2009 Tournament Dates – Elite Tournament Friendlies

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Location

• The primary site will be Covenant Park Ellicott City, MD

Age Groups & Eligibility

• U9-U10 (7v7) - $100 per game - No Minimum or Maximum
• U11-U12 (8v8) - $100 per game - No Minimum or Maximum
• U12-U18 (11v11) - $150 per game - No Minimum or Maximum
• Boys and Girls divisions at each age
• All Levels Welcome at all ages, depending on quality of entries
• Application Deadline: July 15, 2009
   

 

The Elite Tournament Friendlies is open to all competitive club teams. This is a USYSA sanctioned tournament through the Maryland State Youth Soccer Association. All teams must be affiliated and their players registered with USYSA through their respective state associations or US Club Soccer.  Teams must be in good standing with their state association to play in our tournament.  Permission to Travel Forms (not necessary for Region I teams) unless from NEW JERSEY or Connecticut, validated State player passes with photos, official team rosters and medical release forms (non- notarized) will be required of all teams accepted into the tournament.

If you have previously registered for another tournament whose applications are processed by SoccerScheduler, you will already have a team page in their system. If this is your first application to a tournament processed by SoccerScheduler, you will create your team page at the start of the application process.

Please read all of the notes and directions on the application.

ESPECIALLY NOTE that you must send your tournament fee payment check by postal mail to Championship Tournaments immediately after you apply online and receive your application confirmation number. You must enclose a copy of your confirmation e-mail with your check to assure your check is credited to the proper team. Mail requiring a signature (certified, registered, etc.) will not be accepted.

DEADLINE: Deadline for on-line registration and OUR RECEIPT OF ENTRY FEE AND ENCLOSURES is July 15, 2009. Applications received after July 15, 2009 will be placed on a waiting list.

ENCLOSURES: You must submit by the deadline in one envelope:
1. Your confirmation of Registration from SoccerScheduler.com.
2. A check or money order for the full tournament fee payable to Championship Tournaments (U.S. DOLLARS ONLY), application will not be considered complete without payment. If your team is accepted, the fee is non-refundable. If your team is accepted and later withdraws, the fee is non-refundable and sanctions may be placed against your team for participation in future tournaments. Should your team not be accepted, the fee will be returned by July 25, 2009.

3. MAIL COMPLETED APPLICATION AND ENCLOSURES TO: Championship Tournaments 4506 Summer Ridge Ct Mount Airy, MD 21771

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Acceptance
Acceptance notification will be posted on this web site by July 29, 2009. Upon acceptance, teams will need to complete a number of tasks, including:

• Booking hotel reservations with THS.  A link to THS will be available on this website on July 15, 2009. All teams that are accepted in this tournament and have a need to stay overnight must use the THS reservation system. Any team that does not use THS will be disqualified from the tournament.  No refund will be issued.
• Teams need to enter the names and uniform numbers of their players for use in the tournament program on their specific SoccerScheduler team page

Headquarters – Covenant Park  

• Registration will be located at Covenant Park
• Team registration will take place 1 hour before your first game at the Headquarters Tent at Covenant Park for both the Boys and Girls Weekend.
• Only a team representative needs to be present for registration.
• Teams that do not register on Saturday will be dropped from the Tournament.
• Player passes, certified rosters, Permission to Travel forms (Team outside of Region I, New Jersey and Connecticut ONLY) and medical release forms will be checked at that time.

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Registration (what to bring)

Teams are required to present at registration:

• State Association or US Club Soccer approved roster plus submit two copies of that roster
• Player cards for each player, including guest players
• Non-Notarized medical release for each player, including guest players
• The medical release forms must be signed within the last 12 months
• medical release forms
• State Association approved permission to travel form (not necessary for Region I teams only NJ)
• Please add any guest players to the bottom of your roster.

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Rosters & Guest Players
The following are the maximum roster size per age groups:

• U9-U11 (Small-sided) 14 players
• U12 (11v11) to U15: 18 players
• U6-U19: 22 players

A team may use no more than (4) guest players, which must be approved by the Tournament Director at registration.

Sponsorship & Advertising Opportunities
Interested in becoming a sponsor of our tournament?  Looking to place an ad on our website?  Contact the Tournament Director.

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Referees

Referees from out of the area are welcome.  Any USSF licensed referee interested in participating in our tournament should contact our referee assignor Hugh Blocker.