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OASL Rules

This is a specific page for the OASL league of SOS-SOCCER-MANAGER.

 

Each manager coaches a soccer club from the American Soccer Network.  A season is divided into sessions.
 

From Season 14 there will be 24 Teams contesting the Youth Division 3
 

Each manager submits lineup order instructions online for each session, and the commissioner ('Commish') then resolves the matches using the software which determines the scores and the effects of the sessions on each manager's club.  

'''OASL''' stands for Online American Soccer League & features teams drawn from All levels of the USA Soccer Estabishment.
 

The OASL was formed from the original ODFL training league, which is Now a 100 % Training League for New Coaches to Learn the Ropes of sos-soccer-manager

 

Most of the features of the other Leagues will be used in OASL; The original Rules etc. were written by Al Sellers for the first League MSWL, Other Leagues in the SOS SOCCER family include SESL and SFLSL.


Officers

Officer Duties

 

  • The 'Commissioner' is responsible for running the league matches and the league as a whole.  

    • Please read Benign Dictatorship for more on Commissioner.

  • Press Officer will  award Participation Bonus based on Press Releases posted on the Blog and Journal, 50k is the maximum award for the Participation Bonus, normally awarded after the league session.

  • Assistant Commissioner' is responsible for assisting the Commissioner

  • Auction Review/Preview Officer' Will be responsible for posting articles previewing forthcoming auctions & reviewing the auction results

    • Where a newbie manager has been taken advantage off, then the Commissioner can demand a trade is reversed.


Website

 

Almost all functions of the game have been automated on the OASL Website.

 

Orders are submitted online, trades are completed online, and interaction with other managers is possible on the blog, journal and match comments.  It is possible to communicate with other managers by email or OASL inbox.  This is commonly done for trade discussions, as well as banter.

 

The Structure of a Season

 

OASL has Cup competitions and the League.  The commissioner will publish the fixture schedule at the beginning of the season.

 

Session

 

Each manager submits lineup order instructions online for each session, and the commissioner then resolves the matches using the software which determines the scores and the effects of the session on each manager's club.

 

A session usually consists of

  • One match  for League & Cup sessions

  • There are two sessions in a week :Wednesdays at 21.00 GMT/BST & Sundays at 15:00 GMT/BST

 

RESOURCES

  • CP & TP Purchases: Pre Season Only

  • Coaches may Purchase up to 50CP at

    • 50k each for First 30

    • 75k each for Next 20

    • provided limits are not exceeded

  • TP : 30 TP (60 TO to Youth Teams)awarded (Free) to each Team Pre-season

    • A Further 20 TP(up to the team maximum of 50)may be purchased at a cost of 100k each

  • Resource Limits set at

    • 5000k

    • 50CP

    • 50TP (NA TO YOUTH TEAMS)

    • Per Team

    • Any limits exceeded will result in loss of excess

 

AGEING

  •  MID SEASON AGEING Was re-introduced in Season 6 IN OASL

  • OLMEC POST SEASON AGEING TABLE USED AT END OF SEASON

 

RETIREMENT REMUNERATION TABLE

Age 0 & 1 Players may be retired but there is NO REMUNERATION for them!

 

THE LEAGUE

 

The regular season will involve the 12 teams in each division playing the other teams in their division twice (once at home and once away) for a total of 22 league matches.

  • The schedule will be published at the beginning of the season.

  • games will be played on Sundays & Wednesdays.

  • The Champions are the team that finishes with the most points at the end of the 22 game league campaign.

  • The bottom two teams of Division One will be relegated and replaced by the top two teams of Divisions Two

  • Promotion/Relegation Play-offs

  • The 10th team in Division 1 Will play the 3rd Team in Division 2 in a Winner takes all at a neutral venue match to determine who plays in Division 1 the following season

 

STANDINGS

 

Clubs are ranked in the League and the Cup Group Stages primarily by the number of Points they earn. 

  • Clubs earn 3 Points per win and 1 Point per draw.

  • Clubs with equal Points shall have that tie broken using the following criteria (in DESCENDING order):

    • Goal Differential

    • Total Goals Scored

    • Head To Head Record

    • Most Goals Scored in Head To Head Play

    • Games Won

    • Goals scored @ home

    • Home matches Won

    • Leading Goal scorer

  • 1 Match play-off at Neutral Venue (90 minutes then PK Shootout if tied)

 

AWARDS

THE CUPS

 

The 3 Cups in OASL are

  • the AL Sellers Cup

  • and the Steve Turner Trophy

  • and the Al Sellers Consolation Plate Suspended for Season 12

 

AL SELLERS CUP
 

  • Will be a straight two leg knockout competition HOME & AWAY

  • Except the Final(+3/4 play-off) which will be 90 Minutes at Neutral Venue

  • (Away goals count double if agg score tied)

  • (if still level then the game will go to penalties)

  • All matches will be randomly drawn

  • The first round will comprise the 16 teams that fail to qualify for the 1/4 Finals of ST TROPHY

  • They will be drawn against each other later in the season.

  • The 8 Winners of those matches will be drawn against the

  • 8 teams that made the 1/4 Finals of ST TROPHY to form the second round.

  • The 8 winners will be drawn against each other in the 1/4 Finals.

  • The 4 Winners will go into the Semi Finals.

  • The 2 winners will go into the Final.

  • The Semi Final losers will play off for 3rd/4th places

  • The Final will be played at the end of the League Season

  • Prize money is

    • WINNER    : 500k

    • Runner Up : 300k

    • 3rd place : 200k

    • 4th place : 100k

 

STEVE TURNER TROPHY

 

  • (Adjustment from Season 12)

  • The season will kick off with the group stages of the Steve Turner Trophy

  • There will be 4 groups of 6 teams each.

  • GROUP A will comprise 6  teams

  • GROUP B will comprise 6  teams

  • GROUP C will comprise 6  teams

  • GROUP D will comprise 6  teams

  • The draw for these groups will be made by The Commissioner

  • Each team will play 10 group games against the other group teams (Home & Away)

  • All group tie breakers will be same as listed on OASL WIKI site for Divisional ties

  • The Top 2 from each group will progress to the 1/4 finals which will be played later in the season

  • Winner Group A will play Runner up Group B in 1/4 F 1Winner Group B will play runner up Group A  in 1/4 F 2

  • Winner Group C will play runner up Group D  in 1/4 F 3

  • Winner Group D will play runner up Group C in 1/4 F 4

  • After the group games all matches will be 90 minutes plus PK Shootouts at Neutral Venues

  • Winner of 1/4 F 1 will play Winner of 1/4 F 3 in Semi Final 1

  • Winner of 1/4 F 2 will play Winner of 1/4 F 4 in Semi Final 2

  • Winners of Semi Finals will meet in Final

  • The Semi Final losers will play off for 3rd/4th places

  • The Final will be played at the end of League season

  • Prize money is

    • WINNER    : 350k

    • Runner Up : 200k

    • 3rd place : 150k

    • 4th place : 100k

 

AL SELLERS CONSOLATION PLATE

 

  • Will be a straight 1 leg knockout competition at Neutral venue(PK Shootout after 90 minutes if tied)

  • The 8 Losers from 2nd round of AS CUP 

  • Will be drawn against

  • The 8 losers from 1st round of AS CUP

  • In the '''AS CONSOLATION PLATE'''

  • The 8 Winners will go to the 1'4 Finals

  • The 4 Winners will go to the Semi-Finals

  • The 2 winners will go into the Final.

  • The Semi Final losers will play off for 3rd/4th places

  • The Final will be played before the end of the season

  • Prize money is

    • WINNER    : 250k

    • Runner Up : 150k

    • 3rd place : 100k

    • 4th place : 75k


CAPTAINS BONUS
 

The captain's bonus will be used.

MORALE BONUS

 

Some teams have a morale bonus applied to their match revenues but not area ratings.  This bonus applies to gate values and is split between both teams playing.  These Bonuses will be reduced to zero at the end of each season

All First Division Teams will start season with a 0.10 Morale Bonus (plus)(Maximum + 0.3)
 

Other Bonuses are shown in the table

AUCTIONS

 

6 AUCTIONS PER SEASON

Each auction will have:

  • 2 x age 2 - SL range 24-28

  • 1 x age 3 - SL range 25-29

  • 1 x age 4 - SL range 25-29

  • 1 x age 6 - SL range 22 - 26

  • 3 x  lots of 4 - 7 CP

  • 2 x  lots of 3 OTF (listed as Age 9 Players in Auction )

 

END OF SEASON AWARDS
 

(Adjusted from Season 8)

(Youth Awards added from Season 12)

 

  • YOUTH GOLDEN BOOT - Top Scoring player Aged 0 or 1 in each Division : +2 SL

  • YOUTH GOLDEN GLOVES - Top rated Goal Keeper Aged 0 or 1 in each Division : +2 SL

  • GOLDEN BOOT - Top Scoring player(League games '''ONLY''') in Each Division : +2 SL

    • (''tie break will be the number of shots taken to score the goals lowest shots wins)''

  • GOLDEN GLOVES - Top Rated Goal keeper (League games '''ONLY''') in each Division : +2 SL

  • FAIR PLAY AWARD - Team with lowest total DP in each Division : + 3 OTF

  • MANAGER of the SEASON AWARD - + 3 OTF


SOS CUP QUALIFICATION
 

(SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE)

  • Beginning 2013 OASL Teams will be invited to participate in the SOS CUP

  • 8 Teams will be invited (Selected by Commissioner)

  • As per Poll result the 8 teams will be (most recently completed season):

    • AS CUP Winner + Runner-up

    • ST TROPHY Winner + Runner up

    • (ASC PLATE Winner : when active)

    • Division 1 Champion + Runner-up + 3rd place

    • Division 2 Champion

    • If a Cup winner also qualifies in the league then /4th/5th/6th in Division 1 will be next choice

 

YOUTH TEAM RULES
 

FROM SEASON 14 ONWARDS ONLY YOUTH (DIV 3) TEAMS PARTICIPATE IN COLLEGE DRAFT

DIVISION 3: YOUTH TEAM EXPANSION: RULES vers 3

 

There will be 1 Division (Division 3) of 24 teams each team will be affiliated to a Division 1 or 2 team

They will play 23 League games per season, once against each other at neutral venues

 

STANDINGS

 

Clubs are ranked in the League primarily by the number of Points they earn & then in line with OASL Rules

There will be no Promotion or Relegation from Division 3

 

SESSIONS

 

Each manager submits line-up order instructions online for each session a session usually consists of one match for League games

There will be 1 session a week: Sundays at 15:00 GMT/BST

 

ROSTERS

 

The teams will have opening rosters of 25 players as follows

  • 12 x Age 0 Players

    • Will benefit from the +2 SL Bonuses after 360 minutes play (Playing restrictions as General Rules

    • 2 x SL 4: 3 x SL 5: 3 x SL 6: 2 x SL 7: 2 x SL 8

  • 8 x Age 1 Players

    • 2 x SL 10: 2 x SL 12: 2 x SL 14: 2 x SL 16

  • 4 x Age 2 Players

    • 1 x SL 12: 21x SL 14: 1 x SL 16: 1 x SL 18

  • 1 x Age 4 player Captain

    • Will receive the 'Captains Bonus' of +1 SL if they play for 45+ minutes in a game won by 3 or more goals

    • 1 x SL 20

 

The 25 players must be allocated positions by their Head Coaches

(3x GK: 2 x SW:  6 x DF: 6 x MF: 6 x FW: 2 x WG)

 

Multi Position Players

No MPP's in Division 3

 

FROM SEASON 17
 

At the end of each season the Top Age 0 player in each team will be re-classified as an MPP player by the Commissioner

That player will be promoted to their parent team at the rollover to the next season + 2 OTHER AGE 0 PLAYERS AT SINGLE POSITIONS

 

Player Names

 

Managers may use player names from 1 to 19 characters.

A player is named by the manager of the club at the beginning of the season

 

AGEING

 

Mid-Season ageing table will be used

Post season ageing table will be used

 

RETIREMENTS

 

Players aged 3+ with a skill level of 10 or less may be retired but no remuneration will be given

 

Promotion to Senior Team
 

The top Age 0 players from each team will be re-classified as MPP promoted to their parent clubs as Aged Age 1 player

Each Parent team must nominate 2 other Age 0 player from their youth team to promote to their team as an Aged Age 1 players, that player retains his position & Skill level

Each parent team must nominate 1 other Age 0 Player to go into the Pre-season Sealed bid Auction (these players will also Age to 1)

 

SEALED BID AUCTION

 

24 x Age 1 players (previously Age 0 players) from Division 3 Youth Teams will make up the' Sealed bid Auction ' list

Each Division 1 & 2 team may send up to 5 bids to the Commissioner for 5 different players (1 each) from the Sealed Bid Auction list

The top bidders will be determined for each player in turn taking in following criteria

Each Division 1or 2 team may win a maximum of 2 players from this auction

If top 2 valid bids are the same the higher rated team (Divisional position previous season) will win the bid

Commissioner will set bid deadlines & announce results accordingly

The cash from the sale of the players will go to the parent team

 

DRAFT

There will be a 'College Draft' to repopulate the Division 3 Youth Teams

 

COLLEGE AUTO DRAFT
BEGINS AT THE END OF SEASON 16
DETAILS TO FOLLOW


PHYSIO BOOST/ MAGIC SPONGE

 

Same rules as Division 1 & 2

 

RESOURCES

 

Each team will receive a FREE allocation of 60 TP per season

No CP's in Division 3

 

FINANCES

 

All teams will begin with 300k cash

Teams will earn Gate receipts

Teams will earn MVP bonues (any CP awarded will be converted to TP)

Teams can use cash to use more than 1 TP per game (25k per TP to max of 4 per game)

At the end of each season 50% of the Youth teams bank balance will be transferred to the parent team

 

MORALE

 

All teams start with morale of 0.5

Each team's morale is carried over to the next season with a minimum of 0.5.

No Morale Bonus's in Division 3

 

OTF

 

All Teams OTF will be set to 1

No OTF Coaching in Division 3

 

AUCTIONS

 

No Auctions in Division 3

 

TRADING

Not allowed in Division 3

 

 

Div. 3 Finishing Position

AWARDS

 

There will be End of Season Awards for League position, Youth Golden Boot, Youth Golden Glove

 

OTHER AWARDS

 

YOUTH GOLD BOOT AWARD

1st          2nd        3rd

+3 SL      +2 SL      +1 SL

 

YOUTH GOLD GLOVE AWARD

1st          2nd        3rd

+3 SL      +2 SL      +1 SL

Division 3 Finishing Position

PHYSIO BOOST/ MAGIC SPONGE

 

  • From season 9 onwards OASL will adopt the Physio Boost rule that is used in other SOS-Soccer-Manager Leagues.

  • The Idea of using a physio is to reduce the "down time" of an injured player.

  • A 1 game session adds +4EL to a player, and “Physio Boost” will also add an additional +4EL so the recovery time is effectively halved.

  • Player must be on a -8 or worse EL rating at the start of a session before “Physio Boost” can be used.

  • So for a cost of 40k the player will get an extra EL Boost of +4 at the end of a session.

  • 1 player per team per session allowed.

  • Manager must post on Blog his wish to use “Physio Boost” on 1 specified player BEFORE that weeks session kicks off.

 

Normal OASL CONDITIONS APPLY TO Any Specific Rules not mentioned above

The Commissioner reserves the right to amend or change any of the above rules as & if he deems it necessary.

23rd  NOVEMBER 2013

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