BC Soccer Return to Play Information
Knight Soccer League 2025
Divisions 1, 2, 3, Co-ed and Legends will start the second week in April.
The Premier Division will start the last week of April
Alcohol at Burnaby Lake will result in a fine
and possible expulsion from the KSL!
Costs
The team registration fee is $300 for returning teams in good standing if they register and pay by midnight Feb. 28, 2025. The team registration fee will be $450 in March for returning teams in good standing and new teams. The performance bond is $200; field costs range from about $50 per home game in N. Delta on a grass pitch up to ~$185 for a 2.5 hour booking on Vancouver synthetic turf; referee fees are $50 / match for each team every game for all divisions except Premier Division; their cost is $110 / match / team to cover the added cost of assistant referees.
Teams in semi-finals will probably pay for assistant referees and the league pays the match officials in Championship Final matches. There will be a field acquisition surcharge of about 10% added if the league has to find you a field. The play-off field fees will be split 50/50 between both teams, home and away. The Premier Division will finish play before the Nations Cup tournament, and the rest of the divisions will have their finals in July.
New Team Managers
Add the email address below into your contacts to help ensure you receive messages from the league and send us a message with the team name, your name, cell number and the city / area you would prefer for your home games.
admin@knightsoccerleague.orgTeam Registration - Managers
Complete and submit the online Team Affiliation form with 3 contacts - please provide full information for the primary contact and a minimum of names, contact phone numbers, and email addresses for the 2nd and 3rd contacts.
1. The KSL will send you the e-transfer email address
2. You will e-transfer the team registration fee and any bond amount owed
3. The KSL will send you the player registration username and password
4. The field fee estimate for the regular season will be sent to you
When you are paying by e-transfer please include:
The team name and division for team payments; the team name and players' names for new registrants and fines
Short note on what the payment is towards in the message section
Your manager should have the e-transfer email, and payments are auto-deposit, so no question or answer is required.
Players must register before playing in the Knight Soccer League.
Two CURRENT printable game day lists need to be brought to every match and given to the match official. It is best to print game day rosters the day of the match - do NOT print enough for the whole season before the first game because rosters will change as new players register. Registered players will have their names automatically populated on the team list. If a player's name is not on the team list they are not registered. Players can register after team lists are printed and their names can be printed by hand onto the game day roster, but the manager must contact the league before they play to confirm their registration status. Players can register on some smart phones but quite a few models crop-off the critical liability waiver agreement button, so the registration is not processed despite the player thinking they have registered. Team lists can be checked at any time to see if a player's name has been added to ensure a player's registration has been completed. Teams that do not confirm with the league before playing a player whose name is hand printed on the game day list will be charged a $25 registration confirmation fee.
Players must register with the exact same name as the photo I.D. they will use for games; do not use nicknames or shorter versions of the names on your government laminated photo I. D. The photo I.D. must be shown to the referee at every match when requested by the referee. Failure to present proper photo I.D. will result in the loss of that game and a fine of $50. Cell phone pictures of photo I.D. will NOT be accepted.
Players that are not 19 yet must submit a signed parental liability form to their team manager, who will check it and then send it to the league. The forms with printed names and a parent or guardian signature must be received by the Knight Soccer League before these players can play.
Division-winning teams and runners-up teams refusing promotion the following season may not be eligible for the playoffs.