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Please review the below tournament information package, it will make for a more pleasant experience.

The U14-U18 tournament for girls and boys teams will be a competitive tournament with medals for the winner and runner-up of each age group/division. Games will be Saturday and Sunday, 9am-8pm. ID Cards and team rosters re required, so please be prepared. BCSPL teams or players are not eligible to participate in this tournament. Academy teams must enter the top tier of an age group.

U14-U18 divisions are competitive with medals for the Champion and Runner-Up. Medal presentations take place on Sunday after the final game of play at the Tournament Headquarters. Alternate arrangements can be made by contacting the Tournament Director.

Scheduling Requests: Requests to accommodate Thanskgiving dinners on Saturday or Sunday evening will NOT be considered. Kickoff times in the later afternoon/evening can be 4:30pm, 6:00pm and 7:30pm depending on entries. Scheduling requests will only be accommodated (to the best of the scheduler's ability) for ferry travel on Saturday morning, teams with 100+ km travel not spending the night in Richmond and coaches who coach more than one team to not be at the same time. Teams with out of town travel will, to the best of the scheduler's ability, not be given Sunday evening game times.

Sunday Whitecaps Game: Requests to schedule a team's game around the Whitecaps game on Sunday cannot be accommodated. There are too many teams in the tournament for this to be a feasible option.

Divisions offered will align with the BC Coastal Soccer League:

U14 (2011), U15 (2010), U16 (2009) Division 1, 2 and 3.

U17 (2008) and U18 (2007) Metro, Division 1, 2 and 3.

All teams are guaranteed 4 games, however format is dependent on number of entries at age group/division.

Game Length:

U14-U15 2 x 30 mins.

U16-U18 2 x 35 mins.

Tournament Registration Fee:

U14-U15 = $475

U16-U18 = $525.

Registration close date: September 29, 2024

Draw will be posted October 5, 2024.

The Tournament Committee reserves the right to combine age groups/divisions as required.

Team/Player Eligibility:

As a BC Soccer sanctioned tournament, entry into the 31st Annual Richmond Thanksgiving Tournament is open to teams that are properly affiliated with BC Soccer and/or other Provincial Associations. “Tournament Teams” are not permitted.

Teams from outside of BC must provide copies of approved travel documents, prior to the tournament, for their team/players from the Province of which they belong.

Only properly registered players, in good standing, shall be permitted to participate in the tournament.

Guest Players:

Teams may use a “pick-up”/guest player (e.g., a player who does not regularly play on your team) so long as the following criteria are met:

–> A player is not on the roster of another team participating in the tournament. A player can only play on one team in the tournament.

–> Player must be from same or lower division. Players cannot “play down”.

–> If a team is from BC and the player is not registered with BC Soccer, the team must apply for a BC Soccer Short Term Event Player Permit for the player a minimum of 5 business days before the tournament date (October 7, 2024). It is $15.75/player, payable to BC Soccer

–> Teams participating in the Thanksgiving Tournament, wishing to “pick-up” a player registered with another team, must obtain written permission from the team & Youth District and/or Adult League with which the player is registered. Players registered with BC Soccer must use the BC Soccer Player Participation Request Form. This must be submitted to the tournament by Monday October 7, 2024.