What Do You Do If It
Rains?
The Bay Area's rainy season typically arrives just a few weeks into the fall soccer season. The following information should help you determine whether or not your game will be played.
BEFORE
THE GAME:
1. Call the LARPD Turf Hotline: 925-373-5702,
1#
This information is updated by 8:00am on weekend, 2:00pm on
weekdays and is updated as changes occur.
If the turf hotline message says the playing fields are
closed, then the practice or game is off for the day.
2. Check the Field Signs. Fields Open / Fields Closed signs are located at the playing fields. If the signs
say "Fields Closed" then the field is closed.
If the
sign on the field and/or the turf line notes that the fields are
"closed", the field may NOT be played on. Teams must respect field
closures for the long term health of the field for everyone's
use.
If turf hot line message
does not agree with the park signage (one says closed but the
other does not) then the fields are still closed and may NOT be
played on.
Failure to respect the indicated field closure
status can cause excessive wear and serious long term damage to
the condition of the playing surface. This could adversely affect
the future availability of the field for everyone's use. Please
help us to work with the Park District as responsible community
partners by only using fields that are designated as
OPEN.
3. Referee's Judgement. If the referee (or
coaches of recreation games without referees) abandon the game because conditions are deemed
unsafe, the game is off. SAFETY FIRST! Your coach will discuss the
matter with the House AGC or High Comp Rep about what comes
next.
Open/Closed status can change at any time, but
once closed, they are closed the rest of the
day.
DURING
THE GAME:
If at anytime the referee (or field monitor/coaches
for U5-U8 games) consider the conditions unsafe, the game will be
abandoned. Your coach will discuss the matter with the House AGC
or High Comp Rep about what comes next.