U12-U13 Cal North Presidents Cup

Cal North Presidents Cup offers competition for Cal North registered teams in the U-12 and U-13 age groups and is the state-level qualifier for the US Youth Soccer Presidents Cup series. Modeled after the Cal North State Cup Program and US Youth Soccer National Championship Series, Presidents Cup is the most recent level of competition added to the Cal North Cup Series to ensure competitive cup events are available for all levels of play. The Presidents Cup was created primarily to serve the second-tier Competitive teams. Any Cal North member team that competed in a playing league for Gold level or below and/or was not a State Cup quarter-finalist in the 2012/2013 season can apply to participate in Presidents Cup. Competition begins with a weekend of preliminary round games on JMarch 1-2, 2014 and over the course of subsequent weekends of single elimination round competition, it culminates with the Cal North Presidents Cup Championships where the state champions are honored with team recognitions and individual awards. Cal North age groups champions and selected wild card teams have the opportunity to advance to Regional Presidents Cup Competition in the age groups where US Youth Soccer and Region IV offer competition. The Cal North Presidents Cup preliminary round games may be scheduled at various venues throughout Northern California. Tentative plans are to schedule preliminary round games at Morgan Hill Outdoor Sports Center, Cherry Island Soccer Complex outside of Sacramento and/or Mistlin Sports Park in Ripon. Schedule and venues will be announced by early December. The entry fee is $625. Teams that complete their application and/or payment after the 5 PM January 6, 2014 deadline will be placed in the Reserve Pool. Placement in Reserve Pool does not guarantee acceptance to Presidents Cup.