WC G98 Elite Promoted To MRL Premier I Division

The Team has been accepted into MRL's Premier I level.  This means, we will not play OSSL and we will not have to play two games before 12/31.  Basically this league level of play means we'll play less league games, more tournaments/showcases, but each game will be most critically important to perform at 110%.

The MRL has refined its structure in adding a level of competition between the existing Premier Division and the many First Divisions in each age group.  For the 2013 Fall Season and the 2014 Spring Season, the MRL will operate a three-tier structure of Premier I Divisions, Premier II Divisions, and First Divisions.  This is not an expansion but a realignment of teams below the existing Premier Divisions (from now on referred to as Premier I Divisions) in order to enhance competitive matches

For the Girls U15- U18 (same structure in fall and

spring)

Premier I – 10 teams

Premier II – 10 teams

First Division 20 teams (two divisions) 

There are three categories for hosting MRL games:

--One-Off hosting—a team hosts a one off game between itself

and another team from within its division. Host bears all

costs for hosting

--Group Hosting--a team hosts a number of teams over a we

ekend amongst teams from within its division. Host team

bears all costs for hosting

--MRL Hosting—MRL hosts games at a multiple field location.

There are no field costs to the teams for playing matches at

MRL hosted weekend sites.

The MRL hosted weekends for the 2014 Spring Season are

Elizabethtown KY (Elizabethtown Sports Park—7 grass fields

and 2 all-weather turf fields) on April 5-6

Overland Park KS (Overland Park Soccer

Complex—6-8 all-weather turf fields) on April 18-19-20

Rockford IL (Sportscore II—12 grass fields) on April 26-27 and

May 3-4

Muscatine IA (Muscatine Soccer

Complex-6-8 grass fields) on May 10-11

MUST BE AVAILABLE TO PLAY WEEKENDS

The four 2014 Spring Season Must Be Available to Play

weekends are on April 12-13, April 19-20, April 26-27 and May

3-4.

Teams are excused from MRL play on these weekends due to state cup

conflicts. However, it is the responsibility of teams affected by their inability to play

on Must Be Available to Play Weekends, to

be flexible in being able to schedule

MRL games on other weekends during the Season. A team’s requirement to be

available to play on these MRL

weekends ceases once the division schedule is agreed to by

the teams. The purpose of the Must Be Available to Play

Weekends is to insure common play dates