CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!!!

FALL 2024 FLIGHT WINNERS

NCSANJ is excited to have partnered with The Sideline Project to help promote proper sideline behavior by both fans and coaches at our league events. At no cost to clubs or league participants, we encourage everyone to “Take The Pledge” by viewing a 2+ minute video and signing a virtual pledge wall, stating:

• Youth sports belongs to the players.
• I pledge to honor the youth sports experience of the players with supportive, not distracting, behavior.
• I pledge to eliminate hostile behavior targeted towards players, coaches, parents, and most notably referees.
• I pledge to honor players, to respect referees, and to Make Youth Sports Better.

Thank you for your participation!

NCSA is pleased to announce our 2024 Scholarship Winners!

Thank you to all of the seniors that applied for the NCSA Scholarship this year. We wish you all well in the next chapter of your journey.

• The NCSA 2024 Girls Scholarship Winner is Elizabeth D.  Elizabeth will be attending Quinnipiac University in the Fall and playing on the women's soccer team.
• The NCSA 2024 Boys Scholarship Winner is Rocco W.  Rocco will be attending SDSU and studying kinesiology (pre-PT).
• The NCSA 2024 Ken Hoffman Memorial Scholarship Winner is Matt D.  Matt will be attending Yale in the Fall.

Congratulations to Elizabeth, Rocco and Matt - best of luck to you all!

NCSA Scholarship Committee

Diane Pinto, Jeff Schneider and Lou Hegyi

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We receive questions and game change requests that suggest some confusion about schedules which vary based upon number of teams in a flight as well as the level of the flight.  Here is an explanation of the differences in flights and special rules that apply.  These rules are part of the NCSA Rules of Competition, but are stated more simply and answer associated questions that everyone wants to know: (a) is my entire schedule already posted on the website; (b) if yes, by when must we play all currently scheduled games; (c) or if not, how are additional games determined; and (d) if there are additional games, then by when must we play (i) already scheduled games and (ii) additional games to be scheduled.

8 TEAM PLAYOFF FLIGHTS

These are the Playoff flights: B09A, B10A, B10B, B11A, B11B, B12A, B12B, B13A, B13B, B14A, B14B, B15AG9A, G10A, G11A, G12B, G13B

• You will play a total of 10 games
• Only the first 7 games are scheduled in weeks 1-7
• You must play these games by 5/9 (week 7) for results to count in standings to seed weeks 8-9-10
• At the end of games for 5/9, the match-ups for week 8 (1 hosting 8, 2 hosting 7, etc.) to be played on 5/16 will be posted
• The actual game time and field MUST be scheduled by the home team by 11 am Monday based upon its field availability and fitting with existing schedule of games in order to be timely to be assigned referees for the game.
• The last 2 steps are repeated for week 9 (5/23 game) and week 10 (6/6 game) with higher seeded team hosting lower seeded team in winners’ and loser’s brackets

8 TEAM MBOS (MATCHES BASED ON STANDINGS) FLIGHTS

These are the MBOS flights: B17A

• You will play a total of 10 games
• Only the first 7 games are scheduled in weeks 1-7
• You must play these games by 5/9 (week 7) for results to count in standings to seed weeks 8-9-10
• At the end of games for 5/9, the match-ups for weeks 8, 9 and 10 will be posted (1 through 4 playing each other a second time, 5 through 8 playing each other a second time
• The actual game time and field MUST be scheduled by the home team by 11 am Monday based upon its field availability and fitting with existing schedule of games in order to be timely to be assigned referees for the game.

8 TEAM INTERLEAGUE GAMES

These are the Interleague flights: G13A, G14A and G15A

• You will play a total of 9 games
• All games are included in the original schedule, with the first game in week 0 (3/14)
• You must schedule the first games against SJGSL teams – please submit a game change to NCSA so our records are current and so that you can produce an MDF and report scores
• Week 5 (4/25) NCSA teams host SJGSL teams – while you may have these games scheduled to hold a slot in the initial schedule, you will need to confirm date and time and adjust schedules as needed
• All games count in standings and must be played by season end date of 6/22

7-8 TEAM FULL SCHEDULE FLIGHTS

All other 7-8 team flights are full schedule flights.

• You will play 9 games in 9 weeks if 8 teams; you will play 9 games in 10 weeks and have one or 2 weeks off if 7 teams
• Weeks 1 and 2 repeat in weeks 8 and 9 – the 2 teams off in week 8 and 9 will be scheduled against each other in week 10 so all teams get 9 games
• All games to be played are already included in the posted schedule
• You must play all games by the season end date of 6/22.

11-12 TEAM FLIGHTS

• You will play 10 games if 11 teams, with one week off; you will play 11 games if 12 teams with no weeks off
• The 11 weeks of games are scheduled starting in week 0 (3/14) with all week 0 games as a TBS(L)
• All games to be played are already included in the posted schedule
• You must play all games by the season end date of 6/22.

9-10 TEAM FLIGHTS

• You will play 9 games in 9 weeks if 10 teams; you will play 9 games in 10 weeks and have one week off if 9 teams
• One team will have a 10^th game to give the “odd” team (team off in week 10) its 9^th game
• All games to be played are already included in the posted schedule
• You must play all games by the season end date of 6/22.

5-6 TEAM FLIGHTS

• You will play 10 games in 10 weeks if 6 teams; you will play 8 games in 10 weeks and have 2 weeks off if 5 teams
• Flights are rarely set at 5 teams, but usually occur when a team drops after flighting and scheduling is complete – we encourage teams to schedule an additional game as a friendly to play a minimum of 9 games
• All games to be played are already included in the posted schedule
• You must play all games by the season end date of 6/22.