Lee Mt. Vernon
Soccer Club		 LMVSC    
P.O. Box 10202
Alexandria, VA 22310
 
LMVSC home Registration Form Scholarship Form General Rules Playing Rules Code of Conduct Fields

Spectators' Code of Conduct

1) I will ensure that my conduct shall reflect sportsmanship, good citizenship, and a positive example for the players.
2) I will show respect to home and visiting coaches before, during, and after games.
3) I will show respect for officials and refrain from questioning decisions.
4) I will cheer my child's team in a positive, supportive manner, refraining at all times from making hostile, negative or abusive remarks about the opposing team or the players.
5) I will follow field/facility rules and regulations, respecting at all time the property of others.
6) I will demonstrate appropriate gestures of sportsmanship at the conclusion of a game; win, lose or draw.
7) I will be responsible for ensuring that their children do not violate these codes.
8) I will show respect for the Laws of the Game.
9) I will behave professionally toward a coach, a player, another spectator or an official, both publicly and privately when engaging in conflict resolution.
10) I will refrain from using abusive language, profanity, or humiliating remarks. I will maintain control of emotions and and/or gestures of ill temper, or physical assault towards a player, a coach, another spectator or an official.

Coaches' and Players' Code of Conduct

1) I will ensure that I set a proper example for team members and spectators.
2) I will know the Laws of the Game and abide by them. I will instruct the teams in such a way as to motivate each player to compete according to the laws.
3) I will show respect for officials. I will refrain from questioning official decisions, especially in a disrespectful or abusive manner. Players are to refrain from addressing officials or commenting on their decisions.
4) I will show respect for the coaches and players of the opposing team and demonstrate appropriate gestures of sportsmanship at the conclusion of a game. Both will maintain control of their emotions and refrain from using abusive language or profanity, humiliating remarks, and/or gestures of ill temper, or physical assault upon another player.
5) Both will follow all field/facility rules and regulations, respecting the property of others.
6) I will ensure that my spectators conduct themselves with sportsmanship and maturity while in attendance at game sites.

Code of Conduct

Any LMVSC coach, player, board member, spectator, or participant of any kind, who violates this Code of Conduct, laws, or procedures will be subject to such disciplinary action as the LMVSC Rules and Conduct Committee shall in its discretion deem appropriate after reasonable inquiry. Appeal, if any, by the disciplined party shall be to the LMVSC Executive Board in writing. Appeals by personal appearances before the Executive Board shall not be permitted unless the Executive Board requests a personal appearance for the purpose of directly gathering additional facts. Otherwise, all appeals, and all factual presentations, shall be submitted in writing. The Executive Board's option to request a personal appearance shall not preclude the Executive Board from deciding to request additional facts by written statements rather than by personal appearance.

If an official, including a referee, an assistant referee, or a club linesmen, is assaulted, and if a coach or assistant coach committed the assault, participated in the assault, or encouraged the assault, the offending coach or assistant coach will be barred immediately from all LMVSC activities by the LMVSC Commissioner and the bar will extend thereafter for such period as the Rules and Conduct Committee shall decide.

If a player committed the assault, participated in the assault, or encouraged the assault the offending player will be barred immediately from all LMVSC activities by the LMVSC Commissioner and the bar will extend thereafter for such period as the Rules and Conduct Committee shall decide.

If a parent, guardian, spouse or other relative or friend of a player or coach, or any spectator committed the assault, participated in the assault, or encouraged the assault, the offending person will be barred immediately from all LMVSC activities by the LMVSC Commissioner and the bar will extend thereafter for such period as the Rules and Conduct Committee shall decide.

It is not the intention of LMVSC to punish a child for the child's parents' misbehavior. However, in balancing the right of the child to continue playing against the need to protect officials, players, and coaches, a parent or any other person committing an assault or other inappropriate behavior as raised by this Code of Conduct, may be, at the discretion of the Rules and Conduct Committee, barred from approaching any LMVSC game or practice within a distance that the barred person could touch or verbally abuse any LMVSC player, coach, or official.

If a coach, assistant coach, and/or player is assaulted on or in the vicinity of the game or practice field, the matter will be referred to the Rules and Conduct Committee for appropriate action and, while the Rules and Conduct Committee's decision is pending, the LMVSC Commissioner may, if deemed appropriate, suspend any or all participants in the assault from all LMVSC activities.