Founders
Cup
District VIII information:
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No guest players. |
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If you apply and pay online, you still need all the paper documentation into the office by the deadline. |
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NINE (9) players from the current recreational season team must form the core of the team. You may ADD up any number of players to your team, who had not played/registered for the current recreational season. NOTE: For District VIII teams, there is a deadline date, after which you may not add players to your team. Check with your league register on this date. You may transfer a maximum of three (3) players from other current recreational teams to your team. Team limit is 18 players. |
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Your first step in preparing to go to Founders' Cup is to speak with your league registrar to get their deadlines for having your roster processed for Founders' Cup. They can also answer your questions as to adding players to your team, or getting unregistered players on to your roster. |
Application Deadline:
Take note that the listed age group applications are U10-14 and U16-19, with both groups having different timelines that they have to apply by, as follows:
U10-14 - Must apply by November 2, 2009, by 5:00 pm
U16-19 - Must apply by January 4, 2010, by 5:00 pm
On-Line Application Process:
CYSA has an automated process for doing applications, on-line, at the following site
http://www.cysanorth.org/index.phpoption=com_content&task=view&id=95&Itemid=113
The
District VIII Founders Cup representative is Jack Smith and if
you have questions, contact me at
d8americancup@comcast.net
Morgan Hill Fields:
Absolutely insure that you have read rules for Morgan Hill. Check here to read. Coaches not informing parents of the rules have caused some parents and relatives attending undue stress. This is especially true with the no dogs allowed anywhere on the facility, including the parking lot. NO COOKING IS ALLOWED IN THE PARKING LOT, OR IN THE COMPLEX. Morgan Hill check-in location has been Holiday Inn Express, 17035 Condit Road, see map under Morgan Hill site, in Founders' Cup Manual. CYSA is currently experimenting with on site check-in, at the soccer fields. Due to past issues with sideline behavior, CYSA has issued a team warning, here (see commentary further down).
Spectator Behavior
This is an issue for coaches and CYSA. CYSA holds a coach responsible for the behavior of their spectators. In matches, a coach and their spectators may be separated. This means that a coach will have to watch the game, and the conduct of their spectators, from across the field. This means that the coach and assistant coach will have to work with each other on watching aspects of both the game, and spectators. It would be beneficial to task the 'team parent' with helping to monitor the parents, as they must be on the sideline with the parents (they are not a team 'coach', with credentials, so they would be with the spectators). However, remember the coach has the final responsibility, if something happens. If it is apparent that the team parent cannot get a parent to settle down, they need to notify the coach immediately. If the team parent seeks a CYSA field officer nearby, they can also explain the situation to them, to seek assistance.
Cleats & stadiums
IMPORTANT: If you are scheduled to play in one of the stadiums (OSC south, or OSC north), you have some advance work to do with your team. Do not forget to check all of your players in advance to ensure that they have the right cleats to play in the stadiums, on the artificial turf. Metal cleats are not allowed. Referees will be checking cleats.
Game Card Stickies
CYSA provides a game card sticky template for you here. This form is in Microsoft Word, all you have to do is fill it in. This template uses Avery #5168 form. You will need three of these filled out.Do not come with a large, home, self-created one, that will not fit on a game card, in the normal spot. It w ill be rejected, and you will not be able to check-in until you get the proper game card template, filled out, all three. CYSA does not come with these, so you will have to find out if another coach has extras--good luck.
Lodging
Think long, pay long here folks. You need to pay attention as to when the venue is announced. Needless to say, the cheaper rooms go first! Everything is first come, first served. Please review the section in the back of the Founders' Cup manual (previously covered on this page) and check out the motel information listed in it, with their locations relative to the fields. You also need to have a parents meeting and talk about how the chaperoning will work, especially for any player that may attend the games without parents (i.e. traveling with another family and staying in their room, or adjoining rooms). Coaches may want to review the following item, from the league insurance carrier (click here).
Car Pools
Well, Murphy's Law is alive and well. If you are not familiar with this simple principal:
Murphy's law is an adage in Western culture that broadly states that things will go wrong in any given situation, if you give them a chance. "If there's more than one possible outcome of a job or task, and one of those outcomes will result in disaster or an undesirable consequence, then somebody will do it that way." It is most often cited as "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong" (or, alternately, "Whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time, in the worst possible way" or, "Anything that can go wrong, will," or even, "If anything can go wrong, it will, and usually at the most inopportune moment").
CYSA has a form that seeks to protect you from that well worn adage, if you wish to use it. This is the Car Pool Driver Form, which can also be found in the back of your Team Manual. Here is a reality check. If you have an SUV and you have it loaded with players, will your insurance coverage be adequate if you have a accident and everyone in your vehicle sustains injuries? If you have seven (7) individuals in your vehicle, and a $50,000 policy, that is divided between all seven of you, resulting in $7,142 per person that your insurance will cover. If there were injuries, resulting in a death, for just one person, you could be immediately up a creek, during a flood.
Rules Addendum
Ensure that you read this addendum from CYSA for Founders' Cup rules: Here
Team area during a game
Coaches are responsible to ensure that only credentialed team personnel are in the team area during a game. No parents/sponsors are allowed. CYSA personnel will be checking team areas for authorized personnel, as per team check-in, with credentials having been previously presented. You may have a total of four (4) licensed team personnel in the team area. Please take note, the spouses/significant others, and children of licensed personnel are spectators and must be in the spectator area.
Founders' Cup Information (on www.cysanorth.org website):
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