Frequently Asked Questions

 

When will my child's coach call us?
The coaches do not get their team rosters until the coaches meeting. The date of the coaches meeting is listed on the registration form (and on the calendar page) and is generally 4 weeks prior to the beginning of the season. The coaches are supposed to call their players during the week following the coaches meeting. If you have not heard from your coach after that week, send email to info@wasasoccer.org.

When and where are team practices?
Coaches normally conduct practices during the two or three week period between the time they receive their rosters and the beginning of the season. Practice frequency, duration and location is left to the discretion of each coach, but teams normally practice once or twice a week for an hour or 90 minutes at a Westerville area park or school. (WASA does not assign practice fields - all are used on a "first-come, first-served" basis.)

Should my daughter play on a coed team or a all-girl team?
Generally, the numbers of girls playing on WASA coed teams decreases as the girls get older. U5 through U8 teams are truly coed. Typically U5 teams are a 50-50 mix of boys to girls while U8 is closer to an 80-20 mix of boys to girls. Very few girls, however, participate on coed teams at the U10, U12 and MS levels. There will rarely be more than one girl (if any) per team in these leagues. We recommend girls in U10 and older leagues register for placement in an all-girl rather than coed league if they wish to play with other girls.

Girls in the U7 age-group may play coed U7 or play “up” to girls U8.

Will games be played if it is raining?
Games will be played even if it is raining unless the referees conclude there is a risk of lightning or the rain has rendered the field unplayable. Both criteria are assessed by referees on the field at game time. It is therefore possible that on a given day referees will postpone games at some Westerville sites while playing at others, or that some games on a given field will be played and some postponed (e.g. 5:30 games postponed, but 6:30 games played). Parents must assume games will be played on schedule and have their children at designated fields on time.

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When will rescheduled games be played?
Should games be postponed, they will be rescheduled by the league coordinators based upon field availability either on a weeknight or Saturday/Sunday afternoon. In recognition of other family commitments in the spring, coordinators will make every effort to schedule make-ups prior to the last regularly scheduled games.

Can my COSA team play in WASA?
WASA does not allow a complete (or nearly complete) team to enter any of its recreational leagues. Each member of the complete or nearly complete team would have to sign up for WASA individually.

Each fall season, WASA creates new teams for each league. Only a small number of players (2 – 4) are carried over from the previous spring season’s team. Teams are kept together going from the fall season to the spring season.

Parent’s that volunteer to coach are always allowed to coach their own child’s team.