Welcome to the Youth Competitive portion of the NHSA web site. The Youth Competitive divisions is responsible for the organizing, scheduling and running of the following events and competitions. Please check back here often to get the latest information.
COMPETITIVE CALENDAR 2008-2009
September 2, 2008 League Kick offs
September 6, 2008 League play begins
October 17-19, 2008 Region 1 meeting, Hershey, PA
October 25-26, 2008 NHSYSL Play off
November 1-2, 2008 GSYSL Play off
November 8-9, 2008 NHSA Fall Tournament
November 14, 2008 NHSA Awards
November 18, 2008 Competitive Meeting
December 15, 2008 Last day to save $100.00 off registration to USYS Workshop
January 6, 2009 Entry forms due State Cup Championships
January 6, 2009 Entry forms due President’s Cup
January 6, 2009 Entry forms due Youth Open Cup
January 15, 2009 Entry form with monies due State Cup
January 15, 2009 Entry form with monies due President’s Cup
January 15, 2009 Entry form with monies due Youth Open Cup
March 6-8, 2009 USYS Workshop in San Jose Calif.
March 29, 2009 NHSA AGM / Coaching sessions at Hampshire Hills & the Dome
March 29, 2009 State Cup Coaches meeting at Hampshire Hills
March 29, 2009 President’s Cup Coaches meeting at Hampshire Hills
March 29, 2009 Youth Open Cup Coaches meeting at Hampshire Hills
May 2/3, 2009 Round Robin State Cup Championships
May 9/10, 2009 Round Robin State Cup Championships
May 16/17, 2009 Round Robin State Cup Championships
May 31, 2009 Final games State Cup Championships
May 2 thru 30 Youth Open Cup preliminary games
June 6-7, 2009 Sub regional round robin President’s Cup
June 13, 2009 Final games Youth Open Cup
June 19-21, 2009 President’s Cup Regional play at Kirkwood
July 2-7, 2009 Regional for State Cup Champions West Va.
July 17 – 19, 2009 President’s Cup National finals TBD
July 20-26, 2009 National Finals for State Cup Champions Lancaster, Mass.
COMPETITIVE MEETING
18-Nov-08
NHSA Office
A Competitive meeting was held on November 18, at the NHSA office located at 1600 Candia Rd. Manchester, NH. Topics of discussion were the Fall Tournament – Youth Open Cup – State Cup Championships and the “New President’s Cup”.
Fall Tournament: This year’s tournament ran well with the exception of the teams from Maine dropping from participating in the Challenge Cup. It was saved by teams from SUSC Me., stepping in and other competitive clubs coming to the Challenge. It has been determined that it is harder and harder every year to come to an agreeable solution between the leagues in which to way to go with the tournament. It was put on the table to cancel the fall tournament and extend the league play into November, giving them a longer playing season and teams not having to play two games per week end. It was also discussed to move the younger teams that participate in the Youth Open Cup to a round robin play in the fall and the older teams to a round robin in the spring which may help with the heavy game scheduling in the spring and more availability of referees. It was decided to do a survey of the competitive clubs – coaches- teams to provide more feedback.
Youth Open Cup: The tournament will again stay as a single elimination tournament again this year. All games will need to be completed no later than May 30. There was discussion on double roster players. Players will play for their primary team if there are two teams in the same division.. The rules will stay as is. The fees will stay as is. It was determined that the finals for the Youth Open Cup will need to be held on June 13 due to the upcoming new President’s Cup tournament. Final game site will be determined. The dates for team entry will be January 6, 2009.
State Cup: This will still be a round robin tournament. Games dates will stay as is: the first three weekends of May will be the dates for the round robin. As of now the game site for the round robin will be at the NEAC in Pembroke. The final games being held on May 31 at the Continental Recreational fields in Londonderry. It was determined this year to still offer the U12 8v8 teams at the State Cup level only. They will not leave the state. Future entry on regional play will be based on the geography of the tournament. U12 11v11 will move on to Regional play. There were some roster changes this year. All teams U16 and above will be eligible to roster 22 players but only any 18 may dress for a given game. There will be fee changes this year. They will be $650 for U12 thru U13 and $750 for U14 and above. The dates for team entry will be January 6, 2009
President’s Cup: This is a new tournament being offered to the mid level competition. It is a National tournament. Teams will compete in a sub-regional round robin tournament on the week end of June 6 & 7 at Citizen’s fields in Lancaster, Mass. The winners of the sub-regional tournament will move on to the Region 1 tournament to be held June 19-21 at Kirkwood Soccer Complex. The winners of that would then move on to the National Championships, July 17-19, site and schedule TBD. The sub-regional tournament that we will compete in will be made up of teams from Maine-NH-VT-Mass. This is a wonderful opportunity for those teams that do not continue on to the Regional Championships in the State Cup. This year we will be offering this to the finalists of the State Cup Championships in the following age groups: U14 Boys and Girls, U15 Boys and Girls, U16 Boys and Girls and U17 Boys and Girls. We will revamp the
State Cup Championships entry form to include the President’s Cup. Those teams that wish to continue on will have to check the box stating that they will participate in the President’s Cup. Teams that enter into this tournament, as with all of the tournaments, will be expected to continue on should they earn that ability to do so. If they do not they will be subject to a $1500.00 fine.
Respectfully submitted
candia campbell
NHSA VP Youth Competitive