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Back to TopWhen do I play my games?Click here for the latest schedule Back to TopWhere are the fields?Click here for directions to our fields Back to TopDoes Black, Blue, Red, White = 1, 2, 3, 4?The schedule shows up to four brackets per flight. The brackets
are labeled Black, Blue, Red and White. Unfortunately when the system lists
play-offs it lists the brackets as 1 , 2, 3, 4. So Black =1, Blue =
2, Red
= 3 and White = 4. How do I pay and where do I send payment?We do not accept credit cards. A check for $695.00 ($795.00 for college showcase) per team should be sent to: Needham Soccer Club Please include a copy of the application and/or your confirmation number. Back to TopWhat is required for proof of age during on-site registration?Official Club Player Cards, Birth Certificates or other similar legal documents showing the age of each player. Back to TopHow do I update information in my application?Go to http://www.soccerscheduler.com/teams Enter your username and password and click Login In the gray bar along the top of the page you can click on a set of actions (Team Info, Roster, Manager, Coach, Contact Person) that will allow you to update each section of the application Back to TopWhat is the cost of your tournament and when do I need to apply?The cost of the tournament is $695.00 ($795.00 for college showcase) per team and Applications should be entered as soon as possible but all applications must be in by 01 March 2008. Teams submitting applications after 01 March 2008 will not be considered for the tournament. Back to TopDo you offer 8 v 8 as well as 11 v 11 format for U11 and U12 teams?We will be offering both formats. Please be sure to indicate which format you would like to play on the registration form. Back to TopCan division 3 town teams play in your tournament?As long as they are a strong team at the top of their division they should be able to be competitive in the tournament. Back to TopCan a U10 team who is playing 8 v8 or 11 v 11 play in your tournament?As long as they are a strong team at the top of their division they should be able to be competitive in the U11 Division 2 Flight of our tournament. Back to TopHow long does it take to have my application marked paid once you receive my check?It usually takes 10 - 14 days to mark the on-line application as paid once we receive your check. Back to TopIs a stamped roster acceptable versus entering the roster on-line?We would really prefer to have the roster entered on-line as it allows us to automate the creation of our tournament book and other collateral. Back to TopHow do I enter and update the information in my roster?Enter your roster on-line by going to: http://www.soccerscheduler.com/teams/roster.asp Rosters need to be entered on-line by 15 April 2008. Those that come in after that point may not be printed in the Tournament Book. When entering roster information you do not need to upload pictures or fill out the Parent Contact Information for U14 or Younger. To update information or delete a player click on the ID (usually marked as N/A) on the left side of the table across from the player's name. NOTE: You must use the same user name and password that you used to register your team to gain access to your application. Do NOT create a new username and password as the roster info you add will not be attached to the application. When you go into the system if you do not have an application showing up as accepted for the Needham Invitational Memorial Day Tournament you are using the wrong account. Back to TopHow many games is my team guaranteed and when are they played?Unless we have a severe weather problem all teams will play a minimum of 3 games. Most games are scheduled on Saturday and Sunday with the play-offs on Monday. Local teams may have their first game scheduled Friday evening. Back to TopWhen are the play-offs?The semi-finals can take place Sunday afternoon but they are usually on Monday. The finals are generally held on Monday. Back to TopWhen will I hear if my team is accepted to play in the tournament?We will be accepting teams starting in early April. All team selections will be final by the end of April. Teams will be notified via e-mail. All teams who are not accepted will have their entrance fee returned. Back to TopHow do you do setup the Flights and Brackets for the tournament?We setup our Flights and Brackets based on how your club's teams have done in the past in our tournament, we look at where your team is placed in the league you are playing in, your record in that league, common opponents, and how you have done in other tournaments. We also leverage the rankings provided to us via our relationship with GotSoccer.com. Since we are expecting 300 teams this year we should be able to accommodate three divisions (Premier - Club Teams, Division 1 - Town and Developmental Club Teams and Division 2 - Town Teams) in most age groups. Our goal is to ensure close competitive games, usually our goal differential is around 2 for most age groups. Unlike some other tournaments we actually try to make our brackets competitive within the bracket. For example if we have two brackets, North and South, we generally try to put the more competitive teams in one bracket and the less competitive teams in the other so that in the early rounds the games are closer and more competitive (teams play within the brackets). In theory this means that one bracket may have an advantage in the play-offs but what we have seen is that the "weaker" bracket steps up and wins their fair share of championships. This year we plan on sending the seeding out prior to the schedule being released. This will allow us to deal with egregious mistakes in placement without disrupting a published schedule. Back to TopHow will your field conditions be this year?Fields are always a challenge. Once again we have been working hard on our field capacity and this year we have entered into several agreements which will give us additional high quality natural fields plus a turf field with lights. We have also secured a number of fields from local colleges and town including Babson, Olin, Wellesley, etc. We expect our overall field quality to be higher this year than it may have been in the past and more importantly we expect to have more fields available which will give us greater flexibility in case of bad weather. Back to Top
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