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FORFEITURES

  • A minimum of seven players and one team official constitutes a team.
  • A fifteen-minute grace period shall be allowed beyond the official start time of the game if seven players and one team official are not available at the start time. If seven players and one team official are available, then the game can commence. If at the end of the 15-minute grace period the team still does not have seven players and one team official, the referee will suspend the game and report the failure of the team to take the field on the MSYSA State Cup game reports.
  • The MSYSA State Cup Chairperson or State Cup Chairperson Designee may determine the game to be forfeited after examining the game report and conducting an investigation.
  • If any team is suspected of forfeiting a game or Kicks from the Mark competition with the design or purpose of controlling the advancement of any team from its bracket or any other bracket, the MSYSA State Cup Chairperson or State Cup Chairperson Designee may require such an advancing team to play another qualifying game against the next highest ranking team that would otherwise be eligible to advance.
  • A team that fails to take the field because of withdrawal from the MSYSA State Cup (or game) after the deadline may be subject to sanctions levied by the MSYSA State Cup Chairperson, State Cup Chairperson Designee, State Cup Committee, or the MSYSA Board of Directors.
  • All leagues will be responsible for their teams’ compliance of the MSYSA State Cup rules.
  • The score awarded to the winning team resulting from a forfeiture is 3-0.
  • A forfeiting team and/or its affiliating MSYSA league will be fined a minimum of $500 per game forfeited. Any team and/or MSYSA league that does not pay the fine will be considered in bad standing, and the team will not be permitted to play in any future MSYSA State Cup games until MSYSA receives payment. Furthermore, other teams affiliated with the MSYSA league that the forfeiting team affiliates through will not be permitted to play in future US Youth Soccer National Championship Series Cup games and President’s Cup games, including games in the MSYSA State Cup, Midwest Regional Championships, Midwest President’s Cup, National Championships, and National President’s Cup.