TERMS OF SERVICE

Directory Content

• Youth & Recreational Clubs — approximately 90 clubs across Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire counties, with age groups, programs, contact details, and field affiliations
• Playing Fields & Indoor Facilities — approximately 50 fields/facilities with addresses, surface types, programs, hours, and interactive map pins
• High School Programs — approximately 60 schools, covering varsity/JV rosters, PVIAC standings, historical records, coaching staff, and county affiliations
• College Programs — approximately 20 New England colleges with men's/women's programs, division, conference, rosters, coaches, and recruiting contact information
• Recreational & Travel Leagues — approximately 15 leagues with formats, registration info, season schedules, and contact details
• Summer Camps & Training Clinics — seasonal camps with dates, locations, age ranges, and registration links
• Tryout Announcements — time-sensitive tryout postings for clubs at various age levels
• Coaching & Volunteer Jobs — open positions across Western Mass clubs and programs
• Historical Records — WMASS championship history across multiple sports and divisions
• News & Articles — editorial content about local soccer events, programs, and players
• Referees — information about refereeing resources and assignments in Western Mass
• College Recruiting Guide — guidance for student-athletes navigating the college soccer recruiting process

Interactive Features

• WMS Chat Assistant — an automated chatbot answering questions about Western Mass soccer
• Global Search (Cmd+K) — instant search across all entity types simultaneously
• Community Star Ratings — anonymous 1–5 star ratings on clubs, fields, schools, and colleges
• Shoutouts — short public messages on entity detail pages
• Field Condition Reports — crowdsourced open/closed status for playing fields
• Community Polls — single-choice public voting on soccer-related topics
• Daily Soccer Trivia — a 10-question daily quiz about Western Mass soccer history
• Stadium Striker 3D — a browser-based penalty shootout game with skeletal 3D models and a public leaderboard
• Stadium Striker Classic — a simpler variant using primitive 3D geometry
• Stadium Match — an 11v11 full 3D match experience
• Interactive Field Map — a Leaflet-powered map showing all playing field locations
• Contact Form — a form to send corrections, inquiries, or feedback
• Advertising Inquiry Form — a form for businesses to inquire about advertising on the Site

All Visitors

Reading directory content, using the interactive field map, and viewing search results require no age minimum and involve no data submission.

Anonymous Interaction (Ratings, Polls, Field Reports, Trivia)

These features collect only an anonymous device identifier and do not require personal information. They are suitable for all ages. Parents and guardians should be aware that these interactions are logged to our Supabase database as described in our Privacy Policy.

Named Submissions (Shoutouts, Game Scores, Chat Messages)

Shoutouts ask for a name; game scores ask for initials and school selection; chat messages are logged with their full text. If you are under 13, do not provide your real name or any personally identifying information in these fields. If you are between 13 and 18, parental awareness of these features is recommended.

Contact & Advertising Forms

These forms collect your name and email address and are intended for adults. If you are under 18, please have a parent or guardian complete these forms on your behalf.

5.1 - Automated Access & Data Scraping

• Using any bot, crawler, spider, scraper, headless browser, or automated script to access, index, or extract data from the Site beyond what is explicitly permitted by our robots.txt file
• Systematically downloading, caching, mirroring, or reproducing Site content for republication, redistribution, or commercial use
• Building any competing directory, database, or application by extracting data from this Site
• Using any data extraction tool, browser extension, or API wrapper that circumvents our intended page delivery

5.2 - Abuse of Interactive Features

• Submitting false, fake, fabricated, defamatory, harassing, threatening, obscene, discriminatory, hateful, or misleading content in any form (shoutouts, chat messages, game initials, contact forms)
• Using automated means to submit multiple ratings, votes, field reports, trivia answers, or shoutouts
• Coordinating with others to artificially inflate or suppress any entity's star rating
• Submitting game scores obtained through cheating, memory editing, game state manipulation, browser developer tools, or any other non-standard gameplay method
• Using the chat assistant to attempt to override its instructions, extract its prompt engineering, or probe for system vulnerabilities through prompt injection
• Posting shoutouts for commercial advertising, spam, or any purpose other than genuine community expression about the listed entity

5.3 - Technical Attacks & Unauthorized Access

• Attempting to gain unauthorized access to any administrative interface, database, storage bucket, API endpoint, or backend system
• Probing, scanning, or testing for security vulnerabilities in the Site or its infrastructure
• Injecting malicious code, SQL injection payloads, cross-site scripting (XSS) payloads, or any other attack vectors through any form field or URL parameter
• Conducting or participating in denial-of-service (DoS) or distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against the Site or its hosting infrastructure
• Bypassing, circumventing, or disabling any technical security measure on the Site
• Intercepting, monitoring, or tampering with network traffic between the Site and its users or servers

5.4 - Impersonation & Misrepresentation

• Impersonating any person, coach, athlete, organization, club, school, league, or official in any submission
• Misrepresenting your affiliation with any organization when contacting us
• Submitting fraudulent advertising inquiries or contact forms under false pretenses
• Claiming to be a representative of an organization you are not authorized to represent

5.5 - Legal Violations

• Using the Site in any way that violates applicable local, state, federal, or international law
• Transmitting or facilitating transmission of any material that infringes a third party's copyright, trademark, patent, right of publicity, privacy rights, or other intellectual property or personal rights
• Posting, transmitting, or distributing obscene, pornographic, or sexually explicit material
• Using the Site to stalk, harass, threaten, or harm any individual

6.1 - Entity Types

Our directory covers eight distinct entity types: clubs, fields, high schools, colleges, leagues, camps, tryouts, and jobs. Each entity type has its own detail pages, admin management interface, and public listing format.

6.2 - How Listings Are Created & Maintained

All listings are created and maintained by us as the Site's editorial staff. They are based on publicly available information. We do not charge for listings. Being listed on this Site is not a certification of quality, safety, compliance, or endorsement of any kind.

Some directory data is stored in our Supabase database (allowing admin edits to appear on the site without a new software deployment); other data remains as static TypeScript files in the codebase. The public sees the same information regardless of which storage method we use.

6.3 - Requesting a New Listing

If your organization is not listed and you believe it should be, please contact us. We review all requests and add listings at our discretion. We are not obligated to list any particular organization.

6.4 - Requesting Corrections

If any listing contains inaccurate information, please contact us with specific correction details. We will review and update the listing as promptly as possible. We appreciate corrections — our directory's usefulness depends on accuracy.

6.5 - Requesting Removal

If you are a verified representative of a listed organization and wish to be removed from the directory, please contact us. We honor removal requests from authorized representatives. Public institutions (public schools, municipal parks, public fields) may remain in our directory as part of the public record, though we will update or correct any specific details upon request.

6.6 - No Guarantee of Completeness

Our directory is not exhaustive. The absence of an organization from our listings reflects no negative judgment — it simply means we have not yet added them. Our coverage is constrained by the information available to us and our editorial capacity.

8.1 - Sources

Information in our directory is derived from publicly available sources including: official club, school, and league websites; Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) public records; Pioneer Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference (PVIAC) records; school district athletic department pages; state and municipal parks department websites; MaxPreps, GotSoccer, and similar public sports databases; local news coverage; and direct outreach to organizations. We do not scrape or republish private or proprietary data.

8.2 - Factual Information Is Not Copyrightable

Factual information about public entities — a school's win-loss record, a field's address, a coach's publicly listed name, a league's age divisions — is not subject to copyright. Our specific editorial arrangement, original written descriptions, and creative content are protected by copyright; the underlying facts are not.

8.3 - Personal Information About Private Individuals

We do not intentionally display personal contact information for private individuals, including individual email addresses, personal phone numbers, or home addresses. All contact details displayed are for public-facing organizational contacts. If you believe personal information about a private individual has been included in error, please contact us for prompt removal.

9.1 - Technical Architecture

All response generation happens entirely in your browser using pre-compiled JavaScript logic. The chat assistant does not call any external AI API (such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google Gemini). It has no access to real-time data, the internet, or any system beyond its pre-programmed knowledge base. Sponsor card injection involves a database query to fetch active chat sponsors, but no user message text is sent to the sponsor or any third party.

9.2 - What the Chat Assistant Can Do

• Answer general questions about clubs, fields, schools, leagues, colleges, camps, and other topics in our directory
• Provide guidance on finding programs for specific ages, towns, skill levels, or seasons
• Describe how to contact or register with organizations listed on the Site
• Explain how to use Site features
• Provide general information about Western Mass soccer history and culture
• Offer context-aware responses based on the page you are currently viewing (club page, field page, etc.)

9.3 - What the Chat Assistant Cannot Do

• Provide legal, medical, financial, psychological, or other professional advice of any kind
• Access real-time information: live scores, current weather, real-time field conditions, or breaking news
• Register you for any program, event, league, camp, or tryout
• Contact any organization on your behalf
• Guarantee the accuracy of any information it provides
• Access any personal information about you beyond what you type in the current conversation
• Remember previous conversations after you close the chat or refresh the page (session-only memory)

9.4 - Chat Message Logging - Mandatory Disclosure

Every message you send and every response the chat assistant sends are logged to our Supabase database. The session ID (a random string, not linked to your identity), the role ("user" or "bot"), the full message text, and the page URL are all stored. This data is accessible to Site administrators and is used to improve the assistant's responses and monitor for abuse. By using the chat assistant, you explicitly consent to this logging.

See Privacy Policy §10 for full technical details of what is logged and how long it is retained.

9.5 - Sponsored Content in Chat

The chat assistant may display "sponsor cards" — branded content blocks — when keywords in your message match a sponsoring advertiser's keyword list. These cards are clearly labeled as sponsored. The appearance of a sponsor card does not mean the sponsor can see your message; keyword matching occurs entirely within your browser, and only an aggregate impression event (no message text) is recorded for the sponsor's analytics.

9.6 - No Liability for Chat Responses

The chat assistant's responses are generated by pre-programmed logic and may contain errors, outdated information, or inappropriate responses in unexpected conversation flows. We are not liable for any action you take based on information provided by the chat assistant. All important decisions should be verified through official sources and direct contact with the relevant organization.

10.1 - What Ratings Are and Are Not

A rating on this Site is an informal, anonymous, non-verified expression of opinion by an anonymous web visitor. It has no official significance. It does not constitute a professional review, certification, licensing assessment, safety evaluation, or endorsement of any kind. Do not make important decisions about your child's participation in a program solely based on a star rating on this Site.

10.2 - Rules for Submitting Ratings

By submitting a star rating, you agree to:

• Submit only your genuine, personal assessment of the entity based on actual experience
• Not submit ratings designed to artificially inflate your own affiliated organization's score
• Not submit ratings designed to suppress a competitor's or rival's score
• Not coordinate with others to artificially influence an entity's aggregate rating
• Not use automated tools to submit multiple ratings

One rating per entity per device is enforced technically (unique constraint on device ID + entity). Re-rating updates your previous rating. We reserve the right to remove ratings we believe were submitted in bad faith, fraudulently, or through automated means.

10.3 - No Liability for Ratings

We are not liable for any loss, harm, reputational damage, or other consequence arising from ratings posted on this Site by anonymous visitors. Organizations that believe a rating is defamatory or was submitted fraudulently may contact us to request review.

11.1 - Key Facts About Shoutouts

• The name you enter and your message are publicly displayed to all Site visitors
• Shoutouts are stored permanently until an administrator removes them
• No device ID is stored with shoutouts — we cannot technically link a submitted shoutout back to your device after the fact
• We do not pre-moderate shoutouts — they are posted immediately without review
• We can remove shoutouts at any time at our sole discretion

11.2 - What You Must Not Post

• Defamatory statements about any individual, coach, organization, or business
• Personal contact information (phone numbers, email addresses, home addresses) for yourself or others
• Harassing, threatening, or abusive content directed at any person
• Impersonations of any person or official
• Commercial advertising or spam
• Obscene, pornographic, or sexually explicit content
• Content promoting violence, discrimination, or hatred
• Copyrighted content you do not have the right to reproduce

11.3 - License Grant

By submitting a shoutout, you grant WesternMassSoccer.com a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to display, reproduce, and remove that content at our sole discretion. You represent and warrant that you have the right to submit the content and that it does not infringe any third-party rights.

11.4 - Requesting Shoutout Removal

If you posted a shoutout and wish to have it removed, or if you see a shoutout that violates these Terms, please contact us with the text of the shoutout and the URL of the page it appears on.

14.1 - Answer Logging

Every answer you submit is stored in our Supabase trivia_answers table, linked to your anonymous device ID, the quiz date, the full question text, your chosen answer, the correct answer, and whether you were correct. This data is used to prevent re-taking the same day's quiz and to track aggregate question-level correctness statistics. See Privacy Policy §15 for full details.

14.2 - One Quiz Per Day Per Device

Each device can complete each daily quiz once. Once all 10 answers are submitted for a given date, the quiz is locked for that device for that day. A new quiz is available each calendar day (UTC).

14.3 - Accuracy Disclaimer

Trivia questions and answer explanations may contain errors. We are not liable for any inaccuracies. If you believe a trivia answer is incorrect, please contact us.

15.1 - Three Game Variants

The Site hosts three separate browser-based soccer game experiences:

• Stadium Striker 3D (/game) — The primary penalty-shootout game. Features a 3D goalkeeper, four difficulty tiers (Easy, Normal, Hard, Legendary), kit customization, school selection, and a public leaderboard. Runs entirely in your browser via WebGL.
• Stadium Striker Classic (/game/classic) — A simplified penalty-shootout variant with a different visual style. Same core gameplay rules and leaderboard as Stadium Striker 3D.
• Stadium Match (/game/match) — An experimental 11v11 full 3D match mode with AI-controlled teammates and opponents, ball physics, a mobile touch joystick, and a score/timer display.

15.2 - Gameplay Is Local

All game logic runs entirely in your browser. No server interaction occurs during gameplay. Your moves, shots, and game state are never transmitted to our servers. The only server interaction is the optional score submission described below.

15.3 - Score Submission Rules

After a Stadium Striker 3D or Classic round ends, you may optionally click "Submit Score" to add your score to the public leaderboard. Score submission stores: your initials (up to 3 characters), your score, your selected school name (optional), the school's mascot (auto-populated), and the color of your kit. These are permanently publicly displayed on the leaderboard.

By submitting a score, you represent and warrant that:

• Your score was achieved through completely unmodified normal gameplay
• You did not use browser developer tools, memory editors, cheat codes, or any external tool to modify game state, variables, or score values
• The initials you submit do not contain offensive, harassing, or objectionable content
• You consent to the permanent public display of your initials, score, school, and kit color on our leaderboard
• The score is genuinely yours — you are not submitting on behalf of another person

We reserve the right to remove any leaderboard entry at any time for any reason, including suspected cheating, offensive content in initials, or any other cause at our sole discretion. Removed scores will not be restored.

15.4 - Leaderboard is Public

The game leaderboard is publicly accessible. Do not submit initials or school information that could be used to identify you if you are not comfortable with that identification being permanently public.

15.5 - No Liability for Game Issues

The games are provided as-is for entertainment. We make no warranties regarding their performance on your device, their availability, or their compatibility with your browser. We are not liable for crashes, lost scores, graphical glitches, performance problems, or any other issue arising from playing the games. Some devices and browsers may not support the graphics features required — we cannot guarantee the games will function on all hardware configurations.

16.1 - Client-Side Filtering

As you type in the search box, results are filtered in real time entirely in your browser. No server requests are made while you are typing. Your keystrokes are not transmitted to our servers.

16.2 - Search Logging Upon Submission

When you press Enter or explicitly select "See all results for [query]" in the search dialog, or when you submit a search from the full search results page at /search, the text of your search query is logged to our database. No device identifier, IP address, or other identifying information is stored with search logs. See Privacy Policy §9 for full details.

16.3 - Recent Searches in Your Browser

Up to 8 recent search queries are stored in your browser's local storage so that the search interface can display your recent search history. This data never leaves your browser. You can clear it using the "Clear all" button in the search dialog or by clearing your browser's local storage.

16.4 - Sponsored Search Results

The search dialog may display sponsored results when your query matches a sponsoring advertiser's keyword list. Sponsored results are labeled as such and appear separately from organic directory results. A sponsor impression is tracked when a sponsored result is displayed; a click is tracked when you click the sponsored result's link.

18.1 - Contact Form

The contact form at /contact is provided for legitimate inquiries: correction requests, listing addition or removal requests, media or partnership inquiries, DMCA notices, and general feedback. By submitting the form, you represent that your submission is truthful, that you have the authority to send it on behalf of any organization you claim to represent, and that it does not violate any applicable law.

We make reasonable efforts to respond to contact submissions but are not obligated to respond to every message. We may decline to respond to submissions we deem to be in bad faith, to constitute spam, or to be outside the scope of our Site's purpose.

18.2 - Advertising Inquiry Form

The form at /advertise is for businesses interested in advertising on the Site. Submitting the form constitutes only an expression of interest — it does not create any contract, obligation, commitment, or advertising agreement. Any actual advertising arrangement requires a separate written agreement between the advertiser and WesternMassSoccer.com.

We reserve the right to decline any advertising inquiry for any reason, without explanation.

19.1 - Our Copyrighted Content

The following are owned by WesternMassSoccer.com / Clifton Digital Media and protected by copyright:

• The WesternMassSoccer.com name and brand identity
• The Site's overall design, layout, navigation structure, and user interface
• Original written descriptions, articles, editorial commentary, and other textual content we created
• Custom graphics, icons, illustrations, and visual elements we created
• The Site's software code, including React components, TypeScript logic, and custom hooks
• The Stadium Striker game environments and custom game assets
• The WMS Chat Assistant's knowledge base, response patterns, and NLP logic
• The editorial selection, arrangement, and presentation of directory data

19.2 - Third-Party Licensed Content

The 3D character model used in Stadium Striker 3D is provided under open-source licenses (MIT and CC-BY-4.0). The Site uses various open-source JavaScript and UI libraries, each used under their respective open-source licenses.

19.3 - Third-Party Trademarks

Club names, school names, league names, conference names, and other organization identifiers referenced on the Site are the property of their respective owners. Their appearance does not imply any affiliation with, sponsorship of, or endorsement by those organizations.

19.4 - Your Limited License to Use This Site

We grant you a limited, personal, non-commercial, non-transferable license to view, print, and share links to individual pages of the Site for personal, non-commercial reference. You may not: republish Site content commercially; create derivative works based on our original content; remove or obscure copyright notices; use our name, logo, or branding without written permission; or reproduce our software code outside the open-source license terms of any applicable dependency.

20.1 - DMCA Counter-Notice

If you believe your content was wrongfully removed pursuant to a DMCA notice, you may submit a counter-notice including: your identifying information; identification of the removed material and its location before removal; a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good faith belief the material was removed by mistake or misidentification; and your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for your district. Upon receipt of a valid counter-notice, we may restore the removed content after providing the complaining party with notice of the counter-notice and an opportunity to seek a court order.

21.1 - What Advertising on This Site Means

WesternMassSoccer.com accepts paid advertising and sponsorships from local businesses. All advertising is contracted directly between the advertiser and WesternMassSoccer.com. Advertisers pay us to place their business in front of the Site's audience.

21.2 - What Advertising Placement Does NOT Mean

The appearance of an advertisement on any page of this Site — regardless of which club, school, field, town, league, or category page it appears on — does not mean any of the following:

• That the listed organization on that page has any relationship, agreement, or communication with the advertiser
• That the listed organization approved, solicited, endorsed, or is even aware of the advertisement
• That the listed organization received any money, goods, services, discounts, or other compensation from the advertiser
• That the advertiser is an official sponsor, kit partner, equipment supplier, preferred vendor, or affiliate of the listed organization
• That the advertiser and the listed organization have ever met, spoken, or have any relationship of any kind
• That we endorse, recommend, or certify the advertiser's products or services

21.3 - What Advertising Placement ONLY Means

An advertisement on any page of this Site means exclusively that a business paid WesternMassSoccer.com to display their ad on this website. The page's topic or subject may be used to target a contextually relevant audience. That is the full and complete extent of the relationship.

21.4 - Ad Types on the Site

• Banner Ads: Image or text banners across page headers or body sections
• Search Spotlight: Sponsored results in the search dialog triggered by keyword matching
• Chat Sponsor Cards: Branded cards in the chat assistant triggered by keyword matching in your message
• Map Pin Ads: Sponsored pins on the interactive field map
• Field Status Sponsors: Sponsor branding on field condition report widgets
• Game Sponsors: Sponsor branding within the Stadium Striker game experience
• Carousel Ads: Rotating image/logo gallery placements
• Page Sponsors: "Presented by" branding on specific category or entity pages

21.5 - Advertiser Responsibilities

Advertisers are solely and entirely responsible for the accuracy, legality, and compliance of their advertisement content with all applicable laws and advertising regulations, including FTC guidelines on endorsements and testimonials, Massachusetts consumer protection law, and any applicable industry-specific regulations. We reserve the right to refuse, modify, or remove any advertisement at any time, for any reason, without explanation.

21.6 - Editorial Independence

Our editorial content, directory listings, search results, star ratings, and all other Site content are produced and maintained independently of any advertising relationship. We do not guarantee coverage of, favorable treatment of, or any listing for any advertising client. Advertisers do not influence, review, or approve editorial content.

21.7 - Ad Performance Tracking

We track ad impressions and clicks as described in our Privacy Policy §8. Advertisers receive aggregate performance reports (total impressions, clicks, CTR). No personal information about individual visitors is shared with advertisers.

22.1 - External Links

The Site links to numerous external websites including club websites, league registration platforms, school district pages, MaxPreps, MassLive, college program pages, and others. These links are provided for convenience only. We do not endorse, control, maintain, or take responsibility for the content, availability, accuracy, privacy practices, or data collection of any external website. Clicking an external link takes you off our Site — the destination site's own policies govern your interaction there.

22.2 - Google Maps

Pages featuring field detail views and the homepage master map embed Google Maps. When these maps load, your browser makes direct connections to Google's servers. Google may receive your IP address and browser data. This is governed by Google's Privacy Policy.

22.3 - Third-Party JavaScript Libraries

The Site uses open-source JavaScript and UI libraries that run locally in your browser. These libraries are bundled into our JavaScript delivery and do not independently transmit data to third parties. No external CDN-hosted scripts are loaded from third parties beyond Google Analytics and Google Maps.

27.1 - Governing Law

These Terms and any dispute or claim arising out of or related to them or the Site are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, excluding its conflict-of-law rules, and the federal laws of the United States where applicable.

27.2 - Informal Resolution

Before initiating any formal dispute proceeding, you agree to first contact us through our contact form and make a good-faith effort to resolve the dispute informally. We will do the same.

27.3 - Binding Arbitration

If informal resolution fails, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Site (excluding claims for injunctive relief to protect intellectual property) shall be resolved by binding arbitration administered by JAMS under its Streamlined Arbitration Rules, conducted in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

27.4 - Class Action Waiver

ALL DISPUTES MUST BE ARBITRATED OR LITIGATED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. YOU EXPRESSLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO BRING OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, COLLECTIVE ACTION, MASS ACTION, CONSOLIDATED ACTION, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE SITE.

27.5 - Equitable Relief

Notwithstanding the arbitration clause, either party may seek preliminary injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction to prevent imminent or continuing harm — particularly for intellectual property claims.

27.6 - Fallback Jurisdiction

If the arbitration clause is found unenforceable, any legal action shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. You irrevocably consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.