State Cup FAQ
Championship Cup and Fred Meyer Commissioners' Cup
Number of Team StaffAlthough WSYSA allows more staff persons to be registered to a team during the regular season, only 4 staff persons can be registered to a team and receive identification cards for the state cups. If you have 4 or more staff registered for the regular season, showing less than 4 staff members for the state cup will likely confuse processing of your state cup application. In such a case, if a staff member does not plan to participate with your team in the state cup, you should delete the staff member using a WSYSA Adult Status Form. You must also use a WSYSA Adult Status Form to add any staff members for the state cup.
Player Birth Certificates
WSYSA rule 303.3(h)(5). Player identification will be checked at the finals game of the Championship Cup only. Teams in preliminary games and teams in the
Challenge and Commissioners' Cups don't have to worry about this. The higher level of player identification is enforced
for the Championship Cup because the game winner will proceed to the Region 4 tournament.
These items will be required:
- Photocopy of player's birth certificate of passport. This will be retained by WSYSA.
- A current small picture. This will be retained by WSYSA
- A photocopy of club registration form
- A photocopy of player medical form
- The original of the birth certificate or passport issued by government agency. This will be verified at the field but will not be surrendered to tournament officials. The seal needs to be seen or felt and a photo copy is not valid at this point.
Players who plan to return to your team next year but not play in the state cup
If you DO have room on your roster, you must show these players on your state cup application. These players need not attend the state cup games and they need not be shown on the game sheet submitted to the referee at the game. Deleting these players or transferring these players to an association "pool" team is an unnecessary burden on the registrars at the club, association and WSYSA office during a time when a very large number of WSYSA Status Forms are being processed.
Adding players for state cup
The number of players added is not restricted, subject to the usual limitation of 18 players on the roster. An added player is one who has not previously been registered with any WSYSA team during the seasonal year.
Contact the FC Shoreline Registrar for assistance with roster changes.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE! It may take some time to find the player's existing team ID number.
Deleting players for state cup
If you need room on the roster to add or transfer a player, existing players who
do not plan to participate in the state cup with your team should be transferred
to the association "pool" team so that they retain their eligibility to
participate during the open season period (e.g., summer tournaments). Note that the decision to not participate with your team during the state cup is the player's choice. It is not permitted to "cut" a player before the beginning of the open season merely because you have found what you perceive to be a better player.
Championship Cup teams should also be aware that there is a requirement that at
least 8 players from their regular season roster must be on the Championship cup
roster. Contact the FC Shoreline Registrar for assistance with roster
changes.
Transferring players for state cup
Under the new transfer rule (303.3 (i)) you may not transfer a player from one state tournament
roster to another after November 15th. If a player is listed on a state
tournament roster on November 15th they are bound to that team and
may not transfer to another team in the tournament. The only players eligible to
be transferred or added to a Commissioners’ Cup
state tournament roster after November 15th are players from teams
who DID NOT enter either tournament or new players who did not participate on a
WSYSA team this past season. The transfer will be initiated by the receiving
team's club registrar. For players transferring onto a FC Shoreline team
for the state cup, the transfer will be processed in the Bonzi on-line
registration system by the FC Shoreline Registrar. This information is
needed to initiate the transfer: Player's first name, last name, date of
birth, player's existing team ID number. It is also normal courtesy for
the receiving team's coach to inform the former team's coach that the player
will be playing with the FC Shoreline team for the state cup.
Transfer Limits
Fred Meyer Commissioners' Cup: 9 transfers ONTO your team for the
Tournament. This does not include the 3 for regular season League, it is
addition to the 3.
US Soccer Championship Cup: 5 transfers ONTO your team for the Tournament. This may or may not include the 3 from league play.
Roster Freeze Deadlines
Following are WSYSA deadlines. Association/Club deadlines are 7/10 days earlier
Fred Meyer Commissioners' Cup: First Business day after Christmas which will be Tuesday, December 28th.
US Soccer Championship Cup: Two weeks (14 calendar days) before the first game for that age gender group. Final Freeze dates will be posted to the WSYSA Web the first business day following the state tournament draw.