1. What are your hours?
2. I’m new to the area.
5. I was
hurt while playing in a game – how do I apply for insurance coverage?
6. I need
directions to a field – where can I find them?
A. Depending on which league
you were playing in when you received the card the answer is different. You might check the league page. If you have exercised your appeal within the league, you have the
right to appeal to the OASA Discipline and
Appeals Committee.
11. I
played as a professional player and now I want to return to amateur
status - what do I do?
13. How can I become a Referee?
16. How do I
volunteer?
A. Please email the OASA office at office@oregonadultsoccer.com.
How
much does a player card cost? What do I need to bring with me?
Both new and renewal cards cost $40.00. A replacement (if card is lost and hasn’t yet expired) is $10.00. NEW registrations (if you have not had a card through us before)
must be accompanied by a photo id (such as a driver’s license) and a
color picture. You can fax,
email, or mail a registration form into our office.
Can
I pick up a card for a friend?
YES. You may pick up a card
for a friend so long as their registration form is filled out completely
and signed. Don’t
forget a color photo if your friend is a “NEW” player. A person may also fax, email or mail in a form beforehand and
have another person pick it up.
Please note, WE DON’T PROCESS RENEWALS OVER THE PHONE; we need the
registration form completed and signed (every year!).
Why do I need a player’s
card…where does the money go?
OASA is affiliated with the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA), United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). In order to be in good standing with these national and world soccer governing bodies, OASA is required to register and issue a player card to each player. The card is then given to the referee prior to each game. If you do not have your card present at each game you are not permitted to play. Fines, forfeiture, suspension, and other penalties may be assessed against you, your team manager, and/or your team for violation of this or for playing or attempting to play using another player’s card and/or while under suspension. If you are ejected (red carded) from a game, the referee will keep your card and turn it over to the OASA. The card is the property of OASA and must be surrendered upon request.
Of the $40.00 OASA collects for each player card, $15 of it is sent on to the National organizations $13 goes to USASA, approximately $10 of which is used to pay for various insurance (for more information:Insurance) USASA retains $3 which goes to run their office, support programs (Tournaments) and administrative overhead. USSF gets $2 per player and provides National teams, referee and coaching programs. They mainly spend your money on administration, coaching program, referee program, National teams and player development.
OASA retains $25 of your money to do what we do, and you have a right to know what it is that we do with it. The vast majority of the work is done by volunteers, and we invite you to get involved, be active by joining a league committee or board, helping out at competitions, joining an OASA committee or the board (most board members are appointed by an affiliated league). We do pay our office staff, we have an office that we pay rent on, once you add in phone lines, insurance, computers, website, postage, professional services (accounting, IT, legal, etc.) there is not a lot of money left over for other stuff – we try to break even when we hold things like player clinics or coaching clinics. We have a small program for recognizing referees who have done great service to adult games in Oregon, a small program to provide grants to leagues to help improve fields, we spend some money on officers of the corporation traveling to regional and National meetings, we spend some on OASA Board of Directors meetings (we have directors from around the state), we try to provide the infrastructure to help leagues do their job, and to facilitate people playing soccer.
To recap: You pay $40, of that: $25 stays with OASA – most of that pays for office/administrative stuff
$2 goes to USSF – which pays for office/administrative stuff and also referee/coach education and National teams.
$13 goes to USASA which pays for its office/administrative stuff out of the approximately $3 per player that it retains, it also spends money on programs and administrator travel. They pass about $10 per player along to the insurance companies.
Generally speaking, the most controversial item on the list is the $10 spent for insurance, in particular, the accident insurance (~$8). This is often a topic of conversation both at the OASA level and nationally, and given the current circumstances, taking all the information into account, we feel this is the best available option. Again, if you think other options might be better for the greater good – please volunteer on some level. If you think we have not been thoughtful about this, and feel compelled to complain, please put it in writing and get it to the OASA office.
Please do not take it out on the office staff, they do not make policy, they implement it.
How
long is my card good for?
I
lost my player’s card – how do I get a new one?
My card expired – how can I renew? Do I need my old card to renew?
You should get
a renewal notice in the mail a month or two prior to when your card will
expire. You can also
download the form here.
Complete the form and send it to the OASA office via mail, email, or fax
along with $40.00. There is a space on this form for credit card
information. You do not need to
have your old card in order to renew it.
No. We need to have
the registration form completed and SIGNED.
I received a red card – how do I
get my card back?