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Play-Ups / Guest Players - Winter Season

Please Note: Players and teams are solely responsible for tracking all play-ups / guest players throughout the season. The player statistics shown on the website are intended to be a resource for teams and players but will always be an incomplete listing.

ONLY those play-ups on game sheets received in the CUSA office will be shown. Remember, there can be a delay between the time the game was played and when the game sheets are received in the CUSA office. 

For complete rules on Restricted Movement and Player Transfer, please refer to the Rules and Regulations under the Documents sections of the CUSA website.

Click here for the Rules and Regulations regarding Restricted Movement and Player Transfer

 
Summary of Guest Player Movement - for additional details on guest player movement, ensure you read the complete Rules and Regulations as attached above.

Rule 12.4. Teams are eligible to have up to 4 guest players in a match.

 

Boardless Program

Men’s Open (Major to Div 5/Men's U23)

  • Can only play up for their club if they are registered in a lower division club team of the same name. Lowest division is the U23 division/Division 5.
  • Examples of this rule:
    • Foothills FC Div 5 player plays up for a higher division Foothills team - ALLOWED.
    • Foothills FC Div 5 player plays up for a higher division non-Foothills team - NOT ALLOWED.
    • U23 Calgary West player plays up for a higher division non-Calgary West team - NOT ALLOWED.
    • Div 4 player plays up for a team with a different name in Div 2 - NOT ALLOWED.
  • Players who are allowed to play up can play up a maximum of 6 games per team in total per season.

Master’s Elite/Competitive

Age Category:  35 as of Jan 1st

  • Eligible to play up for Men's Open - Division 3 and above ONLY. 
  • Can play up a maximum of 6 games per team in total per season.

Master’s Premier (NOT APPLICABLE TO INDOOR SEASON)

Age Category:  35 as of Jan 1st

  • Eligible for Master’s Elite, Men's Open.
  • Can guest a maximum of 6 games per team in a season.
  • The Master’s players who are over 45 years of age may play down into O45 A.
  • No more than 2 Master’s Premier players per O45A game.

Master’s 1 & lower

Age Category:  35 as of Jan 1st

  • Eligible to play up for any team in Master’s Elite/Comp, Men's Open.
  • Can guest play a maximum of 6 games per team in a season.
  • Master's players who are 45 years of age and older:
    • can guest play for any O45 team for an unlimited number of games
    • no more than 2 Masters’ players may play down per game per team.
    • Exception: those registered in the lowest Master’s divisions (Masters 3) may play unlimited into O45 and up to 4 may play down into any O45 division.

Over 45

Age Category:  O45 prior to registration 

  • Can play up unlimited per team with any Master’s, Men's Open or higher Over 45 division team.
  • Can play down into O55 unlimited per team if at least 53 years of age.
  • Can also play for same division i.e. O45C-1 player can guest play for a team in O45C-2. (NOT APPLICABLE FOR INDOOR SEASON)

Over 55

Age Category:  O55 prior to registration

  • Can play up unlimited per team with any O45, Master’s or Open division team.
  • May guest play on any O55 team within their program. 

 

Boarded Program

  • Open - Competitive (highest division), Intermediate, Recreational (lowest division) - can only play up for teams in a higher division, a maximum of 6 times per team. 
  • Masters O35 - can play up to Open, a maximum of 6 times per team.
    • Master's players who are 45 years of age and older:
      • can guest play for any O45 team for an unlimited number of games
      • no more than 2 Masters’ players may play down per game per team.
  • Over 45 - O45B are eligible to play up unlimited for any team in Open, Masters Boarded, and O45A. O45A players are NOT allowed to play down for O45B. 
    • O45B registered players are allowed to guest play for any other team in O45B.

 

Coed Program

  • Teams are eligible to have up to 4 guest players in a match
  • Guest players are ONLY permitted from other teams in their same competitive grouping i.e. Recreational or Ultra Recreational. 
  • The team and the player are responsible to ensure that he or she is eligible to play as a guest player.
  • Players may be a guest player 6 times per team only in a season.

 

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