If you are playing for one team, men's OR coed:

About Active.com

The on-line registration service is provided through Active.com, which is also endorsed and utilized by Tennessee State Soccer Association (TSSA).  This registration option is provided through a secure server to assure confidentiality and security for your credit card information.  Registering on-line requires the use of a Visa, Visa Check Card, or MasterCard. 

Please note that there is a small processing fee that will be charged for all on-line registrations by Active.com.  This processing fee is non-refundable.

When you open the actual registration form, PLEASE read all of the options on the registration form CAREFULLY.  There are a few different options which may or may not apply to you.  Please make note of the instructions on the confirmation page (after you submit payment), particularly those concerning the submission of a PHOTOGRAPH for your player card. 

We must have a photo for you, or your registration will not be finalized, and you will NOT be able to play.  No exceptions.

If we have a photo for you from the last five years, you do not need to submit another.  If you have not submitted a new photo in the last five years, please submit a new one as soon as possible. If your photo is missing, you will be contacted by the league when player cards are printed, though this will delay your eligibility.

Photos can either be emailed (preferably) to our registrar (GMSAreg@comcast.net) or mailed to GMSA Registrar, P.O. Box 382577, Germantown, TN  38138.  (Digital photos emailed in JPG format are preferred.) 

You can also attend in-person registration on July 27th to have your photo taken.

Team fees will vary from team to team, so please check with your coach or manager for the amount you should pay.  NOTE:  This process of paying team fees is "packaged" with initial registration only...you will NOT be able to go back and pay team fees on-line later.

Your coach will receive a list of which players have paid team fees, and how much they have paid, during pre-season registration updates; there will be another list generated at the roster freeze date.  Coaches will receive two checks from the league for the amount paid by their players...one check will be issued at the coaches meeting in August, the other after the roster freeze deadline.

This email must be copied ("CCed") to the league at: results@memphissoccer.com.  This rule was put in place during 2006, to prevent coaches from being "blind-sided" by player defections, and to allow coaches the time and opportunity to replace players who are leaving their team.  Failure to give the proper notification may result in a fine, suspension, or both.

(There is an extra gap after the initial registration deadline for our registrar to process the information, print player cards, etc. from the first group of more than 1,000 players.)  For a list of those players who are registered and eligible, please consult the registrar's report.

We hope this on-line registration system continues to be a useful and worthwhile service.  It has proven to be extremely popular and well-received during the last few seasons that we have used it.

Almost 85% of all players registered on-line last season, so we believe that speaks for itself.  Please contact our league registrar, Michael Dumas at GMSAreg@comcast.net, if you have any questions or comments about on-line registration.

Enjoy the season.

For those of you who played last season, it was certainly a trying one, due to all of the weather problems we experienced.  By the time we got to the end of May, I know some of you were just ready for the whole season to be over.  All those games in May really tired out some folks, myself included.  I hope this season is much calmer weather-wise, and hope you've recharged your batteries and are ready to get back out on the pitch.

Having said that, one of the most common complaints I hear from both coaches and players is having to play short-handed, or to play against teams that are playing short.  It doesn't happen very often (thankfully), but it seems to be happening more frequently than it should.  It's no fun playing with (or against) fewer than 11 players, and it can really be a drag when it becomes a pattern, and demoralizing to the point of having teams fold.  As a league, we don't want that to happen, and it shouldn't have to happen.  Granted, this last season was pretty crazy, having to play on Saturdays and Mondays on more than one occasion...so maybe you get a pass for that season.  But this wasn't JUST a problem last season...this has been a problem for quite a while, and I've been asked by several people to address it...hence this brief letter.

Before I go on, I want this letter to be in the proper context...because I know it's "just" soccer, and we do this for fun and exercise.  I know that it's not going to be anyone's top priority unless you're playing professionally, nor should it be.  But we all love to play, and we pay a lot of good money to do so...so shouldn't it at least be in, say, your top 15-to-20 priorities?  Maybe higher on the list than "sitting at home"?

What I'm getting at is this...if you're one of those people who's blown off a game (or more than one) in the last year, I would ask you to consider "re-dedicating" yourself to trying to make every game possible.  Now of course, I'm not speaking to those who have legitimate excuses...work, family, illness, injury, etc....that's different.  We're all adults, so we know that sometimes life gets in the way of playing.  But that's not what I'm talking about.  I've heard some players and several coaches (too many, in my opinion) complain about playing with others who just don't care...those who simply show up when they feel like it, and blow it off if they don't, leaving them to wonder if they're going to have to forfeit, or play short-handed and take a beating.

Personally, that really bothers me for several reasons.  For one, it costs a lot of money to play these days, and it boggles my mind that EVERY player wouldn't be trying to maximize their investment by making every game they could.  But more offensive than that is the fact that the other players on your team are counting on you to be there.  By joining the team, you're making a commitment, and I would hope that you'd try to honor that commitment.  I mean, do YOU like playing 11-v-9 all the time?  Does anyone?  There are too many teams getting stuck in that situation, and it shouldn't have to be that way when most everyone is carrying a roster of more than 17 players.

By saying this, I'm certainly not trying to discourage anyone from playing...quite the contrary.  I want EVERYONE who loves this game and who wants to play, to be able to find a team, sign up, come out and play, and have a great time, like 95% of us do every chance we get.  But if you can't dedicate yourself enough to your team to show up every time you can, and your coach/manager is going to be left wondering whether or not you're going to show up...then maybe you shouldn't waste your money, your time, or your team's time.  Don't be that person.  Be reliable...you've made a commitment to play, so keep that commitment.

I hope to see each of you out there...frequently. :-)

Thanks, and enjoy the season.  Please click the link below to register on-line.

Curt Rogers
GMSA

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