We are excited to bring back our co-ed Fall League for 2022! Registration is open and will run until August 31.
TCUL has implemented a new health and wellness policy that all fall league participants must adhere to in order to participate in league activities.
We will continue to use SportsEngine to register players and roster teams. Captains must perform a team registration before August 31 in order for the team to be a part of the league. A team is considered registered for Fall League with $350 payment and at least 9 rostered players that have successfully completed their individual registrations (minimum of 4 of each matching gender). The league has space for a maximum of 48 teams. Team Registration will close on August 31, first come first serve, with preference given to past participating teams.
Once a team is registered, players will perform an individual player registration where they will provide league pertinent information, such as which team they are to be rostered onto. Individual players will be required to sign participation and health waivers. Individual players can register for a team September 30. On October 1 all team rosters are locked. Players must be fully registered prior to their first game of participation.
Free Agents (aka: I need a team)
Fall League is a team-based league, not draft or hat-based, so individual players must be a part of a team that is registering. If you are not a part of a team and are interested in joining a team, we would suggest using the TCUL Sub Community page on Facebook to attempt to connect with other players/teams.
Fall League will run for 9 weeks on Sundays, from September 11 through November 6, 2022. Playoffs begin on October 30th with a championship tournament concluding Fall League on November 6th. All games are played at the Lake Nokomis Fields, along Cedar Avenue. Regular season games will be scheduled in advance during the following time slots: 12:00 – 1:30 PM, 1:40 – 3:10 PM, and 3:20 – 4:50 PM. All games are subject to time cap rules (described below). Teams with lower rankings will tend to have games in the early time slot, teams with middle rankings during the middle time slot, and upper ranked teams in the late time slot. Team rankings will be determined by the Fall League Board at the start of Fall League and will change weekly based upon game results.
Please make every effort to avoid a forfeit. To avoid forfeits captains should manage the game roster via the SportsEngine app or the TCUL website, maintain frequent communication with your players, and find suitable substitute players when warranted (all substitute players must complete an individual player registration and agree to health & safety waivers at least 24 hours prior to participation). The Fall League forfeit rules are below:
Approved Forfeit
If needed, each team is afforded up to 1 "planned" forfeit per season if announced at least 8 days prior to the event (i.e., by 5 PM Saturday the week before). This provides enough time for league coordinators to seek volunteers to play a double-header and reconfigure the schedule by Tuesday.
Unapproved Forfeit
If a team does not have at least 5 players present (min. 2 of each matching gender) at the designated game start, that team has incurred an unapproved forfeit. With the first unapproved forfeit, a team is banned from playoffs for the season. With a second unapproved forfeit in a single season, that team is banned from future league registrations and may be removed from the current season.
These forfeit policies will be enforced to encourage teams to have a large enough roster to ensure they will have enough players to field a team each week. Captains can find subs when warranted, but the league's preference is that each team has sufficient registered players to field a team for the entire season.
Ultimate stresses sportsmanship and fair play. Competitive play is encouraged, but never at the expense of respect between players, adherence to the rules, and the basic joy of play. Fall League is meant to be fun for everybody at all levels of play.
TCUL's official code of conduct can be found here.
The TCUL Code of Conduct is an extension of the USA Ultimate Conduct Policy, which can be read here.
The following rules apply regarding rosters:
See information posted here.
The lost & found treasure chest gets very large each season, and most of it goes unclaimed. The league will send out a communication to Captains via SportsEngine each week with a list of lost & found items. If you lose an item, please notify your Captain or email the TCUL Board at TwinCitiesUltimate@gmail.com. After two weeks, lost & found items will be donated to charity, added to the lost & found curator’s assets, or discarded properly.
Food is allowed on the fields but alcohol and all forms of recreational drugs are prohibited by Minneapolis ordinance. Beyond any legal ramifications encountered from players caught using alcohol or drugs on the fields, the TCUL league could get banned from renting the fields and/or lose its liability insurance. There are many bars in Minneapolis that can cater to your needs, including Carbone's at the intersection of Cedar Ave and Minnehaha Parkway. Teams interested in post-game socializing are encouraged to frequent those establishments; do not bring the party to the fields. This absolutely applies to Tournament Sunday as well.
To contact the TCUL Board, send an email to TwinCitiesUltimate@gmail.com