Compete in the NYSW President’s Cup Qualifier

End of the Summer Classic (July 30-August 1)

New York State West Youth Soccer Association (NYSW) announces a partnership with the Lancaster Depew Soccer Club to determine the qualifying teams for the US Youth Soccer Presidents Cup 2010 from NYSW. The Lancaster Depew Soccer Club hosts a tournament that will be used as the qualifying event for the 2010 US Youth Soccer Presidents Cup entries from NYSW.

Any team of a member club in NYSW, that would be eligible (team eligibility described below) for Presidents Cup Series can enter this tournament and have the opportunity to participate in this exciting new national championship series. 2010 will be only the 3^rd year of this series. The End of the Summer Classic will have a Presidents Cup bracket at each of the following age groups: 13, 14, 15, and 16. The winners would then represent NYSW at the Region 1 Qualifiers to be held Memorial Day weekend in 2010. The winners of the Region 1 Qualifier would then participate in the National finals, which would be held in July of 2010.

Here is a great opportunity to take your team to the next level. You can register your team for the Presidents Cup bracket at the Lancaster Depew Soccer Club’s End of the Summer Classic website by clicking here. The tournament fee will be $350 and payable to Lancaster Depew Soccer Club. Please make sure that you note on your application that you want to participate in the Presidents Cup bracket.

The US Youth Soccer Presidents Cup provides a progressive, competitive experience to US Youth Soccer teams from the state to regional to national level. The Presidents Cup gives players an additional opportunity to compete against teams from across the country at a high level for the joy and the challenge of the game. It provides the chance to experience a unique US Youth Soccer event with camaraderie, community and competition through sport.

Regional qualifiers, known as US Youth Soccer Regional Presidents Cup events, will determine the teams competing in the President Cup Finals. The location for the 2010 Presidents Cup Finals has not been determined. Boys and girls teams in the Under-13 through Under-17 age groups will participate in the Presidents Cup 2010.

Team Eligibility:

Only a NYSW club member team can apply to compete in the Lancaster Depew Soccer Club – End of the Summer Classic Presidents Cup brackets.The team must be currently in the top two divisions in a NYSW sanctioned travel league. No premier teams will be allowed. The team can not be a member of the NYSW Championship Series 2009 final four, just completed May 29-31, 2009. All teams within the Presidents Cup Bracket in this tournament will be approved to play by NYSW. A team is not allowed to participate in both the Presidents Cup and National Championship Series (State Cup) in a given year.

Teams must recognize that the Presidents Cup becomes your primary focus for 2010. Teams are expected to play the published Presidents Cup schedule for 2010 in preference to any other league competition in which they may be entered. This requirement also applies to tournaments that the team may enter. If your team is not prepared to play the published Cup schedule, your team should not enter the Presidents Cup. If your team is the qualifier from this tournament to next year’s Region 1 Qualifier you will be expected to participate and pay the entry fee of $400. That entry fee will be paid by February 2010. If for any reason the qualifier from this event is unable to represent NYSW at the Region 1 Qualifier in 2010 we will solicit the teams from the Presidents bracket at the End of the Summer Classic in order that they finished to participate at the Region 1 Qualifier.

President Cup Schedule 2010: 2009 NYSW Qualifying Tournament – End of Summer Classic - July 31-August 2 at Lancaster, NY; 2010 Memorial Day Weekend - Region 1 Qualifiers at TBD, 2010 July TBD - Presidents Cup Finals at TBD

Age Groups: Under 14, Under 15, Under 16, and Under 17 both Boys and Girls for competition in the 2010 Presidents Cup Series (which means U13, U14, U15, and U16 for the 2009 qualifying event)

Rosters: Rosters for teams participating in the Presidents Cup will be your existing team’s State Association rosters. To complete your qualifications for 2010 you must have 51% of your current team roster returning on next year’s (2010) roster.

Guest Players: Guest Players will NOT be allowed on any teams participating in the Presidents Cup competition at any level.

NYSW would like to thank the Lancaster Depew Soccer Club for volunteering this year to help us out with this endeavor. This is a new process for us and we continually look to see how we can improve the qualifying process. Without the support of our member clubs programs like this would not be possible.

Any questions regarding the NYSW Presidents Cup qualifying process or the Presidents Cup in general can be directed to our Presidents Cup Chairman – Brian Lang at blang@nyswysa.org.