Virginia Presidents Cup
Fall 2020 and Spring 2021
NEW: US Youth Soccer has added U19 or 2002 players to the U18 age group for the Presidents Cup for the year 2020/2021 only. This will give the players who missed their last year of competition a chance to make up for the season they missed in 2019/2020..
NEW: The Fall 2020 Presidents Cup competition is for the U18/U19, U17, U16 and U15 boys and girls. This year we have split the older and younger age groups. The U14, U13 and U12 boys and girls competition will be held in the Spring.
Click here to view Presidents Cup Fall 2020 Calendar
APPLICATION FEES AND PROCEDURES
The entry fee for Presidents Cup competition is $400. This fee is paid by credit card online. The following is required by the appropriate deadline, September 3, 2020.
(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 Presidents Cup application (tournament) side of the Affinity system with those players who will play on the Presidents 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 Presidents Cup roster to the State Office.
You may log into the Presidents Cup application page and finish the application, submit it and pay before you have a completed Presidents Cup roster. You will need to revisit you application prior to the Presidents Cup application deadline of September 3 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 Presidents Cup roster as "Active". You are allowed to set up to 22 players as "Active". These "active" players will freeze at the time of your first VYSA Presidents Cup game..
Your league roster will not be acceptable for Presidents 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 Presidents 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, September 3, 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 US Youth Soccer and VYSA (with 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 second level conference leagues, both team and club leagues.
All Presidents Cup rosters are frozen at the time of the team’s first game of the VYSA Presidents Cup competition.
All players who are eligible for any level of the competition in the Presidents Cup Championship, State, Regional and National must be US Youth Soccer players rostered to your club by the appropriate freeze date. At freeze date, those players who are on the frozen roster are the only players eligible to compete in the VYSA Presidents Cup portion of this National event. A team may have no more than five transferred players on its Presidents Cup roster. A team may compete in only one Presidents Cup competition during a seasonal year.
AGE GROUPS FOR FALL 2020 COMPETITION
U18/19 January 1, 2002 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 Presidents Cup Championship Rules and the National Presidents Cup Policies are on the VYSA Web Site. It is the responsibility of the team to access these rules and become familiar with them. You must go to the Presidents Cup Rules to be aware of the rules as you apply for Presidents 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 Sports Connect (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 Presidents Cup forms, the 2020-2021 seasonal Year Cup Calendar and the VYSA Presidents Cup Rules are available to view here
Presidents Cup Director: Anne Thompson
Home 703 569-0543
Cell 703-963-4583
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