Spring 2019 National Championship Series (The State Cup)
U12, U13 and U14 Boys and Girls
APPLICATIONS DUE THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2019 BY 4:00 PM
APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED
APPLICATION FEES AND PROCEDURES
The entry fee for State Cup competition is $400. This fee is paid by credit card online at the time of application. The following is require by the appropriate deadline:
(1) A completed online application form with an online credit card payment. No other form of payment will be accepted.
(2) A "synced" roster in the State Cup application side of the Affinity system with those players who will play on the State Cup team marked as "Active." Note - that due to the system automating the rostering process, we have removed the requirement for teams to send in a copy of their State Cup roster to the State Office.
You may log into the State Cup application page and finish the application, submit it and pay before you have a completed State Cup roster. You will need to revisit you application prior to the State Cup Application deadline of March 14, 2019 at 4PM EST to ensure that you have synced the latest version of your roster including any club pass player updates and marked those players who will comprise your State Cup roster as "Active". You are allowed to set up to 16 players for U12, 18 players for U13 and 22 players for U14 as "Active". These "active" players will freeze on the Freeze Deadline.
ENTRY DEADLINE
The online application form for entry must be in the hands of the VYSA State Office no later than 4:00 PM on Thursday, March 14, 2019. Any application that does not meet the deadline requirements will be returned. A completed application includes the application form filled out online, the $400 fee paid by credit card online, and a "synced roster. It is always the responsibility of the coach of an applying team to confirm that his/her team has successfully met this deadline.
ELIGIBILITY
Any team of a member of VYSA and participating in a recognized league and properly registered (having an official VYSA State Cup roster and US Youth Soccer player passes), is eligible to enter any one age group corresponding to the age of the oldest player on its roster. The eligible leagues include all VYSA member leagues and additionally the US Youth Soccer EDP and EDP conference leagues both team and club leagues.
There will be the one freeze date for all rosters in the Spring Cup competition for U12, U13, and U14 age groups. All players who are eligible for any level of the competition in the National Championship Series must have been rostered to your club by the appropriate freeze date for their age group. For Spring 2019 Cup this freeze date is midnight on Wednesday, April 3, 2109. At the 48 hour freeze deadline, those players who are on the frozen roster are the only players eligible to compete in the State Cup portion of the National Championship Series.
If a player is registered on a VYSA State Cup team 48 hours prior to the first State Cup game, the player may not compete in another State Cup for any other team during the seasonal year (Sept. 1 to Aug. 31). A team may have no more than five transferred players on its VYSA State Cup roster. A team may compete in only one State Cup competition during a seasonal year.
AGE GROUPS FOR SPRING 2019 COMPETITION
U12, January 1,2007 and younger State and Regional Competition
U13, January 1, 2006 and younger State, Regional and National Competition
U14, January 1, 2005 and younger State, Regional and National Competition+
COMMUNICATION
In order to keep all teams up to date on game schedules, results and sometimes changes to fields and times, it is very important for each team to provide a primary contact and an email address. During the competition, the administrative information will be distributed by email. The game schedules and game results will be available on the VYSA Web Site.
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Anne Thompson
[email protected]
703-569-0543 - h
703-963-4583- c
Cathy Mann
[email protected]
703-447-1039 - c