State Tourneys Explained

SDSSA will sponsor the following tournaments for the 2010 spring season:

1.) Kohl's American Cup - U10 teams -each team is guaranteed two games each day in a festival format - all players will receive participation awards. Teams may guest up to 6 players but roster size is limited to 10 total players.

2.) Midcontinent Cup – Recreational Division – for purely recreational U12 – U19 teams June 4-7 in Sioux Falls. Recreational teams may guest up to 6 players; providing they do not go over the allowable age group roster size. (U12 roster size limit is 14 players, U14 is 18 players, U16 and U19 is 25 players but guest players can only be added to U16 or U19 teams up to a total of 18 players total.) These guest players must be rostered to recreational only teams. No State Cup players may play as guests on any team playing in the Recreational Tournament. The Recreational Committee may consider exceptions to this on a team-by-team basis. These teams will play two games both days with multiple division championships.

Any recreational team using any method of selecting players other than random order will not be allowed to play in the Recreational Tournament but will instead be entered in the Classic Division. If a team requests to play in the Recreational Tournament, but numbers are not sufficient to support enough games for a team in that age/gender division, SDSSA reserves the right to move that team into the Classic Cup. Any team affected will be notified of this situation and will be allowed to cancel without penalty if desired.

3.) Midcontinent Cup – Classic Division - for U12-U19 competitive teams not participating in the SD Soccer State Cup, rec teams that are not randomly selected, and any interested recreational teams - June 4-7 in Sioux Falls (running concurrently with the Recreational tournament). The design of the Classic Cup is to give competitive teams not participating in the State Cup and any interested recreational team the opportunity to play for a single division championship.

The Classic tournament will have two divisions - Classic Rec for recreational teams and Classic Competitive for all club rostered teams not entered in 2010 State Cup tournament.  If there are not sufficient numbers to support enough games for teams in a specific age division for Classic Rec, SDSAS reserves the right to move that team into the Classic Competitive division and any team affected will be notified of this situation and will be allowed to cancel without penalty if desired.

Maximum of six guest players allowed on any Classic Cup team provided they do not go over the allowable age group roster size. No State Cup teams are allowed to play in the Classic Cup. No more than 3 players participating in the State Cup will be allowed to play on any one team playing in the Classic Cup as either regular rostered players or guest players. The Competitive Committee upon petition from affected teams may consider exceptions to these restrictions in rare circumstances. 

No player may play on more than one team in the tournament.

The Midcontinent Cup Recreational and Classic divisions will be played on these days in Sioux Falls:

U-10 Boys Friday June 4 and Saturday June 5

U-10 Girls Sunday June 6 and Monday June 7

U-12 Boys Friday June 4 and Saturday June 5

U-12 Girls Sunday June 6 and Monday June 7

U-14 Boys Sunday June 6 and Monday June 7

U-14 Girls Friday June 4 and Saturday June 5

U-16 Boys Friday June 4 and Saturday June 5

U-16 Girls Sunday June 6 and Monday June 7

U-19 Boys Friday June 4 and Saturday June 5

U-19 Girls Sunday June 6 and Monday June 7

If you are registering in the Classic Cup and are a club team with an odd year division, you will be placed in the next higher even numbered division (U-11 to U12, U13 to U14, U15 to U16, U17 and U18 to U19)

4. Fees: Registration deadline is May 1^st.

U-10 $200.00

U-11/12 and above $300.00

(Teams dropping out of competition once the schedules have been completed will lose their entry fee plus will be fined additionally based on the date of the team withdrawal)

5. Fine for early withdrawal: Leagues that drop teams from the State Recreational Tournament after the pairings have been completed, will be fined as follows:

$100 Penalty: when notice that an Entered Team plans to drop out of the tournament was given up to 15 days before the start of the tournament.

$200 Penalty: when notice that an Entered Team plans to drop out of the tournament was given on or after 14 days before the start of the tournament and up to twenty-four hours before the time was set for the start of the Entered Teams first scheduled tournament game.

$300 Penalty: when no notice was given of the Entered Team's intention to drop out of the tournament or to forfeit one of more tournament games, provided the penalty may be reduced for each tournament game the Entered Team played, as follows: $75 for the first tournament game and additional $75.00 for the second game, and additional $100 for the third tournament game played.

$300 Penalty: when (1) no notice was given of the Entered Team's intention to drop out of the tournament or to forfeit one of more tournament games, and (2) by tournament rule, the Entered Team was eliminated from the tournament for missing one or more scheduled games, and (3) the Entered Team did not play in any tournament game, even if at some point after being eliminated from the tournament, it wanted to.

$100 Penalty: for each tournament game an Entered Team forfeits provided (1) that notice was not given of the Entered Team's intention to forfeit one or more games and (2) the Entered Team did not forfeit any games except those for which notice was given, and (3) the Entered Team played at least one scheduled tournament game.

$50 Penalty: Irrespective of whether notice is given or not, for each tournament game an Entered Team forfeits when, solely as a result of tournament play, it becomes impossible for that team to play. Further, if a game is actually played and later declared forfeited by application of tournament rules, no penalty will be assessed under this rule.