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Fall 2024 Schedule

HSA Rules and Guidance

HSA League Rulesets (updated September 2023)
 
https://www.highlinesa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=889027

Three Goal Guidance:

WSSC strongly encourages its teams to practice good sporting play during competition and take measures to reduce severe score imbalances. In order to keep a fun and engaging game we encourage teams to take steps to prevent score line differentials larger than three goals. (3-0, 4-1, 7-4 for example).

For younger ages (U6-U7) certain imbalances can be corrected by allowing an additional player on the pitch for the team who is down. Note, pulling a player off from the winning side can accomplish a similar situation but reduces playing minutes and so is significantly less favorable.


For all older age groups (U8-U12), HSA Recreational Member Clubs have jointly approved  implementation of a three goal policy for all divisions of our HSA League. The guidance is as follows:

While WSSC and HSC recognize that in sports, score blowouts happen, it is a situation in Recreational Soccer that is highly unfavorable to the experience of players, coaches, and spectators. In order to support a more developmentally beneficial and fun experience in a way that comports with the ideals of good sportsmanship and good soccer, WSSC and HSC are releasing the following guidance to Coaches with the expressed expectation that teams make a good faith effort to keep final score differentials to within three goals.
First, the when. As Coaches and administrators, we fully understand the challenges of communicating to players who are actively playing on the field. Therefore, the guidance is that the first half of any game be played out with no expected mitigating conditions. While a Coach may choose to give instructions to their bench and substitutes during the first half, we the clubs, would prefer to reduce the chances of a Coach or parents shouting confusing instructions which may harm the confidence of their opponent during the first half.

At halftime, if a Coach believes without mitigating conditions that their team will finish the game with a score in excess of a three-goal margin of victory, they should communicate with their players one of the following conditions.

1) Goals should only be attempted by an offensive player shooting with one touch.

2) Goals should only be attempted by the offensive team after completing three consecutive passes and only finished with a one-touch shot excepting under conditions of a Corner Kick and on awarded Penalty Kicks.

3) Goals should only be attempted by the offensive team after completing three consecutive passes and finished with a one-touch from outside the penalty area excepting under conditions of a Corner Kick and on awarded Penalty Kicks.

The entire responsibility for providing mitigating conditions should be on the Coach who believes their team to be otherwise in an overly dominant position. Coaches should not add players or remove players as this disrupts the play without truly changing the dynamics of the game. Coaches may choose to add further conditions if the recommended ones above are insufficient in their judgment.

League info (by age group) and Rec Cup

Coed U-06 and U-07 teams

U-08 to U-12 (Association) teams

U-13 and older teams

  • South Sound United League (SSUL) - U-13 and older teams participate in the SSUL.
    Coaches/team managers need to contact opposing team coaches/team managers for game field and time.
  • Seattle Youth Soccer Association (SYSA) - U-13 and older teams participate in SYSA.  Teams that participate in SYSA may elect to play in the SYSA City Tournament. 
    Coaches/team managers need to contact opposing team coaches/team managers for game field and time.
  • North Puget Sound League (NPSL)
    Coaches/team managers need to contact opposing team coaches/team managers for game field and time. (See NPSL League Operating documents for team manager resources.)

Washington Youth Soccer Rec Cup

View Rec Cup page for more information.

Past Season Schedules and Results

Spring 2024 - 
Age GroupLeagueLinkMatchday
U6 - U11Highline Soccer Association (HSA)HSA - Matchday - SchedulesSunday
U12 - U14South Sound United League (SSUL)SSUL - ScheduleSaturday
U15+South Sound United League (SSUL)SSUL - ScheduleSunday