Game Reschedule Protocol

Whichever team needs to reschedule is the one that needs to lead this process (whether your game is home or away). Once completed, both teams will receive an alert from the league about the postponement and/or reschedule.

• If the other team needs to reschedule:
  • Step 1: They'll contact you
  • Step 2: Do your best to find a time and date that works for you. You can check the schedule here to sort by dates, fields (venues), etc. 
  • Step 2: They need to inform their club and the league
  • You're done
• If NSC teams need to reschedule:
  • The league only allows each club's Coaching Director to submit the requests to the league, but each coach needs to do the following first:
  • Step 1: You need to make contact with the other team to let them know you need to postpone/reschedule and to find a new date/time together. You can check the schedule here to sort by dates, fields (venues), etc. 
  • Step 2: After the other team has confirmed a reschedule is ok, then Submit your request to the Coaching Director using our NSC Game Reschedule Request Form. This is for internal NSC use and helps us keep track of and submit requests more efficiently. 
  • Note that all requests must be submitted 96 hours before the game, regardless of the reason (i.e. Saturday games must be submitted no later than Tuesday at midnight). Requests after the 96 hour period will unfortunately be denied by the league.
  • Approved postponements are to be rescheduled between both teams, If no mutual date can be agreed, the team which submitted the original postponement request will forfeit that game at the end of the season (per league rules).
  • Additionally, scheduling referees for the season can sometimes be challenging. The league works hard to create sets of 2–4 games in a row, which referees are more likely to accept. Ideally, you're able to find a time that is in a row with another game. But if you can't make that work, that's ok.
• A note about refs for fall seasons:
  • With high school sports in session, many referees have weekday games and practices.
  • ​A large portion of our referee pool consists of high school students, and several others officiate high school matches.
  • Midweek availability is limited, so re-scheduling to weekdays may mean we cannot provide referees.
  • ​Sundays are the best option for re-schedules during the Fall season.

How to Reschedule Weather-Cancelled Games

If it's a game at Florence Fields that was postponed due to weather:

• Reach out to the other team to agree on a reschedule date/time
• Submit the rescheduled game via the NSC Game Reschedule Request Form
• If you attempt to reach out to the other team and they never respond about rescheduling, then you would get a forfeit win.

If it's an away game that was postponed due to weather:

• Reach out to the other team to agree on a reschedule date/time
• The other team will need to submit the reschedule to the league
• If the other team attempts to reach out to you and you never respond about rescheduling, then the other team would get a forfeit win and you would get a forfeit loss

If both teams offer at least one day to reschedule the game but they can't agree on a date that works, then the game would remain un-scored and neither team would get any points.