Q: How many players, including goalkeepers, play on the field?
A: U9 & U10 - 7 v 7; U11 & U12 – 9 v 9; U13 and U14 – 11 v 11
Q: How many players are allowed on a roster / dress for any one game?
A: U9 & U10 - 16 / 16; U11 & U12 – roster 18 / 18 ; U13 and U14 - 20 / 18
Q: How many players are allowed on a roster / dress for any one game?
A: U9 & U10 - 16 / 16; U11 & U12 – roster 18 / 18 ; U13 and U14 - 20 / 18
Q: What is the cutoff date for players to be eligible for any age group?
A: The tournament uses the calendar year rule to determine age group eligibility as prescribed by our sanctioning organization - ENYYSA. We allow players no more than 2 years younger to play on an older team. See the Age Group Chart in the Rules Book found on the Links page.
Q: When is the registration deadline?
A: The open application deadline is 9/22/24 and all updated status will appear on the home page of the Gotsport Registration System
Q: Are all applicants guaranteed to be accepted?
A: We accept all teams until we reach age group defined field capacity limits. Teams must meet the age and construction requirements found in the Tournament Rules Book (see Documents page). Notice of any age group registration restrictions will appear on the front page of this web site and the Gotsport application page header.
Q: If I missed the deadline, how can I tell if my team is needed?
A: We will post the gender and ages of all teams needed to fill flights on the home page of the Gotsport Registration System.
Q: How can I be assured my team plays in a competitive flight?
A: We will place your team into a flight where the other teams all closely match your skill and experience levels. You will see a competition survey section to fill out during your online registration process where there are places for you to tell us exactly what type of team you are bringing to the tournament, and we use this information to place you appropriately.
Q: What type of payment does the tournament accept?
A: Only credit cards from VISA, Mastercard, and American Express are accepted. Any alternate payment type must be approved by the Tournament Director who is available via email at NCHUtournament@nchu.org.
Q: Does the tournament allow guest players?
A: Each team can have 6 age appropriate (up to 2 years playing up) guest players from your club and 3 from outside your club. Once added to your tournament roster by writing their names onto your submitted official roster, the roster must still be within the tournament’s allowed age group roster size. You can cross out players on your official roster either being replaced by the guest players or if they are not able to attend the tournament. Guest players, like all tournament players, are only allowed to play a total of 4 games during the tournament. All guest players must have: either a league playing pass or a birth certificate to prove age; a parent signed medical release form from your league or our tournament; and players from outside your team’s club must have a filled out guest player form.
Q: Can we apply without filling out a lot of information about our team?
A: There is a bare minimum of details that is required during the registration process to help us place you in the proper playing group, and those entry fields are mandatory and include the name of the travel league you belong to (if you are a travel team) and what division you expect to play in. We also ask for your opinion on what type of competition level you would like to participate in. Besides that, the information you enter when you create your Gotsport team account is all we need, and if we have any questions, we will contact you directly. Your tournament roster will be required as the only check in document needed prior to play.
Q: My team’s head coach or our trainer that coaches our games is expected to coach another team in the tournament. How can we be assured that they are available to coach all these games?
A: Our scheduler will attempt to separate the 2 teams’ schedules. It is helpful if you identify this coach or trainer and the teams involved with us during the registration process and it also helps to register this individual as the actual head coach for this tournament in your Gotsport team record. While we cannot guarantee the schedule separation due to the complexity of scheduling, we will do all we can to accommodate this request.
Q: When will schedules be available and how do I find them?
A: We have a target of releasing the schedules exactly one week prior to the first day of play. We will send an email confirming this date to all registered coaches and managers as soon as the schedule is ready to be released. The schedules will be on-line via Gotsport and a link will be available on the tournament web site home page.
Q: Which medical release form do I need for each player on my team?
A: Medical release forms are voluntary documents you can choose to bring with you for the games. They are a benefit to the EMT staff if a player has any specific medical issues the EMT should be aware of if care is required. You can either use the medical release form that your team uses for its league, or you can use the form we supply on the documents page of the web site.
Q: What other types of forms do we need for each player on our team and how do we get them to you?
A: We only require that the team’s tournament roster be uploaded during the application process. No other forms are needed to be sent to the tournament. Please see what documents we recommend you bring to the games by reading the Registration Check-In Directions found in the documents section of this web site.
Q: Does the tournament allow guest players?
A: Each team can have 6 age appropriate (up to 2 years playing up) guest players from your club and 3 from outside your club. Once added to your tournament roster by writing their names onto your submitted official roster, the roster must still be within the tournament’s allowed age group roster size. You can cross out players on your official roster either being replaced by the guest players or if they are not able to attend the tournament. Guest players, like all tournament players, are only allowed to play a total of 4 games during the tournament. All guest players must be able to prove their age with either a league playing pass or a birth certificate, and players from outside your team’s club must have a filled-out guest player form that needs to be carried by the team’s head coach.
Q: Does every playing site have tournament services like medical technicians and concessions and bathrooms?
A: Yes, we supply professionally qualified and equipped EMTs and bathroom facilities (either permanent or portable) at every site. Refreshment vendors will be available where site owners permit.
Q: What types of tournament competition flights are available and what types of play and awards exist?
A: Flights are built out of teams that have similar skill levels. We create either 8 team playoff style or 5 team round robin style competitions depending upon the number of these similar teams entering the tournament. All teams are graded based upon league alignment and other information supplied by the registrant on the application. The better you describe your team to our scheduler, the better the competition will be for all teams in your flight. For all types of flights, every roster member of an award-winning team gets an award. Champion and 2nd place awards are given. All U9 – U14 teams play 2 games each on Saturday and Sunday, and awards are given either after the 4th and final game on Sunday or when a team absolutely qualifies for their award prior to the 4th game being played.
Q: What is the rule for headers by age group?
A: No headers are allowed for U11 and younger players. Any player deliberately heading a ball in these age groups will cause the other team to receive an indirect free kick (IFK).
Q: Where can I find all the rules for the tournament?
A: The rules book can be found on the Documents page of this web site.
Q: How is my refund / credit calculated if the tournament is cancelled?
A: The amount of the application fee to be refunded / credited is based on the following rules:
- Any already applied discounts are subtracted from fee refunds
2. A $100 tournament organization and administrative cost is subtracted from any potential refund or credit.
3. If a full day of the tournament is cancelled prior to any play taking place on that day, a refund will be issued in total for those 2 games after rules 1 and 2 are applied.
4. Once tournament play has started on any day, your team will be offered a refund for any individual game that is not played due to unplayable conditions.
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