Greetings Region 6 Teams! Your official (but not necessarily final) brackets are posted for review. Please check them out and send me any necessary feedback. I have based the brackets off of both your requested bracket as well as your NorCal ranking. You’ll notice that some brackets have as few as 6 teams and some have as many as 11. Brackets that have 6 teams will play 10 games (teams will play each other twice). Brackets that have 9, 10, or 11 teams will play everybody once. Brackets that have 8 teams will play all teams once, and then will replay the first team. It’s not a perfect system, but it allows us to not only accommodate all teams that wish to play but to place teams in appropriate brackets as well. Again, please send any feedback or suggestions you may have to me at region6@norcalpremier.com.
Schedules will be posted on August 2nd, but game dates have already been set (see timeline below). You may begin scheduling your State Cup games before your league schedule is posted, as games can always be rescheduled to accommodate teams.
Managers, thinking ahead, you’ll need to have your US Club player passes and your NorCal rosters, so please start working on your rosters soon, as it may take a while to familiarize yourself with the system. Home team managers, you will also need to have a game card. Please refer to help section under Quicklinks (on the Home Page) for instructions as to how to print this out.
Please read the Region 6 rules posted to the left. I would recommend that you make copies of these rules and distribute them to all of your parents and coaches as well as to the referee before the game. There are a few rules that are not the "normal" soccer rules, such as the rules we use for throw-ins and for goal kicks at this age. Please review the rules and be sure that you understand them. I further recommend that you discuss these two rules in particular with the opposing manager or coach as well as with the referee so that everyone is on the same page. These rules are intended to help the game move along, not to be a source of aggravation.
Finally, please be sure that you are using the LOG button to communicate with each other so that the communication is kept transparent for all. If a game needs to be rescheduled, you are welcome to reschedule at the convenience of BOTH teams.
Looking forward to a super Fall Season!
Julie Padilla
NorCal Developmental Coordinator
region6@norcalpremier.com