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| Upcoming Events |
Ontario Cup Registration Deadline
May 6, 2020
Player Registration Deadline for Youth Provincial / Regional divisions
May 15, 2020
Click here for more Ontario Soccer events |
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| Ontario Provincial Government Announcement and Return to Play Survey |
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Ontario’s Provincial Government has not yet set a date for the beginning of the province’s phased-in approach to de-escalating the State of Emergency in Ontario but there is now an opportunity to begin thinking about what a Return to Play might look like for soccer in our province.
Ontario Soccer has been invited to be part of an Ontario Provincial Government sport sub-committee to assist with the management and strategy of how amateur sport navigates through the COVID-19 pandemic.
The safety and health of our participants will be first and foremost in the decision making to come.
To better understand your concerns, Ontario Soccer has created a survey so you can provide us with your input on what Return to Play in Ontario may look like.
Click here to read more about this initiative and to take the Return to Play survey.
   
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| Today is the deadline for Ontario Cup Registration for 2020 |
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In an effort to help alleviate pressure on District Association membership, Ontario Soccer has extended the deadline for 2020 Player Registration and 2020 Ontario Cup Registration.
Ontario Soccer, after discussion with our Membership, has decided to extend the registration deadline for the minimum 11 players from April 30, 2020 deadline to May 15, 2020.
As well, Ontario Soccer has extended the deadline for registration of the Ontario Cup until today, May 6, 2020.
Click here for more information on both of these decisions.
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| Upcoming C License Courses Moving to Online Delivery |
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Ontario Soccer has announced that the upcoming C License Courses, which were originally scheduled in Vaughan, London and Niagara Falls, will now see the majority of the course delivered online.
The focus of the C License is on the individual player in the different contexts of the game, as we try to develop their decision making and build their level of execution.
Coaches who obtain a C License Certification will have the qualifications to be a Head Coach in some Regional Leagues, the OASL and an Assistant Coach in the OPDL.
Click here for more information on registration and the C-License Course.
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| Student User Guide for online Match Official Accreditation Clinics now available |
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Ontario Soccer are pleased to announce that the Student User Guide, for the online accreditation process for Match Official clinics, is now available.
The online Match Official Accreditation Clinics are now open with the release of the Self Study Modules and “In-Class’ Zoom sessions kick off May 6.
Click here for more information on the Student User Guide and more on the online Match Official Accreditation Clinics.
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| WATCH – Illustrious Match Officials recount their career highlights |
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| The Ontario Soccer Summit 2020 may be over but the learning opportunities will continue for the next month.
Ontario Soccer is releasing select videos from keynote speeches, technical sessions and panel discussions.
Today, we are sharing a session that included three Match Official superstars in Howard Webb, Bibiana Steinhaus and Joe Fletcher. Each of them shared stories of their international careers and World Cup performances to a highly engaged room of local Match Officials.
Click here to watch the session.
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| 2020 Masters Provincial Championships Registration is Now Open |
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| The 2020 Masters Provincial Championships registration is now open.
The dates have been published on the Ontario Soccer website.
The Men’s division is open to Men’s teams registered as Over-35 whose players turned 35 before Jan. 1, 2020. The Women’s division is open to Women’s teams registered as Over-30, whose players turned 30 before Jan. 1, 2020.
The entry deadline is May 27, 2020.
Click here for more information on how to register.
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| Want to be a Game Leader this summer? How about getting your start as a goalkeeper coach? |
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| Not sure what to do with yourself during the COVID-19 shutdown? Why not continue your coaching education during the break so that you can come back sharp?
Game Leaders play an important role in enabling children to have fun competing in a small side game environment. Click here for more information and how to take this online course.
Or if you’re interested in goalkeeping, why not get your start as a goalkeeper coach with this course, which can also be taken online? Click here for more information and how to take this online course.
Also, Ontario Soccer has compiled a list of online coaching courses which can be taken at your pace and from home.
Click here for the list of all the Online Coaching Courses.
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| Re-Scheduling your Community Coach Workshops in 2020 |
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| Ontario Soccer is working with Clubs and Ontario Recognized Academies to re-schedule the Community Coaching Workshops, which they were scheduled to host.
At this point, hosts of the Community Coaching Workshops have begun re-scheduling and course coordinators have been communicating to Ontario Soccer of their intention to re-schedule their courses.
If your organization has not yet done so, please get in contact with Ontario Soccer.
Click here for more information on Community Coaching Workshops in 2020.
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| Update on Outdoor Player Registration and OSCAR SAAS fees |
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| In the event that the 2020 Outdoor Season is cancelled, SportsEngine has agreed in good faith, given the challenging times, not to collect the SAAS fees application to 2020 outdoor season (OSCAR) registration.
As a result, Ontario Soccer will not collect both Outdoor Player Registration fees and OSCAR, powered by SportsEngine, SAAS fees if the 2020 Outdoor Season is cancelled in its entirety.
Ontario Soccer recommends and encourages Districts, Clubs and Academies to continue or commence registering their members into OSCAR in anticipation of the Return to Play directives, as well as to provide proper insurance coverage for members participating in online environments.
Click here to review this announcement.
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| All sanctioned in-person soccer events and activities for the month of May have been cancelled or postponed |
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| Ontario Soccer has announced, as a further follow-up to the Ontario Soccer and Canada Soccer announcements of March 12 and March 13, as well as the Ontario Soccer announcement of March 24, that all sanctioned in-person soccer events and activities for the month of May have been cancelled or postponed.
This decision will affect the start of the spring portion of the 2020 Outdoor Season for the Local, Regional, District, Provincial, OASL, OPDL and all other leagues across Ontario.
For those who may be concerned about registering for the abridged outdoor season, Ontario Soccer is encouraging participants to do so now, so that Districts, Clubs and Academies can be fully prepared to kick off the Return to Play season when announced.
Click here to read the full announcement.
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| WATCH – The Safe Sport Panel discusses how to protect athletes |
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| The Ontario Soccer Summit 2020 may be over but the learning opportunities will continue for the next month.
Ontario Soccer is releasing select videos from keynote speeches, technical sessions and panel discussions.
Today, we are sharing the Safe Sport Panel discussion on athlete safety. Moderated by Canada Soccer’s Jason de Vos, a group of sport leaders tackled the issues we face as a sport and how to make sport safer for everyone.
Click here to watch the session.
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| WATCH – The goalkeeping session at Ontario Soccer Summit |
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| The Ontario Soccer Summit 2020 may be over but the learning opportunities will continue for the next month.
Ontario Soccer is releasing select videos from keynote speeches, technical sessions and panel discussions.
Today, we are sharing the on field session from Marius Roevde. A professional goalkeeping coach and Executive Director of Richmond FC, Roevde took guests through a detailed and informative goalkeeping technical presentation which is sure to spark the interest of any goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach.
Click here to watch the session.
Click here to take Ontario Soccer’s Online Goalkeeping Coach Certificate.
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| WATCH – Willie McNab’s on-field session at Ontario Soccer Summit |
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| The Ontario Soccer Summit 2020 may be over but the learning opportunities will continue for the next month.
Ontario Soccer is releasing select videos from keynote speeches, technical sessions and panel discussions.
Today, we are sharing Willie McNab’s engaging on-field session giving attendees a look at the ‘Celtic Way.’
Click here to watch this session.
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| WATCH – Dr. Norm O’Reilly’s keynote speech on sport data |
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| The Ontario Soccer Summit 2020 may be over but the learning opportunities will continue for the next month.
Ontario Soccer is releasing select videos from keynote speeches, technical sessions and panel discussions.
Dive into Dr. Norm O’Reilly’s keynote speech where he looks at the sport trends of today and tomorrow and goes deep on data and who is moving the needle in sports.
Click here to watch Dr. Norm O’Reilly’s keynote speech.
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| WATCH – Kelly Murumets keynote on the female leaders in sport |
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| The Ontario Soccer Summit 2020 may be over but the learning opportunities will continue for the next month.
Ontario Soccer will be releasing videos from select keynote speeches, technical sessions and panel discussions over the coming weeks.
Plunge back into the keynote speech of Kelly Murumets, the former CEO of Tennis Canada and CEO and ParticipACTION spoke about her high-level career in sport as a female leader and a variety of wise tidbits to take back to their communities.
Click here to watch Kelly Murumets Ontario Soccer Summit keynote speech.
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| Rowan’s Law Mandatory Implementation |
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| The Province of Ontario, at the present time, is the only province in Canada to enact Concussion Safety legislation throughout its sport system.
‘Rowan’s Law’ received Royal Assent on March 7, 2018, and Section 5 of the Act, proclaiming a ‘Rowan’s Law Day’ was the only section that came into effect at that time.
However, in 2019, the remaining parts of the Act and the regulation have now come into effect in phases.
Click here to read more about Rowan’s Law and your organization’s responsibility from it.
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