The Nova Scotia Soccer League has adopted a modified competition format for this division to accommodate the teams that have been entered and to provide as much meaningful competition as possible to the participating teams.
The modified format combines all U15 Girls A and B teams into one division and splits the season into two stages.
Stage 1 (Qualification Round):
Stage 1 acts as a qualifying/seeding/placement stage. All teams play within a regional-based qualifying round in a single round-robin format, where teams play against teams that are geographically close to them. Standings from Stage 1 inform the division placement for Stage 2. Qualification Round games take place between June 1 and June 23. All teams will play five (5) qualification round games in pools of six (6) teams.
Stage 2 (Regular Season):
Stage 2 acts as the regular season and placement will be based on the standings of the Qualification Round. Six (6) teams will qualify for U15 Girls A and six (6) teams will qualify for U15 Girls B. Results from stage 1 do not carry over to stage 2. Stage 2 will be considered the regular season and qualification for provincials will come from stage 2. Stage 2 games take place between July 2 and August 10. All teams play seven (7) regular season games in divisions of six (6) teams.
Notes:
After the qualifying round games have been played, the top three (3) teams in each qualifying group (based on determination of standings - Section 6 of NSSL Handbook) will qualify for the U15 Girls A division.
The bottom three (3) teams in each division (based on determination of standings- Section 6 of NSSL Handbook) will qualify for the U15 Girls B division.
The Stage 2 schedule will be confirmed and released on June 24.
Regional Pool A:
Halifax City, HCU A, HCU B, Ignite, South Shore United, Suburban FC
Regional Pool B:
CC Riders, EHSC, NNU, Porter's Lake SA, UDFC A, UDFC B