May 26-28, 2018
The Soccer Association of Columbia/HC and Elite Tournaments would like to welcome you to the 43rd Annual Columbia Invitational. Columbia is centrally located between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD. For simply the best soccer competition, play in Columbia over Memorial Weekend and experience for yourself why Sports Illustrated, upon visiting our tournament, proclaimed that, "Here (Columbia), arguably is the heartland of U.S. Soccer."
Overview
The Soccer Association of Columbia/HC and Elite Tournaments would like to welcome you to the 43rd Annual Columbia Invitational. All 16-19 age groups will play 1 game per day (Sat, Sun, Mon) in Showcase format.
New for this event: This event will carry full tournament insurance!
Tournament ApplicationEntry Fees:
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Applied Teams: View Applied TeamsAccepted Teams: View Accepted TeamsBrackets: View 2017 Brackets
Tournament Schedule: Posted by 05/11/2018
Join the conversation and use #ColumbiaInvitational on all your social media posts! Be on the lookout for Tournament Snapchat Geofilters at select locations too!
Previous Results:20172016201520142013
Check-In Instructions: View Check-In InstructionsGuest Players: Registration for Guest PlayersIf you have any questions regarding check-in or guest players, please contact Dominic Popolizio at dominic@elitetournaments.com
No Pets | No Smoking | No Alcohol
Field Information: Directions/Schedule by Field
Permission to HostRulesHeader Rule (U09-U11)Medical ReleasePlayer Profile InstructionsSchool Absence Letter
To ensure the quality of service provided during our tournaments, the Tournament Committee has appointed THS as the official Hospitality Service for this event. All teams are mandated to book any hotel reservations through THS to insure their place in our tournaments. Any teams that do not comply will be at risk of forfeiting their acceptance.By using THS as our booking service the Columbia Invitational Tournament can offer our "Act of God" Clause. This states "Should this event should be cancelled for reasons beyond the Event Organizer's control (including weather), all outstanding reservations will be released at no charge to the participants."Hotel Reservations: Make Hotel Arrangements Here
We are now accepting pre-orders for this event! Check out the official tournament t-shirts and pre-order your apparel before it sells out. Apparel is printed in limited quantities so pre-orders are the best way to ensure you get the color and size of your choice! Shirts will also be for sale at the headquarters tent at some locations. Sales Locations
If you have pre-ordered your apparel it will be available for pickup at the location of your first game! If you have any apparel questions, please contact Dominic Acosta.
NEW! This event will be doing an exclusive tournament t-shirt print until 4/29/2018. Only available online in limited quantity and availablility
Vendors participating in this tournament will be listed two weeks prior to the event. If you are interested in becoming a vendor for the tournament, please contact Elle Marks at emarks@elitetournaments.com.
College Coach Login: Register to AttendCollege Coach List: View 2017 Registered Coaches
Player InformationPlayer Profile Books: Please make sure that you update your player profile information in the GotSoccer system so it is accessible by college coaches. You may need to contact your team manager or coach to add this information. This is the information that will be given to college coaches looking to recruit players.Player Self-Recruiting: Elite Tournaments highly recommends that players reach out to the schools that they are interested in playing for. Many coaches come to our events to scout for pick up players, but will not realize that you interested in playing for their team unless you reach out to them! We also know that you have many schools that you are looking to play for that are not currently signed up to attend our event. You are encouraged to reach out to schools you are looking to attend, and let them know which events you will be playing in this season. We welcome you to invite these coaches to attend this event. If you have a coach that you are inviting to attend, please have them pre-register at the link above.
We welcome all out of town referees. If you are scheduled to be a referee at this event, take a look at the rules and check the schedule online for any changes. Any questions please contact our Director of Officials, Mark Jennings, at markelite@outlook.com
Cody PearsonTournament Directorcpearson@elitetournaments.comMike LibberTournament Directormlibber@elitetournaments.comShane FlynnApparel Questionssflynn@elitetournaments.comDominic PopolizioCheck-In Questionsdominic@elitetournaments.com
Columbia, MDOlney, MDBWI Area
Boys & Girls U09- U19
Tournament May 26-28, 2018
Application Deadline April 6, 2018
Schedules Released May 11, 2018
Apparel Pre-Order May 16, 2018
