To All Clubs,
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer. The fall soccer season is quickly approaching.
All Under 13 and Under 14 age group teams interested in competing for the
2007 State Cup Championships must declare by September 1, 2006. The Entry Form and instructions are available on the Mass Youth soccer website (www.mayouthsoccer.org - click on tournaments - State Cup). This year your entry form must be submitted electronically. Your fee can be paid by either charge card or check. Please note: if you are paying the application fee by check your application is not considered complete until the fee has been received.
Both the application and fee ($460.00 per team) must be received by midnight September 1st.
The 2007 Challenge Rules and the Seeding Procedure are also posted on the State Cup website. The Cup Rules should be read prior to submitting your application.
I have attached the "Team Eligibility Requirements for State Cup 2007" and "Important Dates for State Cup" -these should also be read prior to submitting your State Cup application.
Terri Filippetti
National Cup Director
STATE CUP - 2007 APPLICATIONS FOR U15 – U19
DUE DECEMBER 15, 2006
Every team who has 50% of its players as Massachusetts residents is eligible to enter, provided they meet certain eligibility requirements as set forth in the ‘National' rules (listed on the Mass Youth website). Teams interested in entering had to declare their intent by September 1st in the Under 13 and Under 14 age groups, and must declare by December 15th in the other age groups. An entry form is required each year and teams must submit the required entry fee with their application. This form along with the Challenge Rules and Seeding procedure is available on the Mass Youth website (www.mayouthsoccer.org – click on tournaments – click on State Cup). All registration is now done on-line, payable by either check or credit card. Please note: each team's application must be submitted individually. It is important that the requested information be entered accurately.
Once all teams have declared, all teams are “seeded” based upon previously established criteria. Based upon the number of declared entries in an age/gender group, single elimination games (Challenge Rounds through Round 3) are held. The U13 and U14 age groups have already completed their Round 2 games this Fall and will play Round 3 in the Spring. The U15 –U19 age groups will play their Challenge games in the April and May time frame. The objective is to reduce the field to a group of eight teams for the round robin competition in the U13 - U19 age groups.
According to US Youth Soccer National Championship policies, roster size is limited to a maximum of 18 players for all U13 – U16 teams (this includes league rosters). For the U17- U19 teams, the Cup team roster may have up to 22 players on it but the Cup game roster is limited to a maximum of 18 players (taken from the 22 player approved Cup team roster).
Roster Freeze Information:
Roster freeze date is the date of your first Cup game or May 29, 2007 whichever occurs first
Note: If a team is playing in the Region 1 Spring Director's League, the roster freeze date is the date
the team plays its' first match in the Director's League, or first State Cup match, or May 29, 2007,
whichever occurs first.
Important dates for State Cup 2007
December 15, 2006 Applications and fees are due for U15 - U19
January 15, 2007 Seeding for U15-U19 published (on or before)
April - May 15, 2007 All Challenge Round games must be completed
June 2 & 3, 2007 Round Robin for U1
3's-U19's
June 16 & 17, 2007 Semi Finals and Finals
June 28 - July 3, 2007 Region 1 Championships (U13-U19) - Portland, Maine
July 24-39, 2007 US Youth Soccer National Championships (U14-U19) – Frisco, Texas
Terri Filippetti
National Championship Series Director
TEAM ELIGIBILITY REGUIREMENTS FOR STATE CUP 2007