Spring 2019 High School Team Ethics Awards announced

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 29, 2019) – United Soccer Coaches announced its Spring High School Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Awards on Monday with three teams receiving the Platinum Award for completing the entire 2019 season without receiving either a yellow or red card.

The Belleville/New Glarus Co-Op High School Girls Team (Belleville, Wis.), Governer Thomas Jefferson High School Girls (Frederick, Md.) and Lincoln Lutheran High School Girls program (Lincoln, Neb.) all received the Platinum Award for having no cards during the season.

In all, 40 spring season teams received either the Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze version of the Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award, which recognizes teams that exhibit fair play, sporting behavior and adherence to the laws of the game, as reflected by the number of yellow caution cards or red ejection cards they are shown by referees throughout the season based on the number of cards accumulated divided by the number of games played (i.e., 5 cards divided by 20 games played is 0.25 or 25%, which qualifies for a Silver Award).

Twenty teams were recipients of the Gold Award, which is given to teams with a percentage of cards ranging from 1-10%.

A total of 11 teams claimed the Silver Award, which is given to teams that accumulate a percentage of cards ranging from 11-30%, while the Bronze Award went to six teams, which is presented to teams that accumulate a percentage of cards ranging from 31-50%.

A complete list of recipients and level explanation follows:

• Platinum: No cards accumulated during the season
• Gold: Percentage of cards accumulated during the season ranging from 1-10%
• Silver: Percentage of cards accumulated during the season ranging from 11-30%
• Bronze: Percentage of cards accumulated during the season ranging from 31-50%

2019 Spring High School Team Ethics & Sportsmanship Award Winners

Platinum Award

Gold Award

Silver Award

Bronze Award