Player Transfer & Dual Roster Policy

THE ADDING 0F TRANSFERRED AND DUAL ROSTERED PLAYERS
Revised: 7/18/2025

Transferred Players

These players can only play for another team; as long as they listed on the new team’s official roster, and have a Picture ID (Players Card) of the same affiliation as the team.

Transferred players can play for any team as long as there are eligible; and have been processed through the teams USSF affiliate. All transferred players must be added to the new team's roster. Teams must follow the team placement prodecures listed under the POLICIES section.

All transferred roster changes must be completed through their current team USSF affiliate (SAY, MSYSA and US Club) and then processed by a CMSA registrar.

Dual Rostered Players

Spring Season, The league will allow a player within their club/program to multi-roster a player within the same age group per following guidelines:

C Level: Multi-Rostered players can play up to either an A or B team,
B Level: Multi-Rostered players can play up to an A level team,
A Level: Cannot move down in competition; they can move up to the next Age level.

All players that are multi-rosterered must be listed on both team’s current season roster.

Any team found rostering a player into to the incorrect competition level; A Level down to the B or B down to C levels will be issued a 3 to 0 loss for all games played and will be dropped from awards competition.

 

Fall Season, The league will allow players within their club/program to multi-roster players within the same age group. If a player is dual rostering, they can play for two teams provided they follow the player placement policy. The player must appear on both CMSA league certified stamped team rosters. 

 

7/18/25 - Addendum to the Dual/Multi Roster Policy: all the players listed on the roster exceeding the dress number of players allowed that are not dressing for the game must be scratched out from the game day roster prior to the roster being handed to the refereees for check-in.

  • 7v7 teams can have 18 rostered players, but can only dress 14 players for the game
  • 9v9 teams can have 20 rostered players, but can only dress 16 players for the game
  • U13-U14 teams can have 22 players rostered, but can only dress 18 players for the game
  • U15-U18 teams can ahve 25 players rostered, but can on dress 20 players for the game

 

Teams can still add new players, prior to their first game, following the same criteria as listed above. Players must be carded and rostered.

All League rosters are frozen as of the 13th day of the season.