Shootout Schedules will be available ONLY via the internet. Please be sure to log on 1 week before the tournament start date to check your team schedule. All schedules are subject to change. Any schedule changes during tournament will be posted at Family First.

Teams and Rosters
Each team registered for the tournament will be allowed a maximum of 18 players (U10 maximum 14 players). A maximum of four guest players will be allowed for all age groups.

Games
Each team will be guarenteed a minimum of three games which will be played on Saturday and Sunday. All finals will be played on Sunday. Individual and team awards will be given to champions and runners-up.

The Tournament Staff
will do their best to ensure your time spent at the Family First Sports Park is an enjoyable experience. Pedro Argaez is the tournament director, Jen Hart is the tournament director and registrar. The tournament staff can be reached by calling 1-888-8GO-PARK.

Referee Information
If you have any referees within your association who may be interested in officiating, please call Brian Holdford toll free at 1-888-8GO-PARK.

Application Forms
for teams participation in the Labor Day Shootout must be received by August 1, 2004. Acceptance letters will be mailed out by August 15, 2004. By August 22, tournament schedules will be available. If a team has been accepted and drops out, the team fee is forfeited. There will be no exceptions!

2003 Labor Day Shootout
August 28-30, 2004
Deadline: August 1, 2026
Cost:
U11-U14 teams: $250 per team
U9 and U10 teams: $200 per team

For Hosting Permit information, please call Pedro at 1-888-8GO-PARK.

USSF Board adopts travel and tournament rule
At it's quarterly meeting last weekend, the United States Soccer Federation passed an important new Policy to assure USYSA teams have the right to travel to US Club Soccer tournaments and other events, and to host open tournaments that include US Club Soccer, SYL, and other USSF member teams. Policy 601-7, quoted below, assures that:

1. No State Association or other USSF member may interfere with a team's right to travel to a competition (i.e. travel permission must be issued, or none required at all) unless a team, player, or coach has otherwise been suspended for legitimate disciplinary reasons (and has had a fair hearing, etc.).

2. Tournaments may be restricted to only the member's of a given organization (i.e. Snicker's, US Club Soccer National Cups). However, if a tournament is open to anyone outside that organization (international teams or otherwise), it must be open to everyone (i.e. all USSF members).

4. State Associations and other USSF members may have reasonable requirements for approving tournaments, but can't deny approval just because the tournament is proposed to be open to all USSF members.

5. States are not required to provide insurance for their teams to travel, but a seperate Resolution was adopted stating in part that the insurance cannot be applied as a way to discriminate. The real meaning of this will be known over time, but US Club Soccer will continue to make it's insurance coverage available to USYSA teams to attend a tournament if they can't get it from their state, and will look to streamline the process of obtaining this coverage even more.

In all, this is a major step forward in allowing USYSA teams to attend US Club events and open their tournaments to US Club, SYL, and other USSF members.

Are you looking for a summer camp for your son? Does your daughter's team need some game time? Camps, leagues, clinics as well as tournaments are available year round. Check out our Soccer Calendar of events.