How to Host a Tournament

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Below are the forms required to sanction a tournament in Maryland!

All tournaments requiring sanctioning must fill out ALL of the forms in the "All Tournaments" section.
If your tournament plans on accepting International Teams, you must fill out additional forms located in the "Tournaments with International Teams" section.

Please read the requirements listed in the Tournament and Games Policies. If you have any additional questions, please contact the Tournament Administrator.

The "Designated Official of Hosting Organization" must be the current President of the hosting organization.

Beginning September 1, 2023, to help ensure adequate referee coverage for MSYSA sanctioned tournaments, only the following assignors may assign referees for MSYSA sanctioned tournaments:

(Last updated: August 23, 2023)

Assignor Name (listed alphabetically)	Email	Phone	Primary Service Area
Ross Burbage	reburbage@verizon.net	410-848-2846	Carroll County
Steve Cassell	mwsra.scassell@gmail.com	301-580-8918	Montgomery & Prince George's Counties and DC
Matt Greier	godfamilysoccer@verizon.net	301-651-5433	Upper Marlboro, Washington DC & Alexandria VA
Keyan Mohtashemi	keyan7@gmail.com	240-606-2360	Montgomery & Prince George's Counties
Hossein Rasouli	hrasouli@msn.com	301-642-9378	Montgomery County
Mike Truax	mtruax@myactv.net	301-471-5227	Frederick & Washington Counties
Margie Watson	casrawat@msn.com	240-346-1758	Charles, Calvert & St. Mary's Counties

To appear on this "Approved Assignor List", assignors must sign and submit the Approved Assignor Pledge to greg@msysa.org.

Tournaments looking to be sanctioned by MSYSA must include language similar to the following within their competition rules and sign the USSF Certified Referee Assignment:

"Team officials are responsible for the behavior of the spectators. Team officials can be disciplined by the referee for failure to control their spectators. The competition authority has the ability to ban a spectator, forfeit a match, or expel a team from the competition for violations or abuse of a referee or the referee crew."

All Tournaments

ALL TOURNAMENTS MUST COMPLETE THE FORMS BELOW!

Tournament Application Checklist *updated 5/22 to include additional Refund Policy and Emergency Action Plan items
US Youth Soccer Application to host Tournament or Games
US Youth Soccer Tournament or Games Hosting Agreement
Tournament and Games Policies
Tournament and Games Policies Acknowledgement
Post Tournament Report Checklist
USSF Certified Referee Assignment (Assignor letter is to be submitted directly to MSYSA by the Assignor(s) via email and is to include the total number of games both as a number (e.g., 100) and as a percentage of the overall tournament based on anticipated game counts (e.g., 50%- if the tournament is anticipating a total of 200 matches being played). An example assignor letter can be viewed here.)

All forms should be scanned and submitted to the Tournament Administrator.

Following the completion of the tournament, please send the Post Tournament Report and scanned check to the Tournament Administrator.

Payment may be made by check payable to MSYSA, and mailed to:

MSYSA

3060 Route 97, Ste 178

Glenwood, MD 21738

Tournaments with International Teams

After completing the requirements for hosting a tournament through MSYSA, any tournament looking to accept foreign teams needs to complete the online H osting Sanctioning Application administered by US Soccer.

Tournament Directors

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