For questions or help with rescheduling a game, please reach out to your WYSA Age Director.

Game Rescheduling Rules per MYSL Rules book:

a)  When a team cannot play a scheduled league game for legitimate reasons, the coach shall prove in writing, with significant documentation to the satisfaction of the MYSL Age Director, that fewer than eleven (11) players (Nine (9) players for Grade 5/6 or seven (7) players for Grade 3/4) will be available.

i) A coach should know his/her players’ availability for the whole season; ignorance will not be accepted as an excuse. Legitimate reasons may include, but not be limited to:

• graduation,
• sanctioned invitational tournament,
• school trip, or
• religious activity.

ii) Lack of players due to a vacation is not a legitimate reason to reschedule a game.

b) Notification of the need to reschedule must be given to the Age Director and the opposing coach at least two (2) weeks prior to the scheduled game date or within two (2) days after the reason for rescheduling appears or is known.  

c) For Spring Season games, the league referee assignor must be notified by the Age Director at least 48 hours in advance of a rescheduled game’s date. (Exemption: Memorial Day weekend games MUST be rescheduled and played prior to Memorial Day.)

i) Rescheduled games must be made up in advance of the scheduled date except with the permission of the MYSL Age Director.
ii) If the reason for rescheduling appears within the two weeks prior to the game date, the MYSL Age Director will set a reasonable deadline.
iii) If the HOME coach reschedules the game, he/she must give three (3) reasonable dates on which the game may be made up.
iv) If the AWAY coach reschedules the game, the HOME coach will set the make-up date.
v) The MYSL Age Director will arbitrate and decide on any disagreements.

d) If the coach who wants to reschedule violates any part of this Rule, the opposing coach may claim a forfeit. The final decision will rest with the MYSL Age Director.

If you are the home team a few additional steps are required:

1. If you are requesting a game be rescheduled, email your MYSL Age Director with the reason/rationale for the request.  If the MYSL Age Director approves the request, they will initiate the process to mark the game as Postponed in the MYSL system.  (Please copy your WYSA Age Director.)
2. Before notifying the away coach, send a note to the field schedule coordinator ( [email protected]) specifying your team number, the dates/times you are considering for your game, and the field you would like to use to verify that the field is available.  Wait for confirmation that you will be able to have the field on the dates and times you requested before officially offering those time slots to the away coach.
3. The home coach emails the away coach with the identified times.
4. Once you have an agreed date/time with the away coach, confirm with the WYSA Field Schedule Coordinator.
5. The home coach emails the MYSL Age Director (and cc's the WYSA Age Director, and away coach) with the new agreed game time and field
   
6. The MYSL Age Director reschedules (or requests a league admin to reschedule) the game to the agreed date/time.
   

Notes:
Midweek games should be scheduled no earlier than 6:00pm to allow teams enough travel time.
Games should be scheduled at least 5 days in advance if possible to allow sufficient time for a referee to be assigned.

There are a few additional guidelines to keep in mind as you reschedule home games:

• On weeknights, you should reschedule your game as late as possible in order to allow visiting teams to travel to Westford.  Please start your games at 6:30 (or as late as sunlight will permit).
• Choose your normally assigned practice night and field if possible to minimize the disruption to others.
• Double-headers on Saturdays are possible, but make sure to coordinate with your WYSA age director and the WYSA travel coordinator before doing so.  The league will generally only allow Saturday makeups immediately before or after scheduled games on the same field to ensure referee coverage.
• The league is highly unlikely to allow Sunday makeups for Grades 3-8, so avoid considering these unless all other possibilities have been exhausted.
• Remember that we only have access to one field at Nutting on weeknights during the spring season, which alternates every other year (front field, which is #1, in even numbered years - back field, which is #2, in odd numbered years).  Both fields are available on weeknights during the fall season.
• Westford Academy is not available on weeknights for makeups, nor is it available at all over graduation weekend.