Virginia National Championship Series
The State Cup Fall 2020
NEW: US Youth Soccer has added U20 or 2001 players to the U19 age group for the National Championship Series for the year 2020/2021 only. This will give the players who missed their last year of competition in the Spring of 2020 a chance to play out their youth eligibility with the National Championship.
Click here to view the State Cup Fall 2020 Calendar
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 required 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 "sync'ed" roster in the State Cup application (tournament) 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 August 27 at 4PM EDT to ensure that you have sync'ed 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 22 players as "Active". These "active" players will freeze on the Freeze Deadline.
Your league roster will not be acceptable for State Cup entry.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
It is highly recommended that the team official completing the application print out the application instructions at the link below. This document provides step by step instructions. Also below is the link to the Affinity system where you apply for State Cup.
Application instructions - click here
Affinity Link - https://virginia.sportsaffinity.com
ENTRY DEADLINE
The online application form for entry (which includes the credit card payment) must be in the hands of the VYSA State Office no later than 4:00 PM EDT on Thursday, August 27, 2020. 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 "sync'ed 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 Fall Cup competition for U19/29U, U18, U17, U16 and U15 age groups. All players who are eligible for any level of the competition in the National Championship Series must be US Youth Soccer players rostered to your club by the appropriate freeze date for their age group. For Fall 2020 Cup this freeze date is midnight on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 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 FALL 2020 COMPETITION
U19/U20, January 1, 2001 and younger State, Regional and National Competition
U18, January 1, 2003 and younger State, Regional and National Competition
U17, January 1, 2004 and younger State, Regional and National Competition
U16, January 1, 2005 and younger State Regional and National Competition
U15, January 1, 2006 and younger State, Regional and National Competition
RULES OF THE COMPETITION
The Virginia State Championship Policies and the National Championship Series Policies are on the VYSA Web Site. It is the responsibility of the team to access these rules and become familiar with them. The NCS policies may be modified by the VYSA State Championship Policies. You must go to the State Cup Rules to be aware of the rules as you apply for State Cup.
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 through the Affinity email system. The game schedules and game results will be available on the VYSA Web Site. VYSA has a Web Site for your convenience and information. All of the State Cup forms, the 2020-2021 seasonal Year Cup Calendar and the VYSA State Cup Rules are available to view here.
State Cup Director: Anne Thompson
Home 703 569-0543
Cell 703-963-4583
E-Mail: [email protected]
State Cup Chair: Cathy Mann
Cell 703-447-0139
E-Mail: [email protected]
VYSA State Office
10705 Spotsylvania Ave Suite 201
Fredericksburg, VA 22408
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 540-693-1430 x223
Fax: 540-693-1440