KANSAS CITY, Mo. — United Soccer Coaches announced on Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award recipients for high school programs that competed in the 2023 spring season. The awards recognize a total of 37 teams across the country for exhibiting fair play, sporting behavior, and adherence to the laws of the game.

Seven high school girls’ teams received the United Soccer Coaches Platinum Team Ethics Award for completing the entire 2023 winter season without receiving either a yellow or red card. These teams included Cary High School, Ernest J. King High School, Lakeside Lutheran High School. Mid-Buchanan High School, Oakland Christian School, Pomfret School and Wilson Memorial High School. 

The Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award is given to United Soccer Coaches members at four levels. Teams honored at the platinum level went an entire season without a player or coach receiving a yellow card or red card. Teams honored at the gold (1-10%), silver (11-30%), and bronze (31-50%) levels are based on a percentage calculated by the total number of cards received by players and coaches divided by the team’s total number of games played.

Sugar River was one of nine teams to receive the Gold Award.  For the last six years, the Raiders have received either Gold or Platinum.