Brookline Soccer Club

Registration for Team Coaches, Assistant Coaches,
and Managers

Spring 2008

Thank you for volunteering with the Brookline Soccer Club! Our program could not exist without your help. Here’s some important information regarding registration for the fall season:

Coach registration – All new coaches, assistant coaches, and team managers must fill out the on-line Club registration form. After you have submitted the form, your email address will be added to the Club coaches' mailing list.

If you're a returning coach or manager and your contact information (address, phone #, email address) has changed in the last year, you should also fill out the registration form so that we have your updated information. If your contact information has not changed, you do not need to fill out the form, but be sure to let the Club registrar know that you need to be added to the coaches' mailing list.

CORI check – Under state law, every adult volunteer in a youth sports program must have a criminal offender background check. Our CORI checks are handled through the Mass. Youth Soccer Association. All new coaches and other adult volunteers must fill out the on-line CORI form -- it only takes a couple of minutes.

If you are a returning coach and completed a CORI check in either 2005 or 2006, you do NOT need to do it again this year.

Coaching passcards – At every game, each team must be under the supervision of a coach or manager holding a current, valid US Youth Soccer coaching passcard. Referees are instructed not to permit a game to begin without having a coaching passcard for each team. Every head coach must have a passcard. We strongly urge each team to have at least one or two others with passcards in the event a head coach cannot be present. Registered coaches and managers can obtain a coaching passcard by sending a passport-size photo (max. 1-1/2" x 1-1/2"), and a self-addressed envelope to: Jeff Wulfson, 618 Washington St, Brookline MA 02446. You will receive your passcard with a current validation sticker by return mail.

If you are a returning coach and have a passcard from last year, you will need to have the passcard validated for the current year. Send the card and a self-addressed envelope to the above address. You will receive your validated card by return mail. (Note: the soccer year runs from August through July, so cards validated for the spring season must be revalidated for the fall season.) Please allow at least a week for passcard processing. Sorry, but we cannot accommodate requests for in-person drop-offs or pick-ups of materials.

Passcards and photos can also be brought to the pre-season coaches' meeting for on-the-spot processing.