All,

The 2024 schedules have been updated with the initial changes submitted by managers. Please check your schedules to verify that we made the correct changes. We have already changed well over 100 games!

Beginning Sunday, April 14, 2024, you will need to follow the Game Change Procedure to change your games. We will NOT change any more games that are not sent via the Game Change Procedure going forward. So please refresh your memories on how to submit game changes.

Here are a few things that you need to know:

1. If your game has a field location of TBD Field 1 or TBD Field 2 it means that your home field was not available on the date/time of your game because either too many teams play at your home field OR your home field was otherwise unavailable and you must either:
   1. Find a new field to play that game on that date and time or
   2. Re-schedule that game to a new date and time (keep in mind that the Founder's Cup tournament is during the summer).
   3. Don't try to blame the MUSL for your schedule issues. If you choose to use a field or complex that's shared by multiple teams, you always run the risk of not having your field available.
2. If you play at a location that has blackout dates you need to reschedule any game that falls in those dates. The MUSL does not schedule your games for you. 
3. If you play at a location that makes you call them to schedule or games (TOCA, Pebble Creek, Drake, High Velocity, Legacy, Founders, Marsh View, Borden, etc) you need to do that ASAP in case you need to change field numbers or game dates.
   1. When you call them, schedule the entire season and then send me ONE email with all of the changes so I can make them at the same time BEFORE April 14th!
4. The HOME team can make changes to their games prior to April 14th without the consent of the visiting team unless it is for the first game of the season - you must agree to a change for the first game. So, make your home game changes ASAP. 
5. You need to follow the Game Change Procedure exactly as it is written. We made OVER 900 game changes last season and most of them could have been avoided if managers followed the procedures in the first place. 
6. The MUSL will be enforcing the Game Change fees again this season. So, before you make game change - read the rules and understand the fee schedule. 

Get your players registered ASAP. If they aren't on the official Game Card - they cannot play. There are MANY teams who do not have enough players registered to begin the season. 

Referee fees are $110/team per game. Make sure you have the proper referee fees prior to kickoff or you risk forfeiting the game. 

Thank you.

Not currently a referee but interested in becoming one?  The MUSL will support you!

The MUSL will reimburse you up to $160 to help offset your costs of initial certification classes ($65 average), background check ($35 through USA Soccer), and referee uniform and kit ($60 and up on Amazon).

This has been MUSL Board approved to encourage MUSL players to become referees and help build our league.

Simply take the class and become newly certified and then referee center or AR in TWO (2) MUSL matches in 2024 and we will reimburse you for submitted expenses (up to $160).

FOLLOW LINK AND FILL OUT THE GOOGLE FORM HERE.

Then register for certification classes HERE.

The Michigan United Kickers traveled to Florida to compete in the 2024 Florida Classic O50 division after only one organized practice. Their coach and three Jamaica-based players did not see the team until they arrived in Florida to play. 

Game one saw the Kickers struggle to play as a team, however, they simply outclassed their opponent, Islanders United, and won 6-4. 

The Kickers played better in Game two, defeating a very stubborn L&K SC 5-2. This win, combined with the other round robin results, secured a spot in the semifinals.

The result of Game three did not matter since the Kickers were already guaranteed to go through to the semifinals, so they rested several key players. Bench players saw significant time during this match that resulted in a 2-1 win for the kickers against a Coral Springs Fusion side that was considerably overmatched. 

The semifinals placed the Kickers against a Canadian team known as North 50. North 50 had ended the Detroit Bullets' hopes of securing back-to-back Championships the day before and had their eyes set on knocking out yet another MUSL team. The Michigan United Kickers would have none of that as they pasted North 50 4-1 to advance to the finals.

In the finals, the Kickers faced a very talented TNT X-Men team that many remembered from the 2023 semifinal overtime thriller vs the Detroit Bullets that catapulted the Bullets to the 2023 Championship. TNT, although formidable, were unable to match the Kickers' pace throughout the game. The Kickers cruised to a 5-1 win and took home the hardware convincingly.

Congrats to the Michigan United Kickers on their epic run!