Sporting Oklahoma

League Information

SCHEDULING OF GAMES

The Sporting Oklahoma Recreational League Director will schedule all games prior to the beginning of each season and will be responsible for rescheduling games, as needed. Each team will be scheduled to play 8 games. 

GAME CANCELLATION, POSTPONEMENT & RESCHEDULING

Sporting Oklahoma Recreational League games may be cancelled or postponed, and may later be rescheduled, in any of the following circumstances:

1. Inclement weather or unsafe field conditions.
2. Assigned referee or game official cancels or postpones the game.
3. Illness, absence of coach or conflict with school-sponsored activity, only if approved in advance by the Recreational Program Director.

Requests to cancel and reschedule a game based on illness, absence of coach or conflict with a school-sponsored activity must be emailed directly to the Sporting Oklahoma Recreational League Director as far in advance as possible. The request must include three (3) proposed reschedule dates. If a game is rescheduled, regardless of which team requested the reschedule, any team not in attendance at the rescheduled game will forfeit the game. If a reschedule date for a cancelled game cannot be set, then the game may be cancelled resulting in a forfeiture by the team requesting the reschedule.

ENJOYMENT OF ALL PARTICIPANTS

The Sporting Oklahoma Recreational League was created to encourage early engagement and a lifelong interest in the sport of soccer. The Recreational Program is designed to develop character, encourage physical fitness and foster personal growth for participants in the U4-U12 age divisions. The enjoyment of all players is paramount in accomplishing these objectives. To this end, Sporting Oklahoma encourages coaches to show sportsmanship when a lead begins to appear insurmountable. The center referee shall have the authority to make players and coaches "pull back" in order to keep the result of the game respectable.

LEAGUE CHAMPION

Team standings will be maintained for the U8-U12 age divisions for the purpose of identifying a league champion in each age division, as well as assisting the Sporting Oklahoma Recreational League Director in placing teams in the proper division the following season. 3 points will be awarded for a win, 1 point will be awarded for a tie and 0 points will be awarded for a loss. At the end of the season, the team with the most accumulated points will be considered the league champion. In the event there is a tie in accumulated points at the end of the season, then the following will be considered in order to determine the champion:

1. Head-to-head record among teams involved in the tie.
2. Goal differential of teams involved in the tie, with a maximum of a +3 or -3 goal differential per game.
3. Most goals scored by teams involved in the tie, with a maximum of five (5) goals per game.
4. Goals allowed by teams involved in the tie.

If three (3) or more teams are tied, then the above sequence will be followed until a team is eliminated, at which point the sequence will be repeated for the remaining teams until the tie is broken. In the event the tie cannot be broken, then the remaining teams will be considered co-champions.