The Board of Directors of the Mount Olive Soccer Club Inc., (MOSC) are concerned about the conduct of all coaches, players, and parents during games at all levels, from our Instructional League to the MCYSA Travel League. We want to ensure that games are fair, positive, and enjoyable experiences for all of the children and adults involved. A soccer match should be friendly and unifying - a spirited social and athletic occasion for players, coaches, referees, and spectators. To clarify expectations of coach conduct, we expect all coaches to conform to this code of conduct.

• My first responsibility is the health and safety of all participants.   I will place the emotional and physical well being ahead of a personal desire to win.
• I will promote growth and development in a positive and supportive manner. I will nurture good  sportsmanship and fair play by teaching and personally demonstrating my commitment to these virtues.
• I will teach and demonstrate respect for the Laws of Soccer. I will insist on the highest respect for soccer officials by players, parents, and fans.  I will be an example of dignity, patience and positive spirit.
• I will respect the players on my team and on other teams, remembering the large range of emotional and physical development for the same age group.  I understand that soccer is merely a game, and that players and coaches on other teams are my opponents, not my enemies. I will teach my team to 
  appreciate how the variety and diversity of players in soccer makes the sport richer and more rewarding.
• During the game, I am responsible for the sportsmanship of my players. If one of my players is
  disrespectful, irresponsible, or overly aggressive, I will take the player out of the game at least long enough for him/her to calm down, and to discuss their actions.
• I will be responsible for the conduct of the parents of my players, the team's spectators, and my players. I will insist upon acceptable player and spectator behavior during all games and practices.
  

MOSC stresses these points:

1. Referees - especially young and inexperienced ones - are like your players and yourself, in that they need time to develop. You can play an important role in helping them to improve by letting them concentrate on the game. You must help by encouraging them, by accepting their inevitable, occasional mistakes and by offering constructive post-game comments. Under no circumstances are you to discourage and demoralize the referees by criticizing their decisions, by verbally abusing them and inciting - or even accepting - your own players’ overly aggressive behavior.
   
2. Your example is powerful, for better or worse. If you insist on fair play, if you concentrate on your players’ enjoyment of the game and their overall, long term development, and if you support the referee, your players and their parents will notice. If you encourage (or allow) your players to play outside the rules, if you’re overly concerned about results, and if you criticize the referee harshly, your players and their parents will also notice. 
   
3.  Think about what you’re doing during a game! Uphold the Spirit of the Game! If you follow the expectations described above, the spirit of the game will be alive and well in the MOSC and will grow, along with the enjoyment of all. Coaches who don’t follow the expectations described above will be subject to disciplinary action in accordance with the MOSC By-Laws.