THE STATE CUP
Official qualifying tournament for the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championship Series (NCS)
State Office ContactS
Ray Ford | Director of Events | ray@vysa.com | O: (540) 693-1430 ext. 223 | C: (434) 258-9711 |
COUNTDOWN TO THE STATE CUP
This countdown has been ended already!
OVERVIEW
The State Cup brings together the highest quality teams across Virginia and the District of Columbia to decide who will be crowned the State Champion.
The US Youth Soccer National Championship Series is the country’s most prestigious national youth soccer tournament, providing approximately 185,000 players on over 10,000 teams from US Youth Soccer State Associations the opportunity to showcase their soccer skills against the best competition in the nation while emphasizing teamwork, discipline and fair play.
The US Youth Soccer National Championships cap a yearlong series of competitions for boys and girls teams in multiple age brackets as teams earn their way from the top teams in their state to the regional championship tournaments. US Youth Soccer State Champions and selected wildcard teams through US Youth Soccer Regional Leagues in most age groups are eligible to compete in one of four US Youth Soccer Regional Championships. The champions in the 13U through 19U age brackets from each regional event will converge in July for the US Youth Soccer National Championships.
Annually the US Youth Soccer National Championship Series provides the nation’s top collegiate coaches with the premier stage to identify and scout the most coveted players in the country.
Eligible Age Groups
Fall: 15U – 19U, Boys and Girls
Spring: 11U – 14U, Boys and Girls
Important Spring 2024 Dates:
February 12th Monday-Applications close at 4pm deadline for State Cup .
February 18th Sunday-State Cup Draw in Fredericksburg.
March 15th Friday-Initial Cup Game Schedule Published.
April 3rd Wednesday-Rosters Frozen.
April 6th, 13th, 20th Saturday-Cup Play In Games, if needed.
April 26/27/28th Friday/Saturday/Sunday-State Cup Group Games at the Publix Virginia Soccer Training Center, Fredericksburg.
May 11th/12th Saturday/Sunday State Cup & Presidents Cup Semi-finals & Finals at the Publix Virginia Soccer Training Center, Fredericksburg.
Recommendations: This event is focused on those teams seeking to play in the highest level of State competition and the potential to advance onto NCS Regionals.
Fee Structure
Registration is $575 per team. 3 group games and possibly a semi-final & final game.
Tournament Rules: The State Cup Policies and the National Championship Series Policies can be viewed at the link below. It is the responsibility of each competing team to access these rules and become familiar with them. All competing teams are expected to be aware of the official State Cup rules when applying for competition. Click here to view the complete list of rules or view the ‘Rules’ tab.
Communication: To keep all teams up to date on game schedules, results, and sometimes changes to fields and times, it is 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 here, on ‘The State Cup’ page at vysa.com.