The Mike Rose Soccer Complex has been approved by the Shelby County Health Department to play soccer.

Parents/Coaches/Referees, WE CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THAT IT WILL TAKE ALL OF OUR COOPERATION AND WILLINGNESS TO HELP YOUTH SOCCER GET BACK ON THE FIELD.  All of our actions will determine how successful we are.  Please take the time to read the information below very carefully and please be sure everyone on your team is aware. Being socially responsible is critical to our success.

Do I have to wear a face mask? / Do I have to social distance?

• Current state and county regulations call for masks or cloth face coverings in public when close contact is unavoidable. While these regulations are in place, we will require masks or cloth face coverings to enter any buildings including bathrooms.
• A face covering is not required while outdoors in public spaces unless maintaining a physical distance of 6ft from persons who are not members of the same household is not feasible.
• A face covering is required as ordered by Shelby County Health Department if within 12ft of other individuals on the sidelines of games shouting, cheering, and where loud speech is occurring.
• Other areas NOT directly surrounding the fields of play, common areas, pathways, parking lots, and bathrooms individuals must maintain 6ft social distance.
• Coaches, Players, and Referees are not required to wear a face-covering while engaged in games. However, substitutes must be 6ft apart or wear a face mask.

MRSC “Safe Return to Play”

1. Parking: There is a $10.00 parking charge per vehicle. Please try and bring the exact change to help speed up vehicles going through the front gate (Forest Hill Irene entrance).  All parking workers will be wearing masks/gloves and will have completed a temperature check prior.  Please review your game schedule and the Complex Field Maps before arriving to view the best location for you to park.  Please do not crowd parking lots waiting for a vehicle to leave. Use common sense and move on to another parking lot with more space.
2. Hand Sanitizer: Hand sanitizing stations have been placed at entrance ways to fields and in the bathrooms. Either directly mounted on the white fence/wall or on moveable wood posts. We also strongly encourage all guests to bring and use their own hand sanitizer.
3. Temperature Checks:  Temperature Checks: All players, coaches, and referees will be required to undergo a temperature check prior to their first game on each day of the event.  Players, coaches, and referees will receive a wrist band that approves them to play for that day.  Wristbands should be worn for the entire day until all games have been completed.  (eg: If you have a 9am and a 3pm game on Saturday keep your wristband on until you have finished your 3pm game). No player/coach/referee will be able to participate without the appropriate wrist band.   Temperature check areas will be located in each quadrant between fields 2,3,4,5, and 6,7,8,9 and 10,11,12,13 and 14,15,16,17, where the four (4) corners of the fields meet.  Teams that are playing the Stadium may complete Temp Check in the Stadium Pavillion. Anyone with a 100.4 fever or above will be required to leave the facility and follow up with their personal healthcare provider.
4. Game Schedule: Games have been staggered by field, times, and ages to best help and promote social distancing.  Please allow other teams to leave field areas safely before moving onto the field (players/coaches only) or around the field area (spectators).
5. Tents:  NO tents will be allowed inside the perimeter spectator line (orange) surrounding the 11v11 field whatsoever.
6. Game/Field Information:

1. ALL team benches have been removed. Each player should bring their own chair or sit on the grass to social distance on the sideline.
2. All spectator bleachers have been removed.
3. Coaches and players MUST maintain a 6ft social distance on the field sidelines in the team areas. Masks must be worn if unable to maintain a 6ft distance. Players, coaches, and referees engaged on the field do not need to wear masks.
4. Players should not share personal equipment, water bottles, or snacks with any other players.
5. No handshakes, high fives, fist bumps, chest bumps, huddles, group celebrations, etc., should take place, including when goals are scored, or when substitutions are leaving or entering the field.  No post-game handshakes should take place. Consider other forms of sportsmanship. Players should not take off any equipment until they are in their vehicles.
6. Teams should pack-up and immediately leave the complex following the game.  Post-game meetings should be kept brief.
7. No tents, chairs, or spectators are allowed inside the larger 11v11 field area.  A perimeter line (orange) has been painted to indicate these areas around the fields.  Only coaches, players, and referees are allowed inside this line. NEW FOR SPRING 2021: ADDITIONAL ‘X’ BOXES HAVE BEEN ADDED ALONG PARENT SIDELINES IN ORANGE TO INDICATE 6FT SEPARATION.
8. Parents are encouraged to stay in their vehicles until 5 minutes prior to the start of the game. Parents should sit opposite their team bench and NOT sit on the half of the field that the other team’s parents are sitting in. PARENTS MUST NOT ENTER THE TEAM AREAS.
9. ALL Spectators and Parents on the sidelines (perimeter line) watching games and cheering or yelling loudly MUST be 12ft apart.  This is required by the Shelby County Health Department.  Within 12ft individuals MUST wear a mask.  Other areas around the fields, common areas, pathways, for example, individuals must be 6ft apart or wear a mask.

7. Bathrooms: Bathrooms by fields 13 & 15 and 2 & 4 will be open, as well as the Stadium.  Main doors MUST be left open. Masks or cloth face coverings are required to enter the bathrooms, and 6ft social distancing is required. Bathroom locations also are equipped with hand sanitizer.