Elite Tournaments In The News:

Not kids play: Youth sports eyed to boost Maryland tourism July 31, 2009 Baltimore Business Journal

Mason Dixon Cup hosts 63 youth teams June 20, 2009 The Herald Mail

Columbia Tournament Shows Growth in Youth Soccer May 31, 2007 Pressbox: Baltimore Sports

Should Your Club Hire a Soccer Tournament Management Company? Jan 2007 Soccer-Tournament-Guide.com

Our full time employees handle all the administrative, registration and planning of the tournaments. We allow your organization to participate as much or as little in the process as you desire. 

Services Elite Tournaments can provide:

• Recruit teams in all age groups for the tournament.

  We use our long standing connections within the soccer community to recruit the top level teams for your tournament. Since our staff has played, coached, and refereed at the region's top levels, we know what it takes to draw the most competitive teams.  Elite Tournaments prices our tournaments competitively to attract more teams.  We have hosted national and / or regional champs at almost every event in 2008 / 2009 season.

• Compose all schedules for all age groups.

  We take the work out of hosting a tournament. We rely on our experience and knowledge to create a fair and competitive tournament. We use our contact with the teams to make a workable and impartial schedule for both in-state and out-of-state.

• Handle all applications and will be the only contact between teams and tournament.

  Through the use of our website, and third party software, such as the Soccer Scheduler©, we can be the center point for your tournament. We will allow you to work for you club/organization instead of wading through the tournament details. We give you more time to prepare your team for play and not have to worry with the administrative tasks of the tournament.

• Handle all paperwork involved with getting permission to host the tournament and insurance.

  The hassle of hosting a tournament comes with all the paper work that goes with it. Many states require permission to host a tournament, as well as field and vending permits, plus insurance documentation. Elite Tournaments is experienced in handling all of these areas, and knows who to contact regarding them.

• Draw recruiters and scouts

  Elite Tournaments has a great reputation within the high school and college community. Through our staff's playing and coaching years we have come in contact with some of the best coaches and programs in the country at the high school and college level. We can bring in college coaches to help the recruiting efforts of your team's players.

• Contact with Referee Assignor.

  Since we have certified referees and an assignor on staff we have great access to the top level referees. We are constant contact with assignors, referees, and the governing bodies for each sport.

• Handle all standings and scoring systems for the tournament.

  We will handle all game day management so you may enjoy your teams’ games. We will be the tournament directors and administer any game day rulings or judgments as well as settle all disputes. We will maintain the standings and schedule for all fields and location. We will organize and run the tournament headquarters to answer all inquiries from fans, teams, press, or recruiters.

• Registration Packets.

  In our management function we will handle registration for you tournament. We will take care of everything from paperwork, checking player eligibility and to distributing tournament materials and schedules.

• Make all the arrangements for Awards (1st & 2nd place).

  We will arrange for all awards and prizes for the tournaments, whether it be trophies, shirts, medals, or money for the adult competitions.

• Contact Vendors (Food, Pictures, Soccer Store).

  Elite Tournaments has an established list of vendors for food, sporting goods, pictures, etc. We are able to draw off of these established relationships or we can use vendors that you organization has previously used as well.

• Staff tournament workers

  On the tournament weekends we staff additional people to make sure everything runs smoothly. We will train them prior to the tournament to collect the scores from the officials, make sure the games run smoothly and on time and to deal with any sort of situations that should arise, whether it be call in the tournament director, referee assignor or team. 

• Provide a Housing Service with Tournament Hotel Cancellation Insurance

Elite Tournaments currently has a contract with THS, a tournament housing company.  THS assists with all travel and hotel needs - hotel lists, map and ability to make an on-line reservation form right from their site. THS places local information about the area, directions, weather and more on their website.  THS also carries hotel tournament cancellation insurance for teams, if inclement weather forces the event to cancel.