Season Start Dates

• Classic: August 25 or 27, 2025 (Monday/Wednesday)
• Academy: August 23, 2025 (Saturday)
• Holiday Observance: No games on Saturday, August 30, 2025 - Monday, September 1, 2025 (Labor Day).
• Both Classic and Academy leagues will play 8 games.

Game Days
Classic:

• Primarily Saturday/Sunday, with the exception of Mon/Wed during the last week of August. 
• Clubs may move dates with opponent approval. 
• Both genders will be scheduled on Saturday and/or Sunday; there is no longer a specific date for gender. 
• High School girls will primarily be placed on Sunday, with Saturday as a second choice to avoid school conflicts.

Academy: Saturdays

Available Divisions

• 11U, 12U, 13U Boys and Girls
• 14U and 15U Boys
• 15U Girls (will include 14U and 15U year old players; divisions determined by team submission and player makeup)
• HS Girls

Link to Register: https://gb.playmetrics.com/programs/1419/details

Classic League Deadlines

• Monday, July 14, 2025: Team application deadline.
• Please follow team Naming Process 
• Clubs are allowed to submit 10 blackout dates.
• Monday, July 14, 2025: Complete list of teams forwarded to participating clubs.
• Tuesday, July 15, 2025: Team placement committee meeting. Placements announced.
• Thursday, July 17, 2025: Final day to appeal team placement.
• Friday, July 18, 2025: Appeals satisfied, scheduling begins.
• Monday, July 21 - Thursday, July 30, 2025: Schedule with date assignments presented to clubs. Clubs will add fields and times.
• Thursday, July 31 - Thursday, August 7, 2025: Clubs can work with each other to adjust date changes.
• Thursday, August 7, 2025 (noon): Final day for scheduling adjustments.
• Thursday, August 7, 2025: Schedule goes live.

Academy League Deadlines

• Monday, July 28, 2025: Team applications due.
• New this year! Academy Schedules can now be submitted online at the following link.  Academy Registration Form
• Please share any coaching conflicts, special request, etc. in the comments section of the form. We will do our best to accommodate in the scheduling process.
• Clubs are able to choose the number of play dates they wish to participate in.
• Thursday, July 31, 2025: First phase draft of schedule (Weeks 1 and 2).
• Friday, August 8, 2025: First phase revision (Weeks 1 and 2).
• Monday, August 11, 2025: First phase schedule posted (Weeks 1 and 2).
• Monday, August 11, 2025: Team additions and subtractions.
• Monday, August 18, 2025: Second phase draft of schedule (Weeks 3-8).
• Thursday, August 21, 2025: Second phase revision (Weeks 3-8).
• Monday, August 25, 2025: Entire schedule posted (Weeks 1-8).

Registration Link: https://www.jotform.com/form/251468397790169

• If a member club team is pull from from the East Central Schedule before it is posted, there will not be a charge to remove the games from the East Cental Schedule.  

• Any team dropping from the East Cental League once the East Central League schedule is posted  (Made public).  A flat fee of $250.00 per team will be charge to the club for any team withdrawing. 

Final day to appeal is Thursday, July 17 2025 at noon by sending email to placement committee. 

To help you keep track of all the important dates for the Fall 2025 season, we've created a convenient Google Calendar with all the key Classic and Academy deadlines noted above. You can easily add this calendar to your own Google Calendar by clicking the following links: 

• Academy Google Calendar

• Classic Google Calendar

For detailed instructions on how to add a Google Calendar to your own, or how to import it into other calendar applications, please refer to this Google Help page.