Cincy United Cup

About the Cincy United Cup

WHEN:	August 21-22, 2010
WHERE:	Cincinnati, Ohio
FEES:	U08-U9, $450; U10, $475; U11-U12, $500; U13-14, $525.00
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Thursday, Jul 1, 2010
PAY TO:	The Cincinnati United Cup; Send to: Cincinnati United Cup - PO Box 42589 - Cincinnati, OH 45242-0589 ATTN: COMPETITION

HISTORY
The Cincinnati United Cup (formerly the Arsenal Challenge Cup) was born as the in 1995 as the Sycamore Arsenal Club Classic and hosted 80 teams that first year. Since 1995, the management of the tournament has put one goal above all else ... to provide the most challenging, rewarding and unique soccer experience possible for teams of higher skill levels.

TYPE OF PLAY
For 200, the ACC has changed it's name to the Cincinnati United Cup to reflect the merger of three long standing soccer clubs in Cincinnati, Cincinnati United Premier, Lakota and Sycamore Arsenal.

Again for 2009, Cincinnati United Cup play will be as follows:

U8, U09 and U10 fall teams will play 6v6
U11 and U12 fall teams will play 8v8
U13 and U14 fall teams will continue to play 11v11

FIELD OF PLAY, DIVISIONS AND BRACKETING
The Cincinnati United Cup invites all elite, premier, "A" & strong "B" level teams from throughout the United States and Canada to apply for entry into the 220 team field.

The tournament hosts the following divisions:
Gold - Elite and Premier level teams
Silver - Lower Premier, "A" level teams teams
Bronze - Lower "A" and strong "B" level teams

Applicants will be selected and bracketed according to the following general criteria with the objective of forming the most competitive divisions possible:

- strength of league record
- strength of league or division
- recent tournament play & competitive level of tournaments selected
- ranking in NationalSoccerRanking.com (both current ranking at the time of
acceptance and historic ranking through the spring months) ** we do NOT use GotSoccer rankings **
- state cup/regional/national results
- past performance in the Arsenal Challenge Cup
- other competitive/geographic factors

(The Director of Competition and/or the Tournament Director may make exceptions or adjustments to the above guidelines in order to balance the competitiveness of certain divisions, depending upon entries)

REGISTRATION
The CUCup's central communications vehicle is this web site. Teams will find all information about the tournament here.

All teams accepted into the CUCup will be notified by e-mail and directed to this site to obtain the forms necessary for Friday evening registration. NO ACCEPTANCE PACKETS WILL BE SENT.

The CUCup Scoring Services Group will provide real-time scoring of all play during tournament weekend. By applying for the ACC, your team agrees to permit the taking and posting of event photographs, including game action, as well as off-the-field human interest shots. If your team has concerns about the posting of game photos, please do not apply to this event.

TOURNAMENT MANAGEMENT
The Cincinnati United Cup is staged by the parent volunteers of the Cincinnati United Soccer Club who take enormous pride in making the CUCup an outstanding soccer experience. They are directed by the Tournament Committee:

Tournament Directors - Bobby Puppione
Assistant Tournament Director -Missy Ciricillo
Director of Competition - Bill Posey
Director of Volunteers - Kate Bierman and Linda Como
Director of Scoring Services - Rick Kohel
Director of Facilities - Frank Patterson
Director of Recruitment - Bobby Puppione
Referee Assignor - Rick Brizzolara
Site Director - Peter Suess
Site Director - Steve Bileden
Site Director - Joel Sorger
Asst. Site Director - Lara Duncan
Asst. Site Director - Lisa Wiedmann
Asst. Site Director - Adonis Vergara