Discipline, Appeals and Protests
Welcome to the BC Soccer Discipline and Risk Management page. Below you can find all information on Risk Management which includes information on backchecks and the BC Soccer Risk Management Program. Also found below is information on Discipline including Jurisdiction as well as the BC Soccer current sanction list.
Note: scroll down to view the BC Soccer Sanction List and information on discipline workshops.
Discipline Overview
Players, team officials, game officials and clubs, districts and leagues (and their appointees, volunteers and staff) have a duty and responsibility to conduct themselves appropriately while respecting the FIFA Laws of the Game, BC Soccer rules, regulations and policy and the rules of the clubs, districts and leagues.
BC Soccer Rule 10 - Discipline provides BC Soccer broad responsibility to ensure the proper conduct of all individuals involved in sanctioned soccer.
CONDUCT, ETHICS AND DISCIPLINE STANDARDS AND POLICY
Jurisdiction
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BC Soccer holds the jurisdiction for discipline over all of its member organizations. The main areas in which BC Soccer administers discipline directly are: - BC Soccer Provincial Championships and Regional Qualifying Competitions |
| Full Member Organization (Youth Districts & Adult Leagues) |
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Full Member Organization of BC Soccer (Youth Districts and Adult Leagues) are empowered to handle any/all matters that relate to individuals and clubs that are registered within in them, unless specifically specified in BC Soccer’s Discipline Policy. For example, a player registered with a club under the jurisdiction of that Youth District. hat district or league that is ejected from a game, would be handled locally. Exceptions to this are: |
| Affiliated Soccer Clubs |
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Affiliated Soccer Club in general are empowered to handle any/all matters that are completely internal to the club itself. For example, teams and/or players that are not following the club Code of Conduct. Exceptions to this would be if the person being brought to Discipline is a Club Administrator/Executive. This should be referred to their district to avoid any clear conflict of interest. |
| Youth Leagues |
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Youth Leagues have two main discipline functions. 1. To uphold discipline decisions imposed by the districts and by BC Soccer. 2. To administer discipline when the districts/clubs participating in the league have empowered them to do so. |
BC Soccer Current Sanction List
In BC Soccer’s on-going effort to provide appropriate and relevant information to the membership and wider soccer community, based on Rule 10.k. (below), BC Soccer is providing the below list of organizations and adult individuals that have recently received a sanction from the BC Soccer Association.
Rule 10 - Discipline
k) BC Soccer and member organizations may publically post discipline decisions and sanctions imposed on organizations and adult Registrants or other adults under the jurisdiction of BC Soccer.
Please note: the below list was published in March 2016 and only reflects those currently under a sanction (6 months or greater) with appropriate information associated to each. This is not designed to be an exhaustive list of all historical sanctions, however does include sanctions applied by a member association within their local jurisdiction, as provided to BC Soccer.
For records of all sanctions applied by BC Soccer and member association / leagues, member discipline representatives have the abiltiy to log onto the BC Soccer Discipline System to search and view. IMPORTANT NOTE: not all member associations / leagues currently use the BC Soccer Discipline System, therefore sanctions applied by those members will not be available via the system.
If your member association / league wants to learn more about the BC Soccer Discipline Systemn and/or would like to start using, please contact: discipline@bcsoccer.net.
| Name | Role | Sanction Length & Dates | Sanction Details & Notes |
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| Jodh Malhi | Player | Indefinitely (pending hearing with BC Soccer) | Suspended from All Soccer Related Activity |
| Ed Fuchs | Coach | Indefinitely (Must request a hearing with BC Soccer) |
Suspended from All Soccer Related Activity |
| Ray Innes | Coach | Indefinitely Suspended (Must request a hearing with BC Soccer) |
Suspensed from All Soccer Related Activity |
| Jamie Booth | Coach | 10 Years (April 30, 2016 to April 30, 2026 inclusive) |
Suspended from All Soccer Related Activity |
| David Kasper | Club Executive |
3 Years (January 3, 2018 to January 3, 2021 inclusive) |
Under BC Soccer probation |
| Kuldip "Kelly" Singh Mahal | Coach |
Indefinitely (Must request a hearing with BC Soccer) |
Suspended from All Soccer Related Activity |
| Pacific United Football Club | Affiliated Soccer Club |
2 Years (Nov 1, 2016 to Nov 1, 2018 inclusive) |
Suspended from All Soccer Related Activity |
| Pro Touch Academy | For Profit Academy (Associate Member) | 2 Years (Nov 24, 2016 to Nov 24, 2018 inclusive) | Suspended from All Soccer Related Activity |
| Mike Chernoff | Individual | Indefinitely (Must request a hearing with BC Soccer) | Suspended from All Soccer Related Activity |
| Ross Thompson | President of Pacific United Football Club |
Sanction #1 - 3 years (Nov 1, 2016 to Nov 1, 2019 inclusive) Sanction #2 - 7 years (Nov 1, 2016 to Nov 1, 2023 inclusive) |
Sanction #1 - Suspended from All Soccer Related Activity Sanction #2 - Prohibited from holding any position as an administrative official |
| Brad Dhillon | Vice President of Pacific United Football Club |
3 years (Nov 1, 2016 - Nov 1, 2019 inclusive) |
Prohibited from holding any position as an administrative official |
| Gurinder Badwal | Director of Pacific United Football Club |
Sanction #1 - 2 years (Nov 1, 2016 to Nov 1, 2018 inclusive) Sanction #2 - 5 years (Nov 1, 2016 - Nov 1, 2021 inclusive) |
Sanction #1 - Suspended from All Soccer Related Activity Sanction #2 - Prohibited from holding any position as an administrative official |
| Harman Sandhu | Director of Pacific United Football Club | 2 years (Nov 1, 2016 to Nov 1, 2018 inclusive) | Prohibited from holding any position as an administrative official |
| Jas Dhami | Director of Pacific United Football Club | 2 years (Nov 1, 2016 to Nov 1, 2018 inclusive) | Prohibited from holding any position as an administrative official |
| Kam Badwal | Executive Director of Pacific United Football Club |
Sanction #1 - 4 years (Nov 1, 2016 to Nov 1, 2020 inclusive) Sanction #2 - 5 years (Nov 1, 2016 to Nov 1, 2021 inclusive) |
Sanction #1 - Suspended from All Soccer Related Activity Sanction #2 - Prohibited from holding any position as an administrative official |
| Kuldip Dhanda | Director of Pacific United Football Club |
3 years (Nov 1, 2016 to Nov 1, 2019 inclusive) |
Prohibited from holding any position as an administrative official |
| Manjit Gosal | Director of Pacific United Football Club | 2 years (Nov 1, 2016 to Nov 1, 2018 inclusive) | Prohibited from holding any position as an administrative official |
| Manjit Mann | Director of Pacific United Football Club |
3 years (Nov 1, 2016 to Nov 1, 2019 inclusive) |
Prohibited from holding any position as an administrative official |
| Pritesh Desai | Director of Pacific United Football Club |
Sanction #1 - 2 years (Nov 1, 2016 to Nov 1, 2018 inclusive) Sanction #2 - 5 years (Nov 1, 2016 to Nov 1, 2021 inclusive) |
Sanction #1 - Suspended from All Soccer Related Activity Sanction #2 - Prohibited from holding any position as an administrative official |
| Raja Bains | Director of Pacific United Football Club |
2 years (Nov 1, 2016 to Nov 1, 2018 inclusive) |
Prohibited from holding any position as an administrative official |
| Aneil Sanghera | Player | 42 Months (Jan 23, 2017 to July 24, 2020) | All Soccer Related Activity |
| Jennifer Buchanan | Indefinite - Must attend a hearing with BC Soccer | All Soccer Related Activity | |
| Shawn Fiddick | Referee | 15 Months (May 24, 2017 - August 24, 2018) | All Referee Related Activity |
| Harry Chan | Coach | 24 Months (October 12, 2017 - October 13, 2019 | All Youth Soccer Related Activity |
| Nick Gilbert | Player/Coach | 12 Months (November 2, 2017 - November 3, 2018) | All Soccer Related Activity |
| Xun (Daniel) Zhao | Coach/Player | 23 Months (January 27, 2018 - December 27, 2019) | All Soccer Related Activity |
| Jerry Chao | Player | Indefinitely (pending hearing with BC Soccer) | All Soccer Related Activity |
| Milad Rahmati | Player | 7 Months (March 17, 2018 - October 17, 2018) | All Soccer Related Activity |
| Harman Sandhu | Player | Indefinite suspension (pending a hearing with BC Soccer) | All Soccer Related Activity |
| Alex Tivy | Referee | 1 year (May 26, 2018 - May 26, 2019) | All Soccer Related Activity |
| Jaskarn Sanghera | Player | Indefinite suspension (pending a hearing with BC Soccer) | All Soccer Related Activity |
BC Soccer Discipline Procedure Workshops
BC Soccer introduced in January 2015 Discipline Procedure Workshops which are designed to introduce and educate discipline representatives across the province regarding BC Soccer’s Discipline Policies/Procedures and Sanction Guideline Policies. The overall aim of this initiative is to harmonize discipline procedures across BC, update participants on current good practices and to help ensure compliance with discipline policies.
The topics covered in these free workshops include: training on how to utilize the new BC Soccer Discipline documents; how to properly conduct a discipline hearing; How to appropriately sanction a player, officials and teams; and, when situations should be referred to BC Soccer.
Should your member organization wish to host a BC Soccer Discipline Workshop, please contact:
Nicole Laird, Governance & Judicial Coordinator via email: nicolelaird@bcsoccer.net
Protests ($262.50 includes GST) - BC Soccer Rule 11
A protest will only be considered on the grounds of misinterpretation of F.I.F.A. Laws of the Game, on the eligibility of players, or on breaches of Competition Rules & Regulations. An affiliated team may lodge a protest with a district, league or inter-district league arising out of any league or district cup game scheduled by a district, league or inter-district league. Such protest must be in writing, stating the grounds upon which the protest is lodged.
A protest of any league, district or provincial cup game must be submitted within forty-eight (48) hours of the date of the match to which it relates. In the event that the protest is mailed, the post-mark shall be taken as the limiting date in all cases.
A copy of the protest shall be forwarded by the association having jurisdiction to the opposing team within two (2) working days after the receipt of the protest.
The protest shall be signed by the team coach or manager.
The protest fee must accompany the protest when filed with the association having jurisdiction.
The fee (payable to the association having jurisdiction) shall be determined and circulated by the Association prior to March 15th annually, in advance of the forthcoming season.
Appeals ($525 includes GST) - BC Soccer Rule 12
Appeals from the decision of a League under the jurisdiction of a District shall be made to such District.
Appeals from the decision of a League where no District exists, or where a League is directly under the jurisdiction of the BCSA, shall be made to the BCSA.
Appeals from the decision of a District shall be made to the BCSA.
Appeals from the decision of an inter-district League shall be made to BCSA
The applicant for “leave to appeal” shall:
Make written application to BC Soccer's Executive Director within ten (10) working days after issuance of the District’s, League’s or Committee’s decision, setting out:
- The decision sought to be appealed
- A concise statement of the facts; and
- A concise submission stating the By-Law, Rule or Regulation that has been contravened and setting out clearly in what respect the decision is alleged to be wrong.
It is extremely important that an Appeal contain the above three items, specifically the EXACT rule or regulation that has been contravened.
Forward the said written application signed by the affiliated team coach, manager, or official; registered player or registered game official (referee, assistant referee).
Forward with the written application and the appropriate fee. The Appeal Committee may deduct an administration fee from all applications for “leave to appeal” as determined by the committee.
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