I. HOSTING ONLY UNITED STATES TEAMS
1. These procedures apply when hosting
ONLY United
States teams for tournaments or games.
2. Not later than the date established by the State Association or Affiliate for submitting an
Application to Host a Tournament or Games, the hosting
organization must submit to its State Association or Affiliate and, if any game is to be played in another State
Association or Affiliate, to that other State
Association or Affiliate, for approval—
(1) a completed
Application to Host a Tournament or Games signed by the president or chief officer of the hosting organization; an
incomplete application will be returned and considered as not having ever been submitted;
(2) a completed
Tournament or Games Hosting Agreement, with appropriate supporting documents and information, signed by the
president or chief officer of the hosting organization and by the tournament or games director;
(3) a copy of the Rules for the Tournament or Games; and
(4) any fees required by the State Association or Affiliate for processing the application.
3. The State Association or Affiliate is not required to approve any application not timely submitted less.
If an application is not timely
submitted, the State Association or Affiliate may accept the late filing of the application and charge a late
fee. Consult the appropriate State
Association or Affiliate for its specific policies and fees.
4. If the documents referred to in paragraph 2 are in order and in compliance with State Association or Affiliate
requirements, appropriate fees paid,
and the hosting organization is in good standing, the State Association or Affiliate shall approve the application.
On approval, the State Association or Affiliate
shall return a copy of the approved application to that hosting organization and a copy to US Youth Soccer.
II. HOSTING FOREIGN TEAMS (TEAMS FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES)
1
.These procedures apply when hosting one or more foreign teams for a tournament
or games, whether that tournament or games include United
States teams and foreign teams or foreign teams only.
A foreign team is any team
from outside the 50 States of the United States and the District of
Columbia.
2.Not later than the date established by the State Association or Affiliate for submitting an
Application to Host a Tournament or Games, the hosting
organization must submit to its State Association or Affiliate and, if any game is to be played in another State
Association or Affiliate, to that other State
Association or Affiliate, for approval—
(1) a completed
Application to Host a Tournament or Games, signed by the president or chief officer of the hosting organization; an
incomplete application will be returned and considered as not having ever been submitted;
(2) a completed
Tournament or Games Hosting Agreement, with appropriate supporting documents and information, signed by the
president or chief officer of the hosting organization and by the tournament or games director;
(3) a copy of the Rules for the Tournament or Games
(NOTES: (1) The Rules must
provide for a point system of 3 points for a win, 1
point for a tie, and no points for a loss. (2) In any Under 17 or older age group, the Rules MUST specify FIFA
limited
substitution rules)
;
(4) a copy of the completed US Soccer forms
Application to Host a Tournament
or Games Involving Foreign Teams and Certification
Regarding Compliance with the Ted Stevens and Olympic Amateur Sports Act
, submitted directly to US Soccer; and
(5) any fees required by the State Association or Affiliate for processing the application.
NOTE: WHEN HOSTING FOREIGN TEAMS, THE HOSTING ORGANIZATION MUST FILE 2 SETS OF APPLICATIONS AND HAVE BOTH APPROVED:
(1)
A US YOUTH
SOCCER
APPLICATION TO HOST A TOURNAMENT OR GAMES,
INCLUDING ATTACHMENTS, MUST BE FILED WITH ITS STATE ASSOCIATION OR AFFILIATE AND
APPROVED BY THE STATE ASSOCIATION OR AFFILIATE, AND (2) A US SOCCER
APPLICATION
TO HOST A TOURNAMENT OR GAMES INVOLVING FOREIGN TEAMS
AND
CERTIFICATION MUST BE FILED WITH US SOCCER
AND APPROVED BY US SOCCER. BOTH APPLICATIONS MUST BE APPROVED BEFORE HOSTING FOREIGN
TEAMS.
3.The State Association or Affiliate is not required to approve any application not timely submitted. If an
application is not timely submitted,
the State Association or Affiliate may accept the late filing of the application and charge a late fee. Consult
the appropriate State Association or
Affiliate for its specific policies and fees.
4. If the documents referred to in paragraph 2 are in order and in compliance with State Association or Affiliate
requirements, appropriate fees paid,
and the hosting organization is in good standing, the State Association or Affiliate shall approve the application.
On approval, the State Association or Affiliate
shall return a copy of the approved application to that hosting organization and a copy to US Youth Soccer.
RECOMMENDED DEFINITIONS OF TEAMS
(Place corresponding letter in appropriate space
on application.):
A INTRA-CLUB TOURNAMENT TEAM:
a team which is put together for the sole purpose
of playing in a tournament or other sanctioned non-league
competition, whose roster includes only players who are members of one club.
B INTER-CLUB TOURNAMENT TEAM:
a team which is put together for the sole purpose
of playing in a tournament or other sanctioned non-league
competition, whose roster includes players who are members of more than one club.
C RECREATIONAL TEAM:
a team which participates in a RECREATIONAL LEAGUE.
D RECREATIONAL PLUS TEAM:
a team which participates in a RECREATIONAL PLUS LEAGUE.
E RECREATIONAL ALL-STAR TEAM:
an INTRA-CLUB TOURNAMENT TEAM whose roster only
includes players selected from teams which
participate in the same RECREATIONAL or RECREATIONAL PLUS LEAGUE.
F CLASSIC TEAM:
a team which participates in a CLASSIC LEAGUE.
G LEAGUE TEAM:
a team which participates in regularly scheduled league play.
H PREMIER TEAM:
a team which participates in a PREMIER LEAGUE.
I SELECT TEAM:
the official SELECT (all-star) TEAM of US Youth Soccer, any of its regions, a State Association, an Affiliate, other Organization Member,
or any district or geographical subdivisions thereof, or any league.
J
OTHER: attached description of team if it does
not fit any of the above definitions
