Livermore Youth Soccer League

PO Box 881, Livermore, CA 94551-0881          925-461-7570

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Livermore Fields

Where we play.

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Related: Operations

SPECIFIC FIELD UPDATES - as of 4/24/08:

Spring games are on.

In case of rain or field closure in general:

It's is raining (or did recently). What do you do? Be prepared. Know what to do in case of rain or wet conditions BEFORE game day. Click here to find out more.

Livermore Area Recreation and Parks District Field Status phone: 925-373-5702, 1# (updated around 2pm each day)

10-day Weather Outlook

 

NEWS

  • SCHOOLS - LYSL and the school district work closely to work out potential school sites that teams may practice on. Each school has a significant say in what teams are allowed to do or not, so please respect the boundaries.

  • SCRIMMAGES - If you want arrange a scrimmage game, please email operations@lysl.org. Remember that scheduled season games have already begun on most fields and have priority over scrimmages and practices. Check with me and let's see what we can find for you.

  • FIELD INITIATIVE - There are not enough fields for every organization that wants to use them. The league board is working on trying to improve short-term and medium-term goals to help find the soccer teams enough decent space to have practice and games. We are trying to form a field committee to work on those and bigger, long-term goals to get a sports complex. We need more dedicated people to help the league and its member meet their goals. Please volunteer to help out. We will be glad to give details to those that contact us. [click here for more information]

  • FIELD PRIORITIES - Scheduled games have priority over scrimmages and practices.  [click here for field priority policy] Goals on the field are not to be used for practices or impromptu scrimmages. Scheduled games and scheduled scrimmages are assigned to specific fields.

Practices are where ever there is space on public LARPD parks [click here for LARPD field locations]. There is not age group associated with any particular fields except when schedules games happen.

At this time, teams are not to practice on school property. There can be confusion in some spots due to both organizations having fields share a boundary line. Try to stay on the side that the "LARPD" park sign is on.

COMING SOON: LYSL and the School District are working on a plan to make some school sites available for practices. Check back soon for details and guidelines for use of those locations.

  • Equipment Manager - Bob Suhr has joined LYSL as our new Equipment Manager. While Bob is getting up-to-speed quickly about the field equipment, he is available at equipment@lysl.org for reports of missing flags or nets, goals out (that you can not put away yourself), locks missing/broken or other field equipment issues. For field equipment emergencies, have your league board contact call Corey's celphone and she will co-ordinate with Bob.

    All reports of field conditions, balls, cones, goalie jerseys, etc. contract the Director of Operations at operations@lysl.org.

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WEATHER IN LIVERMORE

What Do You Do If It Rains?

BEFORE THE GAME: Call the LARPD Field Status line at 925-373-5702, 1#. This information is updated daily around 2pm is changes are needed. If the line says the playing fields are closed, then the practice or game is off for the day. Your coach will discuss the matter with the AGC for HC Rep about what comes next.

Open/Closed status can change at any time, but once closed, they are closed the rest of the day.

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.

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. Check with the AGC or HC Rep for what happens next.

LARPD Field Status: 925-373-5702, 1# (updated around 2pm each day)

 

10-Day Weather Outlook

Fields We Play On

Below is a list of the fields that LYSL is playing on this season.

All fields come under the authority of either LARPD or LVUSD. The LARPD fields can be located on their website at http://www.larpd.dst.ca.us/map.html. The LARPD fields may be used at any time so long as they are open. It is important that you look at the website because some fields are under LARPD jurisdiction that you may think are under LVUSD (ex. Christensen) Note that school fields are NOT to be practiced on. The league has turned down the school district's offer to rent the fields to us for practices for a fee. Please use public land like our park system (LARPD parks).

All fields used by teams must be shared by all teams present. It is not first come, first served as much as moving over to make room for other teams with equal space. No team has priority over another, even if one team is in a "higher" division than another. They are all kids and all citizens of the city has the same right to field access on public grounds. Practices can happen in less room than a full sized field. Please be considerate of other teams.

Independence Park (aka Kellman) is the main High Comp field. The standing agreement the Directors of House and High Comp have is that House teams will not practice on Kellman fields since all training for High Comp teams are squeezed onto this one field to help keep out of the way of the House teams. Please honor that agreement. Kellman is overused as it is.

LOOK AROUND YOU! We get access to the fields granted to us to used, not abused. Please pick up any trash or report and field safety issues. Let's work together to keep our city beautiful and our parks open and available! THANKS!

Please make sure to lock up goals. Lock up flags, nets, etc. into the lock boxes and LOCK the box when ever it is not actively being used. SAFETY first for the kids playing about those boxes, please! THANKS!

Field Locations and Maps

Here are the approximate fields sizes, depending on individual park conditions:

U5-U6 20/30 x 15/20 yards, 6x4 foot goal area, no goal/net (use flags)

U7-U8 40/70 x 35/50 yards, 18x6 foot goal area, uses goals/nets (goals are 6x12 feet)

U10 50/90 x 35/60 yards, 21x7 foot goal area, uses goals/nets (goals are 18x6 feet)

U12 100/130 x 50/100 yards, 24x8 foot goal area, uses goals/nets

U14 & up 70 x 110 yards, 24x8 foot goal area, uses goals/nets

During the first few weeks of the season, the fields may be marked (1, 2, or 3) near the center circle so that team can get used to which field is which. However, the basic assumption should be that Field 1 is the West/North fields and counting towards 2 or 3 going toward the East/South.

Teams (players and coaches) are on one side of the field in their technical area and spectators are on the other side. This allows for better control of the game.

 
Field Location

Operated By

(and Map)

 Age Group Games for 2006 Comments

Altamont Creek

(Altamont Creek Park)

 6800 Altamont Creek Drive

LARPD

U9-10 House Boys

Field 1 is WEST

Field 2 is EAST

Bill Payne

(William J. "Bill" Payne Sports Park)

 5800 Patterson Pass Road LARPD

U7-8 House Boys

Field 1 is WEST

Field 2 is CENTER

Field 3 is EAST

Christensen Park

(Christensen Middle)

5611 Bridgeport Circle LARPD U11-12 House Boys and Girls

U14 House Girls

Field 1 is WEST

Field 2 is EAST

Hagemann Park

(Kline Field)

 459 Olivina Ave. LARPD

U5-6 House Girls

Field 1 is NORTH

Field 2 is SOUTH

Kellman Fields

(Independence Park)

 2798 Holmes Street LARPD

U11-19 High Comp

U16-19 Traveling House

Field 1 is EAST

Field 2 is SOUTH

Field 3 is NORTH

  

Only high comp teams practice on these fields.

Junction Avenue School

 298 Junction Ave LVJUSD

U9-10 House Girls

Field 1 is WEST

Field 2 is EAST

Robert Livermore

(Robert Livermore Park)

991 Loyola Way (at East Avenue) LARPD

U13-14 House Boys and Girls

 

U9-10 High Comp

Field 1 is WEST

Field 2 is EAST

Field 3 is CENTER

 

U9-U10 center field is in between the West/East fields

Robertson Park

(Rodeo Grounds)

3200 Robertson Park Road LARPD

U14-19 High Comp

U16-19 Traveling House

Field 1 is WEST (in fence)

Field 2 is EAST (in fence)

Field 3 is TURF

The TURF field on the grass area below the fenced Robertson Park fields.

Smith School

(Emma C. Smith Elementary)

391 Ontario Drive LVJUSD

U5-6 House Boys

Field 1 is WEST

Field 2 is EAST

Sunset Park

(Arroyo Mocho Elementary)

 1040 Florence Road LARPD

U7-8 House Girls

Field 1 is SOUTH

Field 2 is NORTH

Note: Here is a link from CYSA-North on the many fields.

Turf Conditions

Open/Closed Status

The "Open" or "Closed" state of the fields (LARPD and LVJUSD) regarding availability for soccer is communicated in a variety of ways. Remember that if a field is closed, it is not always due to rain or other obvious reasons. Please note that if LARPD closes all their fields, the school must be considered closed also.

If LARPD closes the fields, they are likely to do so before the first scheduled game, but it could be later in the day, as the weather changes.

Field Signs - Most LARPD fields have signs that flip over to show the field is open or closed. If sign is in the closed position, no activities are permitted on the fields, including practices and games.

Website - The LARPD Turf web page (http://www.larpd.dst.ca.us/turf.html) is updated all the time.

Phone Message - Recorded outgoing messages for the fields is updated all the time.

LARPD Turf phone line: 925-373-5702, 1#  (updated around 2pm) 

Referee Determination on the Field - Even if the fields are open, if the game referee deems unsafe conditions, the game is cancelled. Safety of the players comes first.

Rainout and Cancellation of Game Policy

Should a game be cancelled for any reason, check the Standard Operating Procedures for determination of the outcome of the game.

 

Maintenance

Should the fields require attention for safety, vandalism or other reasons, please contact the appropriate agency.

LARPD "Livermore Area Recreation & Park District" - 925-373-5745

CONTACT: Director of Operations, operations@lysl.org or call 925-461-7570, 3#.

[This page was last updated: Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:16 AM ]