We will wrap up our 2017-2018 soccer year by playing in the NTH Adidas Cup tournament over the weekend of May 19-20, 2018.

Tournament recap: check our http://www.nasaacademygirls.org/schedule/tournaments/2018-nth-adidas-cup-recap/ link

Tournament play

Tournaments differ from league play, also called Academy game days. Link: about tournament play
Competition format: Each team has a 3-game guaranteed schedule (two games Saturday, one Sunday morning), with a chance to advance to a championship game Sunday afternoon.
Official tournament web site: http://www.nth-tophat.com/Default.aspx?tabid=316338. The official tournament web site is the first source for any late breaking schedule changes. The tournament web site’s software provider also offers a mobile app for iOS (Apple) and Android devices. Link: GOT Soccer mobile app
Weather updates: Check the official tournament web site or the NTH field status hot-line: 770-220-4089 or the NTH RainedOut web site. We’ll update our own Junior Academy Girls Twitter account and hot-line when possible, but our Junior Academy channels could lag the official tournament weather communication channels if changes are posted while we’re driving or coaching.

Challenges

Tournament experiences are affected by the number and quality of teams in our divisions. The U8 Junior Academy age group doesn’t tend to attract a lot of teams (U7 even less so), and we try to avoid “us vs. us” games in tournaments. (We will end up with two intra-Academy games among our 15 total round robin games.) So this creates some challenges:

Team placements: We have one U8 team (2010 birth year) in a lower level U9 Academy division (7v7 format using goalkeepers). We have two teams in the U8 Academy division (4v4 format, no goalkeepers). We have two teams in the U8 recreational division (4v4 format, no goalkeepers). The tournament doesn’t have a separate U7 division, so our U7 girls (2011 birth years) will play in the U8 recreational division.
Coaches: Our teams will play 15 total games over the weekend, possibly more if any teams advance to the championship round. Hailey and Ward will coach most games, but schedule conflicts mean we will need to draft a guest coach or two to cover some games.
Bad weather: In case of bad weather, tournament games could be delayed, shortened, converted into penalty kick shootouts or canceled altogether. The tournament host organization makes these decisions. Refund policy: see tournament rules document, rule #12.

Weather updates

Check the official tournament web site or the NTH field status hot-line: 770-220-4089 or the NTH RainedOut web site. We’ll update our own Junior Academy Girls Twitter account and hot-line when possible, but our Junior Academy channels could lag the official tournament weather communication channels if changes are posted while we’re driving or coaching.

Entry fees

Tournament entry fees are not included in the Junior Academy fees you pay to NTH. Entry fees for the tournament are $63 per player. Link: tournament fee details
We will bundle the tournament entry fees with our other Junior Academy expenses for the fall and spring season. Those fees totaled $12 per player. The main expenses were laminating player passes and parent game day rosters, web hosting fees, telephone hot-line fees, and the cookie cake for our Fall Finale Festival. Link: Junior Academy expense details
Other link: about fees (general info)
You can pay on-line securely via PayPal. (You don’t need your own PayPal account; you can use any major credit or debit card.)
1. When you click the Pay Now button below, you’ll be taken to a PayPal login screen.
2. If you want to pay by credit card or debit card instead, click the “Pay with Debit or Credit Card” button below the PayPal login window; this will allow you to do a guest checkout through PayPal without creating an account.
If you choose to pay cash, please deliver in person to Ward in an envelope with your daughter’s name on it, and get confirmation that the cash has been received.

Pay tournament fees plus Junior Academy expenses ($75):

Select this option if your daughter is playing in the tournament (everyone except Clark, Clark, Flammia, Slaton, Trebon, Yang).

Pay Junior Academy expenses only ($12):

Select this option if your daughter isn’t playing in the tournament (Clark, Clark, Flammia, Slaton, Trebon, Yang).

Tournament paperwork

Tournament release of liability form: The tournament requires parents to sign a release form. We’ll collect signatures for team release forms before / after practice the week of May 7th. May 13 update: Everyone has signed — thank you!
Medical consent forms: We’re required to present individual player medical consent forms for 2017-2018 (along with team release of liability forms) during tournament check-in on Friday, May 18th. If you have not yet submitted a medical consent form, please deliver to Ward after a practice by May 15th. If you have access to a scanner, you can scan the form and send via e-mail.

Team assignments

Tournament rules require rosters to stay fixed, so we can’t borrow a player from another NTH team in case of illness, injury, traffic delay, etc.
We can’t move players between teams to work around schedule conflicts. If your daughter has a conflict with a scheduled game, she will still be eligible to play in her team’s other games.
There are a bunch of factors that go into team assignments. If you have any questions about the rosters, please feel free to ask Ward in person after a practice the week of May 14th. (E-mail isn’t the best format for this conversation.)

Team rosters:

Warm-up captains: Girls whose names are listed in bold print are warm-up captains. The captains are responsible for gathering their teammates and starting pre-game warm-up. This is more important than usual, since coaches may be finishing a game on a different field when warm-up is due to start. C1=game 1 captain, C2=game 2 captain, C3=game 3 captain. Link: warm-up ideas

Team:	Brian	Campbell	Morgan	O'Hara	Sonnett
Division:	U8 Blue (4v4)	U8 Blue (4v4)	U8 Gold (4v4)	U8 Gold (4v4)	U9 Red (7v7)
Schedule:	see below	see below	see below	see below	see below
Players:	Chanon Chopeitia (C1) Diianni (C3) Levin McMasters (C2) Thomas	Cain Havette (C2) Kobierowski Solet (C1) Tate Weinstein (C3)	Cosby Hilker (C3) Hunter (C1) Krahnke Rieger (C2) Wilson	Baker (C2) Galbraith (C1) Hammond Porter (C3) Seaborn	Bernard Gispert (C1) Grant (C2) Otto Pochmara Silver Stalcup Stephenson Wisehart Woody (C3)

Schedules

Each team will play 3-4 games during the weekend: two games on Saturday, one or two on Sunday (including a Sunday AM game).
The first three games are guaranteed regardless of results. Teams can qualify for a Sunday afternoon championship match based on the results of the first three games.
Tournaments follow a different set of schedule standards than our regular Junior Academy game days. This tournament typically includes 250+ teams in multiple age groups spread across multiple venues, so we’re just a few small pieces of a large jigsaw puzzle. We don’t have control over schedules or venues.