The Tournament reserves the right to alter the game formats to enhance competition and to improve the overall quality of the Tournament.

Divisions will play as follows:

For those new managers out there: 

Cross Over means you don't play the teams that you are seeded against in your bracket, you play the teams in the opposite bracket. For example, A plays B and B plays A.

Round Robin means you play the other teams you are seeded against within your bracket.  For example, all 4 teams in group A play each other.

SIX TEAM DIVISIONS

Will consist of two (2) groups of three (3) teams each. They will play each team in their Bracket.  Top 2 teams from each Group will go to Semfinals/Finals. Third Place teams will go to consolation game.   

EIGHT TEAM DIVISIONS

Will consist of two (2) Groups of four (4) teams each. Each team will play the other teams in its Group for a total of three (3) preliminary round games (2 games Friday, 1 game Saturday morning). The winner of Group A will play the second place team in Group B in Semifinal #1, the winner of Group B will play the second place team in Group A in Semifinal #2 (Either Saturday afternoon/evening, or Sunday morning). The Semifinal winners will meet in the Final

TEN TEAM DIVISIONS

Will consist of two (2) groups of three (3) and one group of four (4). Teams in Bracket A will play teams in Bracket B, teams in bracket C will play a round robin within their four (4) team Bracket C. Team with the highest points between Bracket A and Bracket B (Seed 1) combined  will advance to play the (Seed 3) W/C #1 (from all groups) and  (Seed 2) 1st in Group C play the (Seed 4) W/C #2  (from all groups)  Winners meet in the final.

TWELVE TEAM

Will consist of three (3) Groups of four (4) teams each. The winner of each group plus 1 W/C will advance to Semi-Final. The winner of Group A will play the winner of Group B. (Semi-Final 1) The winner of Group C will play W/C (from all brackets team with highest points and then using tie breaker rules (Semi-Final 2) If wild card  comes from Group C then wild card will play the winner of Group A and the winner of Group C will play the winner of Group B. The semifinal winners will meet for the Championship

FOURTEEN TEAM DIVISIONS

Will consist of four (4) groups – two (2) groups of four (4) which will play within their bracket (round robin formation within their four(4) team division) and two (2) groups of three (3) which will play crossover (Group A plays teams in Group B and Group B plays teams in Group A).

Winner of Group A/B combined will be Seed 1 (team with the highest point total for 3 games from group A or B)

Group A/B Seed 1 will play 1st Place of Group D (Seed 3) - Semi-Final #1

1st Place of Group C (Seed 2) will play W/C #1 (seed 4) - Semi-Final #2

(W/C comes from all brackets - see tie breaker rules (head to head tiebreaker rule will apply if applicable otherwise tie breaker rules will start at step two, least goals against etc etc.)

Semi-Final winners will meet in the final

National Finals Schedule Update

In case of inclement weather or field conditions, games may:

1. Be shortened

2. Go to F.I.F.A. penalty kicks

3. Be canceled - Score will stand if game is in to the second half.  If cancelled prior to half time score is determined by penalty kicks.

If the Tournament Director rules that during the preliminary round penalty kicks will be taken due to inclement weather or field conditions, the following rain rule will apply:

· Each team will take a maximum of five (5) penalty kicks if stoppage is before Half Time.  If after half time score will stand as is.

· At the end of five (5) kicks the game will be scored as a 1-0 win for the team that has scored more penalty kicks, or a 0-0 tie if both teams are tied in penalty kicks at the end of five (5) kicks

· In the overall standings, 3 points will be given for the win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss

· The 1-0 win in penalty kicks will not be counted for or against to determine the tie breaker for advancement

· If regular games have been played in the bracket and the Tournament Director has determined that other games go to penalty kicks due to inclement weather or field conditions, the regular games score will revert back to a 1-0 win or a 0-0 tie.

In the event of an unusual event that results in a significant loss of game time, the lost game time may be rescheduled at the discretion of the Tournament Directors. The rescheduling of the lost game time is subject to field availability. An example of an unusual event would be a major injury to a player, which prevented the use of the playing field. The Tournament defines a significant loss of game time as more than half of the game. An accumulation of time delays due to minor/moderate injuries to several players would not constitute an unusual event nor will these delays be considered lost game time. An accumulation of time delays resulting from the normal course of a game will not be considered lost game time.

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