State Cup FAQ

Preliminary State Cup Schedule
Preliminary state cup game schedule: 2007 prelim schedule 2.htm This is the overall blocked schedule, not the individual game schedule which will be published after the cup "draws". Player transfer deadlines are also shown on the schedule. See the right-most column of the schedule.

2006 State Cup Roster Change limits:
For the 2006 Commissioners' Cup, rules now only require a team to retain 9 of the regular-season members. Up to 9 transfers or adds are allowed, as long as your resulting team roster stays at 18 or fewer (14 or fewer for U-11) players.

The FC Shoreline Registrar can transfer players off your team into the association player pool if they are not participating in the state cup. Such transfers will generate an automatic email to the parent of a transferred player, allowing the parent to contest the transfer. Transferred players will retain eligibility to participate as a WSYSA player in tournaments and practices through the end of the seasonal year (August 31). You cannot "cut" players from your roster for the state cup, it must be voluntary.

State Cup Player Transfers and Adds:
"Transfers" of players onto your team for the state cup from another WSYSA team can be initiated by the FC Shoreline Registrar. You need to provide this player information for each transfer: Legal first name, last name, date of birth, and team or program the player is presently registered to. If possible, provide the player's team ID (like 104167202 etc), but don't delay identifying the player to the registrar if you don't have the team ID.

"Adds" of players onto your team for the state cup, for players that are not registered with a WSYSA team, can be done by registering the player on the www.sysa.org web site. See this link: http://sysa.bonzidev.com/frameset.php.

There is a nominal fee ($15) for the registration that covers WSYSA player insurance. The player is then transferred from the association pool to your team for the state cup.

State Cup Applications 2006-2007 season. FC Shoreline teams pay state cup tournament fee on-line by credit card.

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Championship Cup and Fred Meyer Commissioners' Cup

Number of Team Staff
Although 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:

1. Photocopy of player's birth certificate of passport. This will be retained by WSYSA.
   
2. A current small picture. This will be retained by WSYSA
   
3. A photocopy of club registration form
   
4. A photocopy of player medical form
   
5. 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 (new rules for 2004/2005)
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 15^th 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
(New rules for 2004/2005). (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.