TEAM ELIGIBILITY REGUIREMENTS FOR STATE CUP 2006
- All players must be age appropriate.
- All players must be properly registered with Mass Youth
Soccer.
- All players requiring international clearance or waiver
must be cleared prior to the names being placed on the State Cup roster.
- All players must have a valid pass card in order to play.
- Maximum of 5 transferred players on a State Cup roster.
- All out of state players must have permission to play in Massachusetts from their home state prior to being placed on the State Cup roster.
- The team must be entered in the competition of the State
Association in which at least 50% of its’ players are registered.
- The team must demonstrate continuity of rosters between
league and State Cup by maintaining a minimum of 9 players common to both
competitions for U13 –U16. The requirement for U17-U19 teams has not been
finalized due to the expanded roster for the U17-U19 teams.
- The team must compete in at least a 4-team approved league
during the current seasonal year in its’ US Youth Soccer affiliated
qualifying league. The league competition must consist of a minimum of
one game against each of three different teams participating in the
league.
- Any team which forfeits three (3) league matches in the
league the team is using for Cup qualification purposes shall be declared
ineligible for Cup play and shall pay a $1000 fine. The team shall also
be the last seeded team in the following year’s age group. In addition,
any team having been eliminated from Cup play, and forfeits three (3)
matches in the league play shall pay a $500 fine and shall be the last
seeded team in the following year’s age group. The fine must be paid
before any other team from that club can play another Cup game.
- Cup roster must not contain any player who previously has
been on a “frozen” 2006 State Cup roster anywhere within the United States
- All coaches/managers (maximum of 4) must be registered
with Mass Youth Soccer and have a valid pass card.