VYSA TOURNAMENT AND GAMES SANCTIONING POLICY
Obtaining sanction’s for a VYSA event will insure referees will be certified.
For the purpose of this sanction of the event or games may be called scrimmage, festival, friendlies, games or by any other creative name. The length of the playing periods for these games may be any number of minutes as defined by the event organizers.
An event will be termed a tournament or games and require sanctioning if a group of teams, clubs, leagues, or any members of VYSA come together to play and any one (1) of the following is part of the event:
- More than 16 teams are involved
- Fees are collected and are over and above the actual cost of the referees and the facility
- T-shirts or tournament souvenirs are available (whether gift or sold)
- A hotel booking service is used for the event
- There is an official recognition of standing or awards are given
If none of these items apply, sanctioning is not required, however, any rules already in place in the US Youth Soccer Travel and Tournament Manual will continue to apply.
Please note: Sanctioning is always required if any of the teams participating are from another State Association.