Effective January 4th, 2021, NJ Youth Soccer now has a digital application and payment for Tournament Sanctioning.
Member benefits for a sanctioned tournament include listing and promotion on the NJYS website and excess medical coverage for registered NJYS players and coaches.
Before you start your online tournament application please make sure you have the following information available. Once you exit the online application process you can not access it again to make changes/updates.
· Credit card number for payment
· Completed rules (including refund policy)
· Age groups
· Gender
· Roster Size
· Number of guest players allowed
· Length of games
· Number of players on the field
· Minimum number of games
· Entry fee
· Tournament website
· Types of teams accepted
This application will produce a printable PDF of the traditional "Application to Host Tournament or Games" form and an electronically signed digital copy of the "Tournament or Game Hosting Agreement" upon state approval of the tournament. The tournament director entered on the form will receive an email notice upon application approval.
For reference, please see a PDF version of the agreement(s) and attestation(s) that are acknowledged and produced during the digital application process:
Tournament Sanctioning Fees
For tournaments taking place after January 1, 2020 the NJ Youth Soccer tournament sanctioned fees are adjusted as follows:
Less than 100 teams: $150
100-300 teams: $300
300+ teams: $500
Tournament Status Information
US Soccer has established two forms of tournaments:
Restricted tournaments are open only to teams that are members of US Youth Soccer and whose players have a valid US Youth Soccer player pass issued by one of the 55 member associations of US Youth Soccer.
Unrestricted tournaments are open to all members of the US Soccer community and foreign teams with permission from their National Association. If you invite a non US Youth Soccer team to your tournament, please contact the NJYS office to make sure insurance coverage exists for that team.