MAPS Flights of CJYSA and the Mid-Atlantic Soccer Showcase League Invite Your Team to Submit Entries For The MAPS 2015 SPRING CHALLENGE WHEN & WHERE: Girls: March 7 & 8, 2015 - Greenbranch Park, Pittsgrove NJ Boys: March 14 & 15, 2015 - Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst NJ AGES & FEES: U8 thru U10 - $625 U11 & U12 - $835 for 8v8 / $885 for 11v11 U13 thru U19 - $885 FORMATS: U8-U10: 8v8 / 50 Minute Games / Four Game Guarantee U11-U12: 8v8 / 60 Minute Games / Three Game Guarantee + possible playoff game U11-U19: 11v11 / 60 Minute Games / Three Game Guarantee + possible playoff game [Both 8v8 and 11v11 are offered at U11 and at U12.] WHO: Applications are invited from competitive Boys and Girls club, select and academy teams. Passes from all national governing bodies accepted. Foreign teams are invited. All players must have a current, valid player pass. Guest players allowed. (See Rules & Regulations.) TO ENTER: Complete the online application entry form accessed from the Tournament Homepage, and pay by eCheck or credit card online. To complete online application, payment must accompany application. Acceptances will not be processed until payment is received and deposited. "Acceptance of Application" indicates that the team has been forwarded to Committee for consideration; this is separate from "Acceptance into Event". IF PAYING BY CREDIT CARD, A 4.00% CONVENIENCE CHARGE WILL BE ADDED TO THE ENTRY FEE. There are NO additional charges to use an eCheck. (For those unfamiliar with processing eChecks, there is basically no difference between mailing a check in or entering five items of information off the face of that same check into the online application payment page.) DEADLINES: Girls applications requested by February 1, 2015. Boys applications requested by February 5, 2015. Qualified teams will be accepted on a rolling basis. Teams applying late may be put on a waiting list. CONTACT INFO: Phone: 732-432-7200 [Alternative: 973-998-9731] Fax: 732-432-7207 Email: [email protected] [Alternative: [email protected]] Mailing Address: MSSL / 8 Cornwall Court / East Brunswick NJ 08816 ALL communications should include the team name, age, gender and identify the tournament. All requests and changes MUST BE IN WRITING to one of the listed email addresses. Do not assume that just because something was “mentioned” in a phone call it will be acted upon. LODGING: This is a "stay-to-play" event. If your team will not be "day-tripping", it must arrange lodging through Titan Lodging LLC. Contact Travel Coordinator Haley at [email protected]. Titan Lodging has reserved rooms for MAPS & MSSL events throughout the year, including dates when housing is in short supply. If these rooms are not consistently utilized, we will not have the cooperation of the hotels when we most need them. So we appreciate your cooperation with this required policy. PAYMENT: No application is complete until payment has been received. Payment is normally due upon application, by online eCheck or credit card. In the event that a payment plan is authorized, or an online payment has to be re-processed, a $50 processing fee will be applied for any payments received less than 30 days before the event. In addition, the applicant will forfeit any discounted rate or any credits applied if payment is not completed until after the event. Any checks should be made payable to SAJE Enterprises LLC. NO REFUNDS WILL BE MADE TO TEAMS WITHDRAWING AFTER ACCEPTANCE. SELECTION PROCESS: Provide as much meaningful information about your team as possible, including recent records, participation in State Cup and Regional competition, league competitions, records in recent major tournaments, etc. The requested information is usually as important for flighting and scheduling purposes as it is for acceptance, so do provide the information carefully. The tournament reserves the right to contact State Associations, league officials and club officials to confirm and obtain additional information about applicants. If you have an existing GotSoccer Team Account, please apply from that account. Creating new accounts to apply to an event disables the ability to see results and scores of many previous events, again critical for flighting purposes. GENERAL INFO: Accepted teams are required to review the event RULES & REGULATIONS and the event INFO LETTER FOR ACCEPTED TEAMS. Both items are accessible from the Tournament Homepage. In the event of adverse weather, unplayable fields or other uncontrollable conditions, the Tournament Committee reserves the right to change the format of the competition as circumstances dictate, including shortening games, cancelling games, etc. The Tournament Committee’s determination on any refunds or credits issued shall be final. Should the event be cancelled in its entirety before any tournament games are played, teams will have as a minimum the option to receive a seventy percent (70%) refund of their entry fee. Under no circumstances will the Tournament be responsible for any travel, lodging, consequential or special expenses claimed by teams or participants. The tournament is an event generally open to the public. Photographs and videos of games and participants can and should be expected, and that those images will appear in various media, including social media, providing coverage of the event and promotion of future events. Teams and their participants acknowledge these possibilities when applying, and agree to the reasonable use of such images.