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Locating Sanctioned Tournaments
Tournaments are sanctioned as International (may include foreign teams), National (may include USA teams not affiliated with MYSA) or MYSA-Only (include only teams affiliated with MYSA). Some tournaments will be offering two (2) or (4) weekends. This is not a mistake in posting! Each weekend will have specific requirements for participation as to age group/gender/division of play. Check the website for each date.
Tournament Finder | Minnesota 2008 Tournaments | Wisconsin 2008 Tournaments
Individual tournament directors are responsible for making corrections to the information on this site. If you find errors, the best way to request corrections is by contacting the tournament's director rather than MYSA staff or officers. Use the MYSA tournament finder to locate tournaments meeting your teams requirements.
Coaches should review the advertised tournament dates and reschedule league games that might conflict as soon as league schedules are available. Failure to reschedule league games will result in a forfeit.
Planning for Teams Attending Tournaments
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Tournament Directors, continue to check this section for important news, information and links.
Invitational Tournament, Festival and Jamboree Planning for 2008
As the current summer tournament season is coming to an end, it is time to begin planning for the summer of 2008. Hosting a tournament is not a decision to be made lightly or on the spur of the moment. Your club needs to have the level of commitment and resources needed to run a tournament BEFORE you make the decision. This includes volunteers, fields and referees, as well as a long list of other items. If you hosted a tournament/festival/jamboree during 2007, what was the feedback that you received from the teams that participated and your volunteers? Did your club achieve the goals it set for hosting the tournament?
If you are a club deciding for the first time to host an event, is your tournament going to have something unique that will draw teams, as the tournament calendar in Minnesota is very crowded and teams have many tournaments to choose from. Look at the 2007 tournament calendar and make note of those weekends in which there were the most tournaments in your area when deciding when to host your tournament. In 2007, some events were cancelled because they were unable to attract enough teams to proceed.
Once your organization decides to proceed with a tournament (the decision being recorded in the minutes of a board meeting), the next step is to apply for sanctioning through the MYSA. There are several important deadlines that need to be met for hosting tournaments through September 14, 2008. They are as follows:
Important Dates/Deadlines for 2007
Sept. 14 |
Mandatory Identification of 2008 Invitational Tournament, Festival and/or Jamboree dates due by 5 pm to the MYSA office. No tournaments will be scheduled for weekend of April 25–27, 2008.
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Oct. 6 |
Mandatory Invitational Tournament, Festival, Jamboree Directors Meeting: 9:30 am (MYSA office)
[starting time changed on 10.01.07] |
Nov. 9 |
2008 International and National Tournament sanctioning applications, fees & rules due by 5 pm to the MYSA office. NO EXCEPTIONS |
Dec. 3 |
2008 MYSA-only Invitational Tournaments, Festival and/or Jamboree sanctioning applications & rules due by 5 pm to MYSA office. |
2007–2008 MYSA Tournament Sanctioning Fees
| International |
$400.00 |
(U.S. Soccer Federation fees also apply.) |
| National |
$200.00 |
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| MYSA-ony |
$200.00 |
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| Festival/Jamboree |
$75.00 |
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Clubs must be in good standing with the MYSA before they will be considered for sanctioning. Also, if you hosted a tournament, festival, or jamboree in 2007, ALL of the post-tournament reports must be filed with the MYSA office in a timely manner before you will be considered for 2008. This includes the referee report with the list of referees and the games they officiated. Questions can be directed to Tom Moriarty, MYSA Tournament Director at mysatd@mnyouthsoccer.org or to Norine Olson at norineolson@mnyouthsoccer.org
Sanctioning
Post Tournament Report
In an effort to help automate the tournament reporting process, MYSA has created typeable pdfs that can be submitted electronically. The report has been broken down into four (4) parts:
Typeable PDF Instructions: These forms can be filled out (typed) online with your computer and then printed. Simply click on the areas to type and then you may tab around the document.
Adobe Acrobat users: You are able to save, email or modify your file.
Adobe Reader users: You are able to print only. This will require mailing or dropping off the forms.
If you have any questions, please contact by telephone Norine Olson at 952-933-2384 (800-366-6972) or by email at norineolson@mnyouthsoccer.org.
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