Troy Strawberry Festival Invitational

The Troy Strawberry Festival and Troy Soccer Programs are pleased to announce their 11th Annual Soccer Invitational. This is a fully sanctioned U.S. Youth Soccer tournament, which only caters to League Teams. This year, we hope to host 230 teams for a great soccer weekend. SITES The Tournament is held at four sites in Miami County. Paul Duke Park: an immaculate 10 field complex, is located NW from the center of Troy, off of Riverside Drive. Archer Park: a complex of 4 pristine fields, is located off of Adams Street, 2 minutes from Duke Park. Ferguson Field: the Troy High School Reserve Soccer Stadium and additional fields are located between the Troy Junior and Senior High Schools. Kyle Park: ten fields located in Tipp City's spacious park are a short 10 minutes from the Troy area parks. Archer, Duke and Ferguson sites are within 5 minutes of exit #74, off of I-75 and Kyle Park is within 5 minutes of exit #68 off of I-75. PLAY Each participating team will play a minimum of three games with a maximum of four games. Preliminary games are scheduled to begin on Saturday morning, May 17, 2008, and will conclude with the Championship games on Sunday afternoon, May 18, 2008. AWARDS Team awards will be presented to the 1st and 2nd place winners in each division U-08 through U-18 inclusive, along with individual player awards. A sportsmanship award will be presented to one player from each preliminary round game. QUALIFICATIONS Applications are considered from youth teams that are duly registered and play in scheduled league competition. Players must be currently registered with a team chartered by their state association and will be required to produce their USYSA player passes as proof of eligibility. No player will be permitted to play on more than one team during the tournament. Club teams may add up to 2 guest players for a maximum of 10 players for the U-8 thru U-9 teams; up to 2 guest players and a maximum of 12 players for the U-10 teams; up to 3 guest players for a maximum of 14 players for the U-11 teams and up to 4 guest players for a maximum roster size of 18 players for the U-12 through U-18 teams. Please refer to the tournament sanction form if questions arise. U-17 through U-18 teams may register up to 22 players for the tournament but a roster of no more then 18 players must be submitted to the game officials before each game. Only players listed on the game roster may play in each game. TOURNAMENT PRIDE Our goal is for the tournament to gain outstanding recognition for its quality teams, referees, sites of play and organization. This pride in our tournament comes from the enthusiasm and hard work of all the members of the FC Tippecanoe, Troy Soccer Club, and Troy High School Soccer Parents Inc., who are dedicated to promoting this event and to the players, coaches, and parents who attend this year.