San Francisco Microsoccer

Frequently Asked Questions

Who Maintains The Website?

I have been contracted by SF Vikings to maintain the website and create the schedule. If you have questions regarding either one, then contact me.

For questions regarding the league or registration, please contact the SF Vikings.

How Do I Update My Team Page?

First navigate to your team page using the pulldown menus at the top. Select "Current Season" => "Team List" (or just click here), and then clik on your team name.

On your team page, enter your password in the empty box and click Login (If you have forgotten your password click on the 'forgot password link').

After logging in, The link [Edit Page] will appear in the banner. Click on this.

A form will appear. Using this form, one can modify the team page information. After entering new values, click [Update Data] at the bottom of the form. The changes will be reflected in the team page.

This should be intuitive, but if you have questions then please contact me.

What Happend To The Carriage Returns In My Team Page Text?

To increase the flexibily and power of the team pages it was decide to recognize "HTML" tags; so one must use them to control text formatting.

What are HTML tags (it sounds complicated)?

Actually HTML tags are quite easy to understand. A tag is special text enclosed inside angle brackets (e.g. - < >) and they control web page formatting.

The user of this site will only need to know two of them:

    <p> : Start a new paragraph.
    <br> : Start a new line (break).

Here are some examples of each:

What was typed in:

    paragraph1.
    paragraph2.

    <p>paragraph3.
    This is line 1.
    <br>This is line 2.

How it will be displayed:

    paragraph1. paragraph2.

    paragraph3. This is line 1.
    This is line 2.

So in short, start every new paragraph with <p>, and every new line with <br>.

Can I Make Schedule Requests?

The short answer is no, please don't make schedule requests.

If everyone does, then the schedule quickly becomes "un-doable". There are over 170 teams; trying to accomodate scheduling request for that many teams is just not possible.

Okay, with that said, if you really need one, I am willing to recognize the following types of requests ONLY:

  • Request for a special time on one particular date.

    For example: "On Sept. 27, can we get a 4pm kick off time?". I realize that from time to time we all try to fit in more than one event on a Saturday, so I can probably handle a few of these a season (limit 1 per team). Again, only make a scheduling request if you really need it.

  • You coach two teams and would like your games scheduled back-to-back (or if the games are at different venues, would like sufficient time to get from one game to the other).

    There is a 2 team limit on back-to-back game requests. If you coach more than two teams then you will need to find assistant coaches to cover the other games.

The following request will NOT be accepted:
  • Time request for more than one weekend. The following example requests will not be accepted:

    • Can we have an 8:30 game every week? No
    • Can we have all morning games? No
    • Can you schedule all of our games for after 2pm? No

    It is not fair for any one team to make these request, else I would have to accept these request from all 170 teams.

  • Request for more than two back-to-back games. The following example requests are not acceptable:

    • I coach 3 teams, can I have all the games back-to-back? No, there is a 2 team limit for back-to-back scheduling.
    • I have 2 children playing on 2 different teams, can I have their games back to back? No, only coaches can request a back-to-back schedule.

Why Can't I See The Team Contact Phone Numbers?

Phone numbers are only visible after one logs on to their team page.

 

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