LUBBOCK SOCCER ASSOCIATION

BY-LAWS

and

GENERAL RULES

September, 1987

REVISED: August, 2006

LUBBOCK SOCCER ASSOCIATION

BY-LAWS and GENERAL RULES  

Chapter 2: By-Laws of the Lubbock Soccer Association

Lubbock Soccer Association

General Rules

2. Chapter 2: Player Registration and Team Formation

 2.9. FORMATION OF ALL-STAR TEAMS

        2.9.1. ALL-STAR teams are formed to enter and compete in open or competitive
                 tournaments or in open or competitive divisions of tournaments.

        2.9.2. The head coach, assistant coach, and team manager of an ALL-STAR team
                 will be selected by a Youth Commissioner with advice from the Group
                 Commissioner, the League Commissioner, and the Coaches’ Representative.
                 Selection criteria shall include, but is not limited to, the coaching license
                 earned by the coach, his demonstrated skills in teaching individual and team
                 soccer skills, his ability and willingness to comply with and teach the Laws of
                 the Game and the spirit of the game, and his ability to work with diverse
                 personalities who may be associated with the ALL-STAR team. The coaching
                 staffs of all RECREATIONAL teams in a League are expected to participate in
                 ALL-STAR team practices and assist the ALL-STAR team coaching staff in
                 the selection of players for the team.

        2.9.3. All registered RECREATIONAL team players in any League will be entitled
                 and encouraged to attend all practices for that League’s ALL-STAR team(s).
                 The unconditional right to attend practices will allow all RECREATIONAL
                 players the opportunity to improve their individual and team skills so that they
                 may have a better chance to be selected to future ALL-STAR teams. A player
                 who was not at least 10 years old on or before July 31 of the previous soccer
                 year (i.e., is not a legal Under-12 player) may not participate in ALL-STAR
                 team practices and may not be selected to participate with an ALL-STAR
                 team even though that same player may be playing up in the Under-12
                 League. A RECREATIONAL player who is at least 10 years old on or before
                 July 31 of the previous soccer year may participate in ALL-STAR team
                 practices and be selected to an ALL-STAR team in the League where that
                 player is a legal player OR to an ALL-STAR team in the League where the
                 player usually plays if the player is playing up with an older age group.

        2.9.4. The ALL-STAR team head coach will select the players to be listed on the
                 ALL-STAR team roster for each tournament in which the ALL-STAR team is
                 entered. The coach will consider the individual player’s performance in
                 ALL-STAR team practices, the player’s attendance at ALL-STAR team
                 practices, the player’s demonstrated individual skills, and the player’s
                 dedication and dependability. The ALL-STAR team head coach will also be
                 expected to consult with the coaches of the individual player’s
                 RECREATIONAL team. Each individual RECREATIONAL player in a League
                 shall have an equal chance to be selected to that League’s ALL-STAR
                 team(s). All RECREATIONAL team players in any League will be considered
                 for a place on the League’s ALL-STAR team roster.

        2.9.5. Each player selected for an LSA ALL-STAR team must be listed on the
                 current roster of one of the recreational teams within the League which the
                 ALL-STAR team represents, or must be a legal player in that League listed
                 on the roster of an LSA recreational team in an older age League.

        2.9.6. When enough players can be selected to an ALL-STAR team in any League
                  to make two or more teams, that League may form additional ALL-STAR
                  teams. These additional team(s) can participate in the same tournament as
                  the original ALL-STAR team or may participate in other tournaments
                  scheduled for the same time period. If a particular tournament offers
                  competition in specific age groups (i.e., U-11, U-12, U-13, U-14, U-15, U-16,
                  U-17 and/or U-19), a League may form an ALL-STAR team limited to players
                  legally eligible to participate in such age groups. [EXAMPLE: The Under-12
                  League could form either or both an Under-11 and an Under-12 ALL-STAR
                  team with younger players on the Under-11 team and older players on the
                  Under-12 team.]

        2.9.7. The Lubbock Soccer Association does not intend to promote ALL-STAR
                 teams at the expense of the RECREATIONAL teams in any League. Each
                 registered player is expected to participate in scheduled League games and
                 tournaments with that player’s RECREATIONAL team rather than with the
                 League’s ALL-STAR team(s) whenever there is a scheduling conflict between
                 the RECREATIONAL team and the ALL-STAR team. The Association may
                 re-schedule League games in order to eliminate conflicts with possible
                 ALL-STAR team tournaments.

        2.9.8. There will be no minimum playing time requirements with respect to players
                 on an ALL-STAR team. An ALL-STAR team roster may have a minimum of 12
                 players and a maximum of 18 players.

        2.9.9. A recreational All-Star team formed during the current soccer year may not
                 form as a competitive team until the following soccer year.