SPRING SCHEDULE
The schedule for the Spring is under Calendar on the VYSA Web page under State Cup. Please take a look at the play dates for the Spring Cup season. One thing to notice is the early start date for Cup this Spring. The first play date will be Saturday, March 28. All teams will not play on every date on the calendar, but all teams should know that their team can be scheduled on any play date. Schedules for the first weekend of play will be released after the Cup draw, approximately 1 week before March 28.
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 "synced" roster in the State Cup application side of the US Soccer Connect 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 12, 2020 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, 22 players for U13 and 22 players for U14 as "Active". These "active" players will freeze on the Freeze Deadline.
*Your league roster will not be acceptable for State Cup entry or competition play.
APPLICATION INFORMATIONIt is highly recommended that the team official completing the application print out the application instructions at the link below (these instructions were updated on February 1, 2020). This document provides step by step instructions. Also below is the link to the US Soccer Connect system where you apply for State Cup.
Application Instructions - CLICK HERE
*Please read and print the Application Instructions before you log into US Connect to begin your Cup application.
US Soccer Connect Login -
https://virginia.sportsaffinity.com/Foundation/Login.aspx?sessionguid=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 12, 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 "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 2020Cup this freeze date is midnight on Wednesday, March 25, 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 Spring 2020 COMPETITION
U12, January 1,2008 and younger State and Regional Competition
U13, January 1, 2007 and younger State, Regional and National Competition
U14, 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. 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, all US Soccer Connect rostering and scoring directions, the 2019-2020 seasonal Year Cup Calendar and the VYSA State Cup Rules are available. The web address is www.vysa.com.