Please review the following details for the upcoming Spring 2026 Season. It is essential that teams prepare early and complete rosters as soon as possible. Teams must carefully select the correct division during registration—there will be no changes to team placements if a team signs up for the wrong division, and there will be no exceptions for exceeding roster limits.

Key Dates

Registration Opens: Monday, February 9 at 7:00 PM
Registration Closes: Monday, March 9 at 11:00 PM

Season Start Date: February 26

Teams must have at least 5 registered players one week prior to the season start. Teams that do not meet this requirement risk removal and replacement by a waitlisted team.

Game Days & Times

Sundays: 2:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 7:45 PM – 9:30 PM

Due to limited weekday field availability, most games will be scheduled on Sundays.
All teams must be available to play on Sundays.

Schedule Requests

If your team has specific requests for game days or times, email the league scheduler as soon as possible:

marty@bcssoccer.com

Once a game is posted, no schedule changes will be made, so submit requests early.

Registration Costs

• $75 per player for one team

• $50 additional fee to play on a second team

Rosters

• Teams must complete their roster within the registration window

• Add all potential players during registration

• Players added on game day are not eligible to play that day

• No players may be added after the registration deadline due to insurance policies

• Roster limits must be strictly followed with no exceptions - 18 players

A team is officially registered once it has at least 5 players registered and all fees paid.

Team Capacity

The league has a cap of 90 teams for the Spring 2026 Season.
Once the league reaches capacity, no additional teams will be accepted.

Teams may request to be placed on a waitlist. If a registered team fails to meet requirements, a waitlisted team may be offered the open spot.

Division Team Limits

Division sizes remain the same:

• D2: 10 teams

• D3: 24 teams

• D4: 28 teams

• D5: 26 teams

• D6: 12 teams

Division Selection & Team Assessment

Teams must carefully select their division during registration. No division changes will be made after registration.

Prior to the first game, teams may be evaluated based on previous season performance. If a division adjustment is necessary, the league will discuss the change with the team captain before making any updates.

If a player is determined—by vote of league board members and referees—to be significantly above the competitive level of their division, they may be required to move to a higher division team.

Fair Play & Integrity

Any player found using false registrations, fake identities, or secondary email addresses to join multiple divisions will be immediately removed from the league without a refund.

BCSSL takes fair play and league integrity seriously. Violations will not be tolerated.

Fines and Suspensions:

• Yellow Card: There is a $5.00 fine per yellow card.
• Red Card: There is a $10.00 fine per red card.
• Fines must be paid to the game referee before the next match. Failure to pay fines results in the player being ineligible for play.
• A red card or an accumulation of 4 yellow cards within a season will result in a player's one match suspension.
• Cards issued in the final game of the season will carry over to the next season in which the player registers, including any suspensions.

Specific Penalties for Serious Offenses:

• Assaulting a Referee: Up to a $100.00 fine and a minimum suspension of 1 year.
• Insulting or Physical Contact with a Referee: Up to a $50.00 fine and a minimum suspension of 6 months.
• Fighting: Up to a $100.00 fine and an immediate suspension of 1 year.
• Further actions, including additional fines or extended suspensions, may be taken by the League Executive Committee.

Accumulation of Cards:

• A red card or accumulating four yellow cards within a season will lead to a one-match suspension for the player.
• A player must sit out an actual played game; suspensions do not apply to forfeits.
• If a suspended player participates in any games, their team will forfeit all such games.
• Further actions, including additional fines or extended suspensions, may be taken by the League Executive Committee.

Team Disqualification for Fighting:

• Teams can face suspension for the remainder of the season or longer without a refund if involved in starting, joining a fight, or assaulting a referee or league official. This applies to incidents before, during, or after a game.

We have observed an increase in the number of cards being issued for sliding tackles. Sliding is defined as leaving your feet and going to the ground to play the ball (this includes going to one knee with an extended leg), regardless of whether there are other players nearby. This rule does not apply to players who are fouled and fall as a result.

Goalkeepers are permitted to slide within the parameters set by the FIFA "Laws of the Game and Universal Guide for Referees."

If players persist in sliding, considering it only merits a yellow card, we will escalate the penalty for sliding to an automatic red card. The league's decision on this matter will be final and non-negotiable.