COVID-19 Health and Safety - Soccer Centre
Stay home and away from others
- If you’re showing symptoms or feeling unwell
- If you have travelled outside of Canada in the past 14 days
- If you are a close contact of someone who has tested positive or are waiting for test results for COVID-19
Masks and face coverings
In the Soccer Centre, you must wear a mask whenever you are not actively engaging in a physical activity. For example, masks must be worn:
- In change rooms
- In the lobby
- When you’re traveling to other areas in the facility
- If you’re coaching
- If you are a spectator
You do not have to wear a mask if you meet any of the exemption criteria. Learn more about the Temporary Face Coverings Bylaw.
How we’re keeping you safe
- Making sure our facilities align with provincial guidelines
- Cleaning and disinfecting high touch areas (e.g. doors, counters, railings)
- Providing access to hand sanitizer and hand wash stations
- Having staff maintain physical distancing and wear face coverings when possible
How you and your group can keep safe
Permit holders/organizers
- Make sure all participants understand the COVID-19 guidelines
- Follow your provincial and national sport governing bodies' guidelines related to COVID-19
- Limit the number of contacts between different participants by playing within set cohorts (e.g. mini-leagues or bubbles with a fixed number of participants)
- Tell participants they must bring their own water
- Collect participant contact information to support contact tracing if necessary
- Follow guidelines for indoor and outdoor gatherings
- The permit holder is responsible for managing spectator numbers (10 or less per team) by communicating with players and families on limits
- Help coaches and instructors reinforce messages about physical distancing (2 metres or 6 feet apart if possible) and limiting physical contact; no close contact huddles, no handshakes or high fives
- Manage your teams to spend as little time as possible in the facilities (including change rooms)
- Frequently clean and disinfect any equipment handled by hand (e.g. lacrosse sticks, balls)
Participants and spectators
- Maintain physical distancing and wear masks when possible. Masks should not be worn when conducting intense physical activities.
- Wash your hands with soap and water before, during and after your activity
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, mouth and face
- Cover coughs and sneezes in a tissue or your elbow
- Carry and use your own hand sanitizer
- Players should come dressed in gear as much as possible
- Bring and clean your own equipment. Avoid sharing equipment unless you are in the same household or cohort. Do not share water bottles and towels.
- Arrive no more than 15 minutes before your booking time
- Don’t gather or loiter in dressing rooms, parking areas or public areas before, during or after your activity
- Practice physical distancing in spectator areas; spectator stands will not be disinfected and cleaned in between bookings
- Spectators are limited to 10 or less per team to reduce crowding
- Spectators should stay away from play surfaces unless required to support players; physical distancing guidelines should still be followed
- Leave the location as soon as your activities end to reduce overlap of bookings
Soccer Centre specific measures
- Water fountains and vending machines are not available
- Faucets in change rooms should only be used for washing hands
- Equipment is not available to rent at this time
- User groups will be expected to maintain cohort groups in dressing rooms