Niagara Soccer League

Congratulations to all the teams who participated in the Women's Cup Finals last night.

Division 1

St Catharine's Jets Black lost out in a close game to the Pelham Panthers by a score of 2 - 1. Sheridan Peters scored both goals for the Panthers to put them on top as Cup Champions.

Division 2

The Welland Legends played against the Serbia Aston Villa team. Serbia won this game with a score of 2 - 0. Cassandra Carnovale had the clean sheet for Serbia and goals were scored by Ava Douglas and Jada McLaren.

Division 3

The Division 3 cup saw two teams from the same club go head to head. West Lincoln Janco Steelers vs West Lincoln Wildcats. Brianna McGrath netted a pair of goals with Kady Anson also scoring to win the game 3 - 1. Jacqueline Groen scored the lone goal for the Janco Steelers.

Congratulations again to all teams

Canada Soccer has introduced some changes to the laws of the game this year.

Please review these slides to assist with understanding these laws.

Laws of the Game

Age GroupHost ClubGame Day
U8 BoysWelland SCSaturday August 29th
U9 BoysNiagara United SCSaturday August 29th
U10 BoysSir John Colborne (Port Colborne)Saturday August 29th
U11 BoysLincoln SCSaturday August 29th
U12 BoysNiagara Falls SCSaturday & Sunday, Aug 29th & 30th
U13 BoysNiagara Falls SCSaturday & Sunday, Aug 29th & 30th
U8 GirlsWelland SCSunday August 30th
U9 GirlsNiagara United SCSunday August 30th
U10 GirlsSir John Colborne (Port Colborne)Sunday August 30th
U11 GirlsLincoln SCSunday August 30th
U12 GirlsWest Lincoln SCSaturday & Sunday, Aug 29th & 30th
U13 GirlsWest Lincoln SCSaturday & Sunday, Aug 29th & 30th

Ontario Soccer is looking for new referees. Why don't you give it a try? Without referees we cant have a game.

There are lots of good reasons to become a referee

You can now register to take a referee course with Ontario Soccer

There are two courses on offer from Ontario Soccer

Small Sided (for 5 v 5 and 7 v 7 games)

Entry level (for 9 v 9 and 11 v 11 games)

To register for a course please go to www.refcentre.com/ontario

We will be using a new website for the 2022 season. The system is the latest league management platform from E2E Soccer so it retains a lot of the features that you have used in previous years.

The biggest change is that the web site is now responsive so it will display much better on a smart phone or tablet.

The new platform uses Word Press technology so we are able to take advantage of some of that technology to improve your online experience.

You will also have the opportunity to customize your home page.

At the top right of the home page you will see a cog icon. Click on this to configure your home page.

There are currently two features to use

We hope to add other home page configuration tools in the near future

On July 1, 2019, new rules came into effect through Rowan’s Law, to improve concussion safety in amateur competitive sport.

Everyone can help recognize a possible concussion if they know what to look for.

A person with a concussion might have any of the signs or symptoms listed below. They might show up right away or hours, or even days later. Just one sign or symptom is enough to suspect a concussion. Most people with a concussion do not lose consciousness.

Get to know the "Red Flags" of a concussion

“Red flags” may mean the person has a more serious injury. Treat red flags as an emergency and call 911.

Red flags include:

To find out more about concussion awareness and Rowans Law please visit this website