The Ohio Champions League (OCL), started in 2009, is designed for youth soccer teams above the recreational level between the ages of U-07 and U-19.  In the Fall of 2018, the program expanded up  to include the Central Ohio Premier League (COPL).  The COPL will include the top teams from the top clubs in the Central Ohio area.  Nearly all of these teams are professionally-coached teams.  For the Fall 2021 Season, the Ohio State Premier League (OSPL) was added as the Top Division of the Program.

The OSPL only offers one division, the State Division.  The COPL continues to offer one to three Elite Divisions for upper mid level teams and Premier Divisions for mid level teams.  The Ohio Champions League will continue to offer the Blue Division for the upper level teams, the Red Division for mid-level teams and the White Division for lower level teams.  In the Spring 2021 season, we began offering a full program up through U-19.

The primary mission of the OCL is to provide an enjoyable soccer environment for a wide range of players desiring to play above the basic community-based recreational program.  The OCL provides its teams, coaches, parents and players with tremendous flexibility in terms of game scheduling dates/times, opponents (including younger/older aged-teams as desired by the coaches), number of games, etc.  The league allows for in-season roster flexibility as well.  

The OSPL provides top level local teams and some non-local teams the opportunity to play against the best teams in the area and beyond.  The primary mission of the COPL is to provide a competitive local soccer environment for the upper and mid-level teams from some of the top clubs in Central Ohio that will play games in Central Ohio.  The COPL offers teams with the opportunity to play against upper level and mid-level competition right here in Central Ohio without playing "home games" 60 miles from Columbus.  The COPL will shares many of the qualities of the OCL including flexibility in scheduling, roster flexibility and a willingness to be flexible to work for the benefit for all teams. 

Teams from the OCL can schedule games with COPL teams.  COPL teams can play OSPL teams.  Players can move freely between the three programs within the same club.  

In addition, the OCL, COPL and OSPL will offer joint season-ending tournaments at the end of each Fall and Spring season.  All of our programs are proudly sanctioned through USClub Soccer.

Should you have further questions about any of these programs, please feel free to send us an e-mail  to us.

Thank you,
Ken, Barb, KC and the Program Team

Referee Update:
We are up to 774 registered referees for Spring 2023 (having ended Fall 2022 at 1141 -- we are still DOWN 367 referees from the end of 2022!!!)

Here are the dates for the remaining courses:  
2023 NEW (Grassroots Level) Referee License - Grove City 
03/25/2023 9:00AM-1:00PM Mix of In/Outdoors Only About 8 Seats Left!
2023 NEW (Grassroots Level) Referee License - Newark 
03/26/2023 9:00AM-1:00PM  Mix of In/Outdoors
2023 NEW (Grassroots Level) Referee License - Dublin 
04/02/2023 1:00PM-5:00 PM Weather Dependent -- Could be Indoors

2023 NEW (Grassroots Level) Referee License - Dublin 
04/02/2023 1:00PM-5:00 PM at Darree Fields

2023 NEW (Grassroots Level) Referee License -- Dublin

04/16/2023 1:00PM-5:00PM at Darree Fields ** Just Added **

To register go to:  https://learning.ussoccer.com/referee

More Information on the process:  https://ohiosoccerrefs.org
Candidates must turn 14 in 2023.

We are still significantly short on referees (as you can see from the numbers above!).  If you know a referee from 2022, make sure to ask him or her if they have recertified.  We need to get many of the 455 referees who were certified in 2022 who have not yet recertified in 2023 to get recertified!

All,

We currently have FOUR new Grassroots Referee Courses available for Registration. 

The Link:  https://learning.ussoccer.com/referee

More Information on the process:  https://ohiosoccerrefs.org

Dates/Times:
Sunday, February 19th 8:30AM-12:30PM  Hilliard

Saturday, March 18th 1:00PM-5:00PM  Dublin

Saturday, March 25th 9:00AM-1:00PM  Grove City

Sunday, March 26th 9:00AM-1:00PM  Newark

Individuals must register in advance as there is a significant online component that should be completed BEFORE the in-person course.

Ken McMahon

Lead Instructor Columbus District

Please use this form for any modifications for contacts for the Spring 2023 season:

https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/SJhSSsNJ

Ken and Team

Certified Referees interested in refereeing in our program?

Here is our current Availability Form:

https://freeonlinesurveys.com/s/pEbbPhIV

It is NOT a guarantee of game assignments, but will get or keep you on the distribution list for referee emails.

OSPL/COPL/OCL Assigning Team

In order to improve responses to ADD/DROP/MODIFY requests, please copy the following on each request:

1. ohiochampionsleague@gmail.com

2. ocl.gamechanger@gmail.com 

3. BOTH coaches 

4. The individual who assigned the field to you.  Thank you.

The following is the GAME ADD / GAME DROP / GAME MODIFY procedure, please follow this.

GAME ADD in subject line