2009 Tournament Dates – SAC Columbus Day Tournament

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Location

• Covenant Park Ellicott City, MD
• Howard Community College Columbia, MD
• Harford Polo Grounds Fallston, MD

Age Groups & Eligibility

• U9-U10 (7v7) - $575 entry fee* - 3 game minimum
• U11-U12 (8v8) - $600 Entry fee* - 3 game minimum
  U12-U14 (11v11) - $625 Entry fee* - 3 game minimum
  U15-U18- $650 Entry fee* - 3 game minimum
  Boys and girls divisions at each age
  Premier and Classic at all ages, depending on quality of entries
  Application Deadline: September 10, 2009

The SAC Columbus Day Tournament is open to all competitive and classic 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 SAC 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 September 10, 2009. Applications received after September 10, 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 SAC (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 September 15, 2009.

3. MAIL COMPLETED APPLICATION AND ENCLOSURES TO:

SAC
4506 Summer Ridge Ct
Mount Airy, MD 21771

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Acceptance
Acceptance notification will be posted on this web site by September 13, 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 October 1. All teams that are accepted in this tournament and have a need to stay overnight must use the THS reservation system.
• 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

 Directions: Covenant Park

• Registration will be located at Covenant Park
• Team registration will take place on Thursday or Friday night at Covenant Park. You will have the option of coming one of the two nights Thursday between 6pm - 9pm and Friday 5pm-9pm. We have to have registration before the tournament because of the number of teams that have entered.
• Only a team representative needs to be present for registration.
• Teams that do not register on Thursday or Friday 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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Games, Rules, Awards

• For all age groups, the usual format is three preliminary games plus a championship final.  Two matches on Saturday, one on Sunday morning and the final on Sunday afternoon.  Depending upon the number of participants in an age group, some divisions will play two preliminary games on Saturday, either a semifinal or consolation game on Sunday morning and the final on Sunday afternoon.
• All games are played in accordance with FIFA rules, except as specifically modified by Tournament Rules. A full set of Tournament rules will available online by clicking Rules in the left menu
• Awards are presented to first-place and second place teams in each division.

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

• U8-U12 (Small-sided) – 14 Players
• U12-U18 (Full-sided) – 18 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.

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.