine • Bryce Reid
Masters Division League Final
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.
Banquet Tickets
There will be a ticket purchase location set up at the Bayer’s Lake East Side Mario’s on Monday September 10, 2007 between 8PM and 10PM. This will be last opportunity to purchase tickets. There will be very limited tickets left to purchase at the door.
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.
Year End Banquet
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.
Next League Meeting
The next league meeting will be held August 30, 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.
All teams should be be prepared to pay in full any outstanding monies. Please contact Mike Boyce to verify your account. In order to simplify the nomination process for the awards, we are asking each team to submit the following by August 29, 2007. Team MVP Division MVP (Both Master's Divisions are to be treated as one division) Division Best Keeper Division Top Defence We would also like to get a sense of the number that your team is sending to the banquet. Tickets will be available for purchase at the next league meeting that will be held August 30, 2007. Location to be announced.
Games Remaining and Playoffs
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.
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.
MSMSL General Meeting
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.
Registration Deadline Looms
The June 30, 2007 registration deadline is coming upon us. Please ensure if you are adding any additional player that you do so ASAP. No new players can be added after that date. WHFC teams should contact Tim ASAP at msmslreg@gmail.com if players are needed to be added or dropped.
Scores Submissions
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.
League Meeting
The MSMSL General Meeting will be held Monday May 14,2007 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 upcoming summer seasons must attend.
A first payment of $550.00 for league fees and $800.00 for a prepayment of field fees by May 14 2007. Teams registering through the MSMSL league run WHFC club should also have their player registration fees of $30.00 per player. Games sheets will be available at this meeting
Spring Playoffs
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 .
Summer 2007
Summer 2007
There have been some changes to the summer 2007 format. This is a result of an open division team dropping out and an additional masters squad asking to enter. The executive, since the league had agreed on 30 teams, has made a decision to allow the additional masters squad into the league. The new squad is Athens United, a former second division team, should make the division even more competitive. This also allows us to move the Bedford Master squad into the division, thus giving us twelve teams in the Masters Division. This allows us to move only two (2) teams to the Upper Division. Both lower and upper divisions will have nine (9) teams each. Masters The format for the Masters division is thus. There will be two divisions of six (these were randomly drawn at the cup draw). Each team will play every team in their division twice (10 games) and every team in the other division once (6 games) for a total of sixteen (16) regular season games. Masters squads will be guaranteed sixteen regular season games plus at least three MSMSL cup games for a minimum game count of nineteen (19). Playoffs will see the top four (4) teams in each division playoff ((1 vs 4) and (2 vs 3)). Eventual winners of the division will face off for the Masters Division Playoff trophy. Masters X Division Celtic Masters Thistle Masters Tirecraft Sackville Masters GenieKnows.com Masters Spanglish United Old Scotia Masters Y Division Basin Insurance Sporting Rangers DU Masters Bridgewater Athens United Bedford ??? Upper Division The upper division consisting of only seven teams for the last two seasons had to grow, therefore the league automatically moved DU Sporting Bedford to the upper due to their last season’s first place finish. There was a call for teams to volunteer to go into the division, but no teams stepped forward. The league randomly drew the 2nd place Landsharks from the remaining top four (4) teams from 2006 Summer Season, thus allowing the 3rd place Halifax Garrison and 4th place Halifax Blue Devils to remain in the lower division. With nine teams in the upper division, each team will play each other for a total of sixteen (16) games. Upper Division squads will be guaranteed sixteen regular season games plus at least three MSMSL cup games for a minimum game count of nineteen (19). The upper division looks like this: Upper Division Stallions Alumitech Resolutes Landsharks Hellas Mexicali Rosas Albion DU Sporting Bedford Metro Mariners Upper Division The lower division will consist of nine teams (three new teams and six existing teams). With nine teams in the lower division, each team will play each other for a total of sixteen (16) games. Lower Division squads will be guaranteed sixteen regular season games plus at least three MSMSL cup games for a minimum game count of nineteen (19). The lower division looks like this: Lower Division Halifax Blue Devils Clippers Halifax Convoy Football Club Dartmouth United Halifax Garrison SacktownAC MUFC- Metro Stars HCU Barons HCU Camillos
2007 MSMSL CUP
2007 MSMSL CUP
The cup will be run with a round robin division this year. Each team will play everyone in their division. Division winners will advance to the second round of the cup. Cup games will run throughout the season and will be posted once schedule has been completed. Division G & H will have a consolation round as these divisions only have three teams. G2 will play H2 and G3 will play H3 to ensure that all teams have at least 3-cup games. Winners will play as follows Quarter Finals Game 1 A vs B Game 2 C vs D Game 3 E vs F Game 4 G vs H Semi Finals Game 5 Game 1 vs Game 2 Game 6 Game 3 vs Game 4 Finals Game 5 vs Game 6 The division draws are as follows: Division A Team Sporting Rangers Hellas Halifax Convoy Football Club HCU Barons Division B Team Celtic Masters Dartmouth United GenieKnows.com Masters DU Sporting Bedford Division C Team Alumitech Halifax Garrison Athens United Bedford ??? Division D Team Thistle Masters Mexicali Rosas Spanglish United HCU Camillos Division E Team Halifax Blue Devils Tirecraft Sackville Masters Bridgewater Metro Mariners Division F Team Stallions Landsharks MUFC- Metro Stars Old Scotia Division G Team Basin Insurance Albion SacktownAC Division H Team Resolutes DU Masters Clippers
Game Reschedules
Here are the rescheduled games from the April 7 2007 games cancelled due to the weather conditions.
Sat May 5 Dart 2 2:00pm Albion Sacktown Sat May 5 Dart 2 3:30pm Mexi Mariners Sat May 5 Dart 2 5:00pm Convoy Landsharks Sat May 5 Dart 2 6:30pm Resolutes DU Masters
Website
Website Update complete; please check your rosters and let us know if there are any issues. Please note; player pictures are due by April 30, 2007
Cup Draw
We will be holding our cup draw wed night april 11th (tomorrow night)
at 7:30 pm at east side marios in bayer's lake. Everyone is welcome to this annual event. If you cannot make it first round match ups will be posted asap.
Spring 2007
Due to expected snow storm, all games on April 7th have been postponed. Games will be rescheduled shortly.
Spring 2007
The complete spring schedule is now posted. Player info should be inputted within 72 hours of the registration forms being submitted
Teams are reminded that player registration and waiver forms must be submitted to Tim Mugratroyd no later than April 6, 2007@ 5PM for the eight teams playing on April 7, 2007. The remaining teams must have their player registration and forms to Tim by April 12, 2007. Registration forms are available on the league website. Also, all players registering via the leagues, Western Halifax Football Club, must have their waiver forms completed and passed into the league before any player may participate in any Spring season. Waiver forms are available on the league website. Club teams should submit their registration lists to the league by April 12, 2007 as well. Teams are reminded to ensure that player pictures are complete by April 30, 2007. This is also the league cut off for adding new players. Game sheet for the first games on April 7, 2007 can be picked up at the field. Other teams are welcome to pick up their games sheets after the first game, other wise game sheets will be available for pick up at Soccer Nova Scotia starting April 10th, 2007
Next Meeting
The MSMSL General Meeting will be held Wednesday March 28,2007 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 upcoming spring and summer seasons must attend.
Individuals looking to place new teams in the league will have to appear at this meeting for new team applications into the league for spring and summer seasons. A first payment of $450.00 plus registration fees is due by March 28, 2007. Teams not having the money in by that due date will not be permitted to participate in the spring league. New teams wishing to play in the spring season should be prepared to have there registration by April 2, 2007 into the league upon application acceptance. The league will not be accepting any post-dated cheques for payment. Payment checks must be dated March 28, 2007 or earlier.
Spring Soccer
MSMSL Spring Season will commence April 7, 2007 and finish up in mid May. Game nights are Wednesday thru Sunday, with the majority of games on Saturdays and Sundays. Games will be played at Weir field and at the new Dartmouth Turf fields.
Format The games will be full field games with 40 minute halves. We are looking at three divisions; 2 open divisions, and one masters division. We hope to have at least seven to eight teams in each division and can take as many as ten per division. Open divisions would be randomly selected to see which team would play in which division. Every team would play each team in their division plus a playoff game. Based on seven teams in a division, you would be guaranteed six regular games plus one playoff game. The more teams involved, the more games will be played. Playoffs The two open divisions would have a crossover for the final with the 1st from Division “A” would meet 2nd from division “B” and the 1st from Division “B” would meet 2nd from division “A” with the winners playing for 1st and the loser playing for 3rd. All other teams would match up against the other division place holders for a final match. (That is 3rd from Div A would play 3rd from Div B and so on.) The masters divison would see the top four teams playoff. 1st would play 4th while 2nd would play 3rd with the winners playing for 1st and the loser playing for 3rd. The remainder of the division would play each other (That is 5th would play 6th etc.). Costs Player registration will be $10.00 per player. Referee cost will be $35.00 per game. Fees to be brought to the game. League costs will run between $450.00-$600.00 (range due to unknown number of teams committing to spring.) Sample Budget (Budget High) 20 Players @ $10.00 $200.00 10 Games @ $35.00 $350.00 League Fee $600.00 Misc $ 50.00 $1200.00 or $60 per player (based on 20 players) Commitment The league needs to determine numbers for this spring; we need every team to respond if they are going to participate in spring by Sunday March 18, 2007. Contact Don Hailstone (donhailstone@eastlink.ca). A first payment of $450.00 plus registration fees is due by March 28, 2007. Teams not having the money in by that due date will not be permitted to participate in the spring league. Teams should start the registration process as soon as possible. Pictures for new players are required.
Winter Playoffs
Here is the schedule for the playoffs.
If there are any regular season ties, please look to our league tie-breaking rules. All playoff games with the exception of the final will go directly to penalties. (3 per team) Final will be two 25 minute halves. If tied, will go to 2 ten minute Golden goal halves then straight to penalties, Mon Mar 19 10pm 1st(Albion) versus 8th (stallions) Mon Mar 19 11pm 2nd (Rouge's Roosters) versus 7th(Blue Devils) Tue Mar 20 9pm 3rd (Alumitech) versus 6th (Dartmouth United) Tue Mar 20 10pm 4th (Hellas) versus 5th (Resolutes) Fri Mar 23 9pm Highest Seed versus Lowest Seed Fri Mar 23 10pm Remaining team versus remaining team Sat Mar 24 9pm Final Consolation Round Sun Mar 25 6pm 15th (Genie Knows) versus 16th (DU Sporting Bedford) Sun Mar 25 7pm 13th(Mexi's) versus 14th (Garrison) Sun Mar 25 8pm (Landsharks) 11th versus 12th (Convoy) Sun Mar 25 9pm 9th (Sacktown) versus 10th (Thistle)
AGM
The MSMSL Annual General Meeting will be held Wednesday February28, 2007 at the Halifax Police Club. The Police club is located upstairs in the old Vimy Legion (now Z-103) 5527 Cogswell St in downtown Halifax, NS. Meeting will start promptly at 7PM.
Executive positions up for election this year are; Vice President, Annotator, 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. 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 February28, 2007.
Schedule Changes
The following are the schedule changes due to some facility schedule changes and requested reschedules.
04.02.07 - 9:00 pm SacktownAC Resolutes Changed to 09.03.07 - 10:00 pm SacktownAC Resolutes 14.02.07 - 11:00 pm Landsharks Mexicali Rosas Changed to 14.02.07 - 10:00 pm Landsharks Mexicali Rosas 14.02.07 - 10:00 pm Dartmouth United Halifax Garrison Changed to 14.03.07 - 11:00 pm Dartmouth United Halifax Garrison 03.03.07 - 11:00 pm Albion Landsharks Changed to 09.03.07 - 11:00 pm Albion Landsharks 07.03.07 - 10:00 pm GenieKnows.com Ma Hellas Changed to 11.03.07 - 8:00 pm GenieKnows.com Ma Hellas 07.03.07 - 11:00 pm Alumitech Halifax Blue Devils Changed to 11.03.07 - 11:00 pm Alumitech Halifax Blue Devils 14.03.07 - 11:00 pm Halifax Garrison DU Sporting Bedford Changed to 18.03.07 - 10:00 pm Halifax Garrison DU Sporting Bedford
MSMSL Annual General Meeting
The MSMSL Annual General Meeting will be held Wednesday February28, 2007 at the Halifax Police Club. The Police club is located upstairs in the Vimy Legion 5527 Cogswell St in downtown Halifax, NS. Meeting will start promptly at 7PM.
Executive positions up for election this year are; Vice President, Annotator, 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. 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 February28, 2007.
Winter Soccer
The remainder of winter fees and player registration (for those teams registering with the league) is now due. All payments must be in by January 24, 2007.
To help facilitate the collection of fees, the MSMSL will be having a drop off night January 17, 2007 at Eastside Mario’s in Bayer’s Lake between 8PM and 9:30PM. Billing, inquiries and payments should be made to Metro Senior Men’s Soccer League Treasurer Mike Boyce (sktirecraft@eastlink.ca) (861 1853) or president Richard McConnell (maibee11@excite.com) (229 1392).
Ardmore Cup
Schedule for the first round of the cup is as follows:
Dec. 2nd - 10:00pm - Key Largo Raiders vs. Albion (Cup 1) Dec. 3rd - 9:00pm - Hurricanes vs. Resolutes (Cup 3) Dec. 3rd - 10:00pm - DU - Chard vs. Stallions (Cup 4) Dec. 6th - 10:00pm - Celtic vs. Thistle (Cup 5) Dec. 6th - 11:00pm - DUSC vs. Rogues (Cup 6) Dec. 9th - 10:00pm - OPA vs. Alumitech (Cup 7) Dec. 9th - 11:00pm Dunbrack vs. Hellas (Cup 8) Dec. 10th - 10:00pm - Source vs. Mexi's (Cup 2) MSMSL Teams must put in the scores for their games.
New rules for Winter 06/07.
New rules for Winter 06/07.
Starting November 14 The MSMSL Winter league will be using the Winter rules, as stated by SNS. The only effect it will have on MSMSL teams is the rule for goalkicks. Goalkicks will now be kicked from the ground inside the small box by the goal line. All other rules remain the same, ie the ball still may go over half on a goalkick.
Game Changes
Game Changes
Garrison versus Landsharks scheduled for Nov 9, 2006 at 9PM has been moved to Nov 9, 2006 at 8.PM Hellas versus Sackville scheduled for Nov 9, 2006 at 8PM has been moved to Nov 9, 2006 at 9.PM Hellas versus DU scheduled for Nov 11, 2006 at 8PM has been moved to Feb 21, 2007 at 11PM. Hellas versus Rouges Roosters scheduled for Nov 25, 2006 at 10PM has been moved to Jan 28, 2007 at 9PM. DU versus Rouges Roosters scheduled for Jan 28, 2007 at 9PM.has been moved to Nov 25, 2006 at 10PM. A newly posted game of Landsharks versus Thistle will take place February 3, 2007 at 11PM. This game was missed in the original schedule. The game Genie Knows versus Convoy on January 14, 2007 has been cancelled as these teams already meet in November.
Winter League Kick Off Meeting
The MSMSL winter season is slated to start the October 30, 2006. Games will be mostly Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Time slots will be mostly 9PM, 10 PM and 11 PM. Early part of the season will see MSMSL teams playing on other days and time slots due to vacancy at the SNS Indoor Facility.
There will be a league meeting on October 25, 2006 from 7- 8:30PM. Location will be at the Niche restaurant at the base of the Maritime Centre, 1505 Barrington Street. Teams are asked to meet before 7PM in front of the restaurant. We will be escorted to a boardroom at 7PM. Game sheet will be distributed at this time. Teams should budget for league costs between $1200-$1400 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 25, 2006. The first payment will be $1000.00. The league will not be accepting any post-dated cheques for payment past the October 25, 2006 date. Payment checks must be dated October 25, 2006 or earlier. Teams submitting cheques with non-sufficient funds will be place at the bottom of the list of teams wishing to participate. Teams are reminded that player registration must be submitted to Tim Mugratoyd no later than October 30, 2006@ 5PM. to guarantee entry into the system. Teams playing on October 30,2006, must have their registration in by October 29, 2006. Registration forms are available on the league website. Forms maybe emailed to Tim Mugratoyd (soccer@ns.sympatico.ca); 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 Mugratroyd (soccer@ns.sympatico.ca); or faxed to the league number 405 3742 before any player may play. Final registration date is December 31, 2006 Teams are reminded to ensure that player pictures for the initial 12 players are complete by November 20, 2006.Remainder of pictures are due December 31st, 2006
Winter League
The MSMSL winter season is slated to start the first week of November. Games will be mostly Wednesdays, Saturdays, 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 October 8 response deadline. All other teams are listed in the order in which they replied to the October 8 deadline. Due to the great response within the league, the MSMSL regrets that it cannot take on any additional teams at this time from outside the MSMSL. All teams must have their account balances at zero by October 18, 2006. 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 and will be placed at the bottom of the list of teams wanting to play. The league will not be accepting any post-dated cheques for payment. Payment checks must be dated October 18, 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 money drop October 18, 2006 at East Side Mario’s in Bayer’s Lake between 6:30PM and 8:30PM. After the October 18, 2006, we will confirm the teams that will participate in the 2006 season. Teams should budget for league costs between $1200-$1400 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 25, 2006. The first payment will be $1000.00. The league will not be accepting any post-dated cheques for payment past the October 25, 2006 date. Payment checks must be dated October 25, 2006 or earlier. Teams submitting cheques with non-sufficient funds will be place at the bottom of the list of teams wishing to participate. Teams are reminded that player registration must be submitted to Tim Mugratoyd no later than October 30, 2006@ 5PM. to guarantee entry into the system. Registration forms are available on the league website. Forms maybe emailed to Tim Mugratoyd (soccer@ns.sympatico.ca); 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 (soccer@ns.sympatico.ca); or faxed to the league number 405 3742 before any player may play. Final registration date is December 31, 2006 Teams are reminded to ensure that player pictures for the initial 12 players are complete by November 20, 2006. There will be a registration fee and waiver form drop off held at Eastside Mario’s in Bayers Lake on October 18, 2006 from 6:30- 8:30PM. There will be a league meeting on October 25, 2006 from 7- 8:30PM. Location to be decided. Teams will be able to pickup game sheets at this time. 2006.
Banquet
The MSMSL Year End Award Celebration was held Friday September 29, 2006 at Brewsters in Bedford. The event was well attended, and the league thanks all of those who did attend and those teams that gave door prizes.
The following awards and trophies were given out: Winter Season Indoor Champions • Hellas Ardmore Cup The cup between the top eight teams in both the HSL and MSMSL compete in a single knockout cup challenge. • Hellas Spring Dal League Champions • Hellas Spring Weir League Champions • DU Masters Regular Season Team Trophies • Lower Division- Sporting Bedford (11-3-2) (36 pts) • Master Division- Sporting Rangers (9-2-5) 29 pts • Upper Division- Hellas (13-2-3) 41pts The MSMSL Challenge Cup • Metro United Top Goal Scorers (Golden Boot) • Lower Division- Michael Fougere (Landsharks) 18 Goals • Masters Division- David Glover(Basin Insurance) 13 Goals • Upper Division- Richard Hausman (Alumitech) 24 Goals Playoff Champions • Lower Division- Landsharks • Master Division- Sporting Rangers • Upper Division- Metro United Team MVPs Lower Division • Mat Richard (Metro Stars) • Steve Beaton (Convoy) • Bryce McCarthy (Garrison) • Jules Laraque (Halifax Blue Devils) • Alex Moriea (Sacktown) • Mike Fougere (Landsharks) • Justin Melnyk (Sporting Bedford) Master Division • John Miller (Thirsty Duck) • Beniot Dugas (Sporting Rangers) • Riki Reid (Sackville Masters) • Mark Trevorrow (Spanglish) • Mike Ewald (DU Masters) • Charles McNally (Thistle) • David Glover (Basin Insurance) Upper Division • Lorne Timmons (Resolutes) • Kent Stevens (Metro United) • Jason King (Mexicalla Rosas) • Richard Hausman (Alumitech) • Cliff Flint(Albion) • Zac Amorin (Hellas) • Eli Wolpin (Stallions) Division MVP • Lower- Alex Moreira (Sacktown AC) • Masters – Riki Reid (Sackville Masters) • Upper- Richard Hausman (Alumitech) Division Top Keeper • Lower- Steve Truzak (Sporting Bedford) • Masters –Richard McConnell (Thistle) • Upper – Jason King (Mexicalla Rosas) Division Top Defender • Lower- Jeff Little (Metro Stars) • Masters – Benoit Dugas (Sporting Rangers) • Upper- Glen Herbert (Mexicalla Rosas) Basil Pellerine • Sam Bennett (Thirsty Duck)
Banquet
The next League meeting at Brewsters (961 Bedford Highway , Bedford NS) on Thursday Sept 22 at 7pm. The main purpose of this meeting will be seeking nominations for Divisional MVP, Defender, Goalkeeper and Basel Pellerine Awards.
All teams will be required to bring the name of your team MVP. All teams still having trophies from last season must return these at this meeting or be subject to sanctions as per our league rules. It is important that you bring your number of people attending the banquet from your team. Tickets will be available for purchase at this meeting. The banquet will be Friday Sept 29th at Brewsters in the Mill Cove Plaza in Bedford. The meal will be buffet style Hip of Beef dinner and includes choice of dessert. Entertainment will be DJ/Karaoke again this year. Doors will open at 7pm with food being served at 8pm 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. The banquet committee is hoping for door prises from all teams for this to be a successful banquet.
General Meeting
The next MSMSL General Meeting will be held Wednesday September 6, 2006 at the Halifax Police Club. The Police club is located upstairs in the Vimy Legion 5527 Cogswell St in downtown Halifax, NS. Meeting will start promptly at 7PM.
All teams fees and fines are due at this meeting.
More Schedule Changes
There are several changes to the schedule due to double bookings at the new Dartmouth fields. The changes have been posted. The schedule on the website should now be 100 % correct barring any future reschedules.
All teams should review their schedules and changes as game times and/or field locations have changed for many scheduled matches on August 16, 23, and 26. Players should contact their team reps to ensure times on the website are correct with the schedule provided to them and changes made.
Schedule Changes
The final schedule for the remainder of the season has now been posted. Games on Aug 9,2006 on the schedule that was sent out have been rescheduled. The schedule on the website should be 100 % correct.
Barring the Dartmouth fields not opening on the target date of August 12, 2006, these should be the final schedule changes. All teams should review their schedules as game times and/or field locations have changed for many scheduled matches. The playoff, Cup and banquet dates will hopefully be released in the next couple of weeks.
Field Openings Delayed Yet Again
Opening of the new Dartmouth fields has been delayed again until at least Aug 12 2006. This will affect the next round of the cup, as well as, at least eight more regular season games. If your squad plays on the Dartmouth field any time in July and Aug to Aug 12th, your game is being rescheduled. The league is reviewing its options on moving the games around, and due to limited field time, some of the games may be forced to grass and the season may be extended deeper into September. The league will email the update to teams as soon as games can be rescheduled.
Year End Banquet
Shawn Langille is looking for people to help out with the year end banquet. Please contact him if you are interested in helping out. smlangille@hotmail.com.
Dartmouth Fields Delayed
Opening of the new Dartmouth fields has been delayed until at least July 17 2006. This will affect the next round of the cup, as well as, at least eight regular season games. If your squad plays on the Dartmouth field any time in July up to the 17th, your game is being rescheduled. The league is reviewing its options on moving the games around, and due to limited field time, some of the games may be forced to grass. The league will update teams as soon as games can be rescheduled.
Registration Deadline Looming
The summer season registration deadline is June 30 at 5:00 PM for any additions or deletions from your roster. You have until July 15 to transfer players already registered. For transfers between July 1st and 15th, you must complete the Soccer NS transfer form (available on the SNS web site), have it signed by the player, both team managers and Shawn Langile, then send it to Soccer NS.
World Cup
Metro United Football Club and their sponsor Boomerangs Steakhouse/ Ned Kelly’s Pub on Portland St. in Dartmouth will be hosting various games during the world cup and invites all MSMSL teams and players to join them.
Metro United Football Club will be holding a tournament long 50/50 draw for a significant pot for the winner at the end of the world cup. As well, hosted nights will have door prizes for those purchasing 50/50 tickets on that given night. All tickets get put into the 50/50 and the draw will be held on July 9th during halftime of the Final at Boomerangs Steakhouse/Ned Kelly's Pub. During the World Cup, Boomerangs Steakhouse/Ned Kelly's Pub is offering staff discounts on alcoholic beverages for the entire tournament for all MSMSL members. Wednesday June 14th 3:30pm Germany vs Poland Friday June 16th 12:30pm Netherlands vs Ivory Coast Sunday June 18th 12:30pm Brazil vs Australia Tuesday June 20th 3:30pm Sweden vs England Wednesday June 21st 3:30 Netherlands vs Argentina More to be listed as soon as the next round is determined.
Player Information Updated
The website is now completely ready with complete team rosters and is ready for inputting of scores for our summer 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 summer season.
Complete season schedule to be inputted by June 5, 2006. 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 (donhailstone@hfx.eastlink.ca). Team managers should ensure that all players registered with their team appear on the 2006 Summer Roster on the team page. Incorrect players or missing players should be reported to the league via e-mail as soon as possible (donhailstone@hfx.eastlink.ca). Teams MUST input player pictures by June 30, 2005 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.
SCANS Notice
SCANS is sponsoring an event Saturday morning June 24th from 9-1130 at Stadacona soccer field on defending as a team and attacking with wingers by Jan Prijin on the 4-3-3 system.
As most of you know, Dick Bate has mandated that all Canadian teams play 4-3-3. He appears to be a disciple of Howard Wilkinson who wanted all English teams to play this system . There was resistance but now that Chelsea and some other teams have adopted this system Dick has some support for his decision. He is a great fan of the Dutch game, its systems and player development. Who better to explain the system than Jan Priijn who was the youth coach of the greatest club in the world for player development and the club that has made 4-3-3 so successful? Jan represents everything positive about Dutch soccer, is a wealth of knowledge and so he is not to be missed. As with all of these sessions there will be a fee of $10 charged for the morning sessions for SCANS members and $20 dollars for non members. Because of the value of such a session, all first year coaches accompanied by a SCANS member will be admitted free of charge to encourage them to attend sessions like this in the future so I would encourage all SCANS members to bring along a young (old) novice coach or two or three to witness one of the premier youth coaches in the world. Those interested in these sessions should contact Ray Riddell rriddell@coopermcdonald.ns.ca to confirm their attendance by June 5, 2006.
League Meeting
The next MSMSL General Meeting will be held Tuesday May 23, 2006 at the Halifax Police Club. The Police club is located upstairs in the Vimy Legion 5527 Cogswell St in downtown Halifax, NS. Meeting will start promptly at 7PM. We are meeting in the smaller room to the right.
All teams participating in the upcoming summer season are required to send a representative to this meeting. League fees of $600.00 are due at this meeting
SOS Children's Village
The MSMSL has committed to help Soccer Nova Scotia its goal to raise funds towards the Canadian Soccer Association goal to contribute to the SOS Children’s Villages.
Soccer Nova Scotia has undertaken to fundraise $10,000 towards a $100,000 CSA pledge to SOS Children’s Villages for the construction of “Canada House” in Rustenburg, South Africa, one of many houses that are part of SOS Children’s Villages. SOS Children’s Villages is the official charitable campaign for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. FIFA’s campaign is to collect donations for the construction of six (6) new SOS Children’s Villages which will give hundreds of orphaned, abandoned and destitute children a new home in a family environment. This new SOS Children’s Villages will be built in Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, Ukraine, Vietnam, and South Africa. For more information on SOS Children’s Villages, please go to their website: www.soschildrensvillages.ca. As part of this initiative, the MSMSL’s Metro United FC and its sponsor Ned Kelly’s Pub/Boomerangs Steakhouse are holding a World Cup soccer pool for Germany 2006. Twenty five percent of total fund raised will be going to the MSMSL charity fund towards the SOS Children’s Village. Deadline for your entry is June 1st 2006. See form in download section for more details or contact Matt Richards (metrostorm_united@msn.com). The MSMSL will be organizing additional events to help with this worthwhile cause and hopes that all of its league members help to make these events successful.
Spring Update
All teams have been loaded into the website for scorer input. Some games have been reset, so teams will have to enter all information including scorers and discipline. Teams are reminded that they have 48 hours to enter the event.
Teams should review players listed to ensure correctness. Contact Don Hailstone if there is a problem with your roster. Teams are reminded that player registration must be submitted to Sam Bennett no later than April 30, 2006@ 5PM. Registration forms are available on the league website. Forms maybe emailed to Sam Bennett. Also, all players registering via the leagues, Western Halifax Football Club, must have their waiver forms completed and passed into the league before any player may participate in any Spring season. Waiver forms are available on the league website. Waiver forms may be scanned or sent to Sam Bennett via mail. Club teams should submit their final registration lists to the league by April 30, 2006. Teams are reminded to ensure that player pictures are complete by April 30, 2006. Teams should review picture guidelines found in the download section of the website All league fees are now due. Please contact Mike Boyce to make arrangements for payment.
Spring 2006
The complete revised schedule for the Weir Spring league is now posted. The complete the Dal Spring League is also posted.
Teams are reminded that player registration must be submitted to Sam Bennett no later than April 15, 2006@ 5PM. Teams participating in the Dal league must have their player’s registration complete by April 13, 2006 to guarantee entry into the system. Registration forms are available on the league website. Forms maybe emailed to Sam Bennett. Also, all players registering via the leagues, Western Halifax Football Club, must have their waiver forms completed and passed into the league before any player may participate in any Spring season. Waiver forms are available on the league website. Club teams should submit their registration lists to the league by April 15, 2006 as well. Teams are reminded to ensure that player pictures are complete by April 30, 2006. There will be a registration fee and waiver form drop off held at Eastside Mario’s in Bayers Lake on April 10, 2006 from 6:30- 8:30PM. Teams will be able to pickup game sheets at this time. Teams unable to drop off fees and forms before this date must make other arrangements with either Mike Boyce or Kevin Boutlier. All fees are due April 15, 2006.
Spring 2006
The complete revised schedule for the Weir Spring league is now posted. The complete the Dal Spring League is also posted.
Teams are reminded that player registration must be submitted to Sam Bennett no later than April 15, 2006@ 5PM. Teams participating in the Dal league must have their player’s registration complete by April 13, 2006 to guarantee entry into the system. Registration forms are available on the league website. Forms maybe emailed to Sam Bennett. Also, all players registering via the leagues, Western Halifax Football Club, must have their waiver forms completed and passed into the league before any player may participate in any Spring season. Waiver forms are available on the league website. Club teams should submit their registration lists to the league by April 15, 2006 as well. Teams are reminded to ensure that player pictures are complete by April 30, 2006. There will be a registration fee and waiver form drop off held at Eastside Mario’s in Bayers Lake on April 10, 2006 from 6:30- 8:30PM. Teams will be able to pickup game sheets at this time. Teams unable to drop off fees and forms before this date must make other arrangements with either Mike Boyce or Kevin Boutlier. All fees are due April 15, 2006.
New Waiver Form
The new Soccer Nova Scoita 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 Halfax 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. Team registration forms are also available on the website.
Next Meeting
The next MSMSL General Meeting will be held Monday March 20, 2006 at the Halifax Police Club. The Police club is located upstairs in the Vimy Legion 5527 Cogswell St in downtown Halifax, NS. Meeting will start promptly at 7PM.
Individuals looking to place new teams in the league must appear at this meeting; we will be accepting new team applications into the league for spring and summer seasons. New teams should review the new team requirement document on the website. www.msmsl.com. Existing teams interested in spring or summer must attend this important meeting.
Ardmore Cup
The Ardmore cup will be making its way to the MSMSL with both MSMSL teams advancing to the final.
Hellas crushed their opponent Source from the HSL 5-0; while Albion defeated the HSL’s OPA 2-1. This should make for an exciting final with one of the MSMSL team guaranteed of taking home the Ardmore Cup. The MSMSL wishes both teams the best of luck in the final.
Semi Finals of Ardmore Cup
The MSMSL has two remaining teams in the semi final round of the Ardmore Cup.
Albion, and Hellas, will be representing the MSMSL in the semi. HSL competitors still remaining are Opa, and Source. Hellas will face OPA in one semi while Albion will face Source in the other. The MSMSL wishes its teams all the best in the second round.
AGM
The MSMSL Annual General Meeting will be held Thursday January 26, 2006 at the Halifax Police Club. The Police club is located upstairs in the Vimy Legion 5527 Cogswell St in downtown Halifax, NS. Meeting will start promptly at 7PM. |
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