Traffic, Parking, and Seating Guidelines

On Saturdays, a few-odd thousand people move through the park as upwards of 40 teams play upwards of 20 games in under 4 hours. It’s a pretty busy parking area. Game schedules are crafted in such a way as to minimize traffic congestion, but people are always present in the driveway and parking areas. Please be safe driving and walking on the park grounds and be mindful of that.

Vehicles should be driven slowly through the driveways and parking areas and be able to stop in time for pedestrians or other dangers!

Coaches and officials at Field #1: Please instruct the players to allow for an adult to retrieve loose balls that reach or cross the drive. Kids should remain on or immediately around the playing surface at all times during practices and games.

Drop-offs and Pick-ups

Field #1 is next to the main drive, but field #2 also uses that main drive to traffic their visitors. That’s 4 fields serviced by that one drive, so please, no drop-offs or pick-ups along the main drive! Please do not stop unnecessarily along the drive, as this holds up traffic and causes people to pass, which is very dangerous. I’ve seen cars almost wreck because of it, and pedestrian traffic, including kids chasing loose balls, could also be endangered. Please do not enter or exit vehicles there; enter and exit your vehicles from designated parking spaces in the marked parking areas only. Children should be supervised and accompanied by a parent or a responsible adult at all times.

Persons with limited mobility may need to use the drive as a firm surface on which to walk, or in order to ride a scooter or a wheelchair. However, such persons and mobility devices should also be loaded and unloaded from vehicles in an safe area somewhere off the main drive for their own safety and the safety of others.

Parking of Vehicles

Parking of vehicles should be in marked, designated spaces where available.

Seating and Standing for Spectators

When spectators mingle with the coaches and players, it can interfere with the flow of players on and off the field, and up and down the sidelines as they manage their teams at game time. Here are some pointers on that topic.

• Seating and standing at field side should be along a single sideline of the field, opposite the coaches and the players.
• Limited bleacher space is available, and is meant for spectators in all locations of the park (the coaches and their teams will stand or sit on the ground to rest).
• Be sure to situate yourself at least 5-feet (or more) from the sidelines, as gameplay often needs this extra out-of-bounds space; e.g. throw-ins and corner kicks.

Technical Areas (for Coaches and Players Only):

Field 1 Technical area (ages 9-13): The areas between the two playing surfaces on Field #1 (1A and 1B) is very limited, and for the sake of the coaches and their players, this area is designated for their use only. Excepting parents of children with special needs, it is best that parents attending games on Field #1 sit along either the pond-side of Field #1A, or the parking lot-side of Field #1B, which leaves the area in between the fields less congested for the coaches and the players. It’s okay if parents visit briefly to attend to their kids or to communicate with the coach, but chairs, blankets, and the like should not be set up here.

For all other fields and age groups, coaches should line up on the “interior” sidelines (closest to the center) while spectators should take up the “exterior” sidelines (along the outer limits of the field).

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