GAME DAY PREPERATION & FIELD SET UP
U8 & 10U Set up - Please arrive one hour before start of Game
- Set up goals first so early arriving players can start warming up
- Go to the BIG storage unit and get the game day wagon
- Game Day wagon should always include the following:
- 4 creases (these must be put back in their bags and put back on the wagon after 8U/10U games)
- 2 tables (one for 8U and one for 10U)
- 4 chairs (2 for each table)
- Measuring tape (needed for 10U girls - but always kept on game day wagon)
- White plastic markers for the 8M arc (10U girls games only)
- Score board
- Megaphone (for Pledge)
- Horn (for half time and end of game)
- First aid kit
- Ice packs
- Game day binder
- Foldable bench - to be used for 8U players (keeps them organized)
- Two tent weights (to keep the tent from blowing away)
- Grab one tent (two if it is raining - one for each team)
- Grab 12 big orange cones
- Set Up Fields According to the 8U and 10U diagram below
- Use orange cones - six per field for all corners and midfield
- Put creases so that the goal will be on the yellow line between 25th and 30th yard line
- 4x4 goals for both games - so you will need to get four ready
- Bench should go with 8U home team area - this can be used to have 8U players sit
12U Set Up/8U & 10U Tear Down - Please arrive one hour before start of Game
- Get two big goals and have them staged on track and ready to go for field transformation
- Make sure the soccer goals are turned 180 degrees - facing away from the field - this is to protect players who may run out of bounds. The goals are attached to the football uprights and cannot be moved farther away than that.
- Once game is over - move one tent, one table and two chairs to West side of field (see diagram). The second tent, table and chairs need to be put back on wagon
- Put all 4 creases BACK into their bags and BACK onto cart for the next weekend
- Put bench back on wagon
14U - Tear Down
- Put goals FULLY away and lock them up
- Put All items back on wagon like shown below
- Put wagon back in big storage unit
- Put orange cones back in big storage unit
- Put tent back in big storage unit






