SCHEDULE OF GAMES

The schedule of games for the RIDER CUP 2006 has been posted on the MAPS website. It is posted in both Field / Time Slot Grid Form, showing all games on all fields, and also posted as a separate Bracket schedule covering just your own age competition that you will be able to print out. Note that the Adobe PDF webpages are multiple pages that require you to scroll down until you get to the page you want. The program does allow you to print only the single page you want, once you get to it.

All schedules are accessible from the Challenge Homepage located at

http://www.socceragency.net/maps/0606_rider/0606_homepage.htm

Please check and re-confirm the dates, times and fields of your games as soon as possible. After Tuesday June 13, any changes in the Scheduling Grid will be marked in blue on the Saturday and Sunday grids on the website, and teams will be notified by email if they are involved in a material change. Team Contacts (as provided on your application) are responsible for checking their emails on a regular basis, especially the last week before the event, to ensure that no last minute communications are ignored.

Occasionally a typo occurs when transferring information from the Field Schedule Grid to the individual Age/Division schedules. Please bring these to our attention. Usually, the information on the Field Schedule Grid is the correct info.

Whenever checking your online information, click REFRESH on your WEB BROWSER. This ensures you are seeing the actual information available online, and not a previously-memorized page being stored in your computer cache. (Failure to do so is the most common reason teams discover they have incorrect information.)

FIELDS

Fields numbered 1 through 13 are located up campus, accessed from the Rider University south gate. The Headquarters Tent, for Registration and for posting scores and playoff matchups, is located at this set of fields, near field 7. Note that parking is limited near these fields, and you may need to park down campus in designated areas.

Field 14 is down campus near the entry gates.

Fields 21, 22 and 23 are located just south of the Rider campus, at the nearby National Guard Armory. Directions to Rider and all fields are discussed below.

LODGING

If you still need lodging, contact our Travel Coordinator Julie Beske at 609-997-0690 / MSSLhotels@comcast.net.

REGISTRATION

We will have Registration at the fields at the Headquarters pavilion, located near Field 7 at Rider University. You must arrive to register at least a full hour before your first game.

All teams must have:

A copy of the team roster they can leave with Registration officials. Pencil in any Guest players being used.

Player Passes for all participating players, rostered and guest.

Authorizations for Medical Treatment, more commonly referred to as Medical Releases, for all participating players. The ones executed when the player was first registered with the team for the season are usually adequate. Remember, these documents are critical to ensure that a player can be admitted to an ambulance, clinic or hospital for treatment, especially in the absence of a parent or legal guardian in attendance. These documents have to show original signatures. (And preferably be notarized, as we have heard of clinics that questioned how they could confirm the signature was actually a parent’s or legal guardian’s.)

Permissions To Travel for those out-of-state teams (non-New Jersey) using USYS passes from state associations that require a Permission To Travel.

Remember: All players on your team must have player passes from the SAME governing body, whether USYS or US Club or AYSO, etc.

RULES OF PLAY & REGULATIONS

Rules of Play can be accessed from the Tournament Homepage or directly at:

http://www.socceragency.net/maps/0606_rider/0606_rules.htm

All team coaches, managers, players and supporters are required to abide by these Rules & Regulations, covering both competition and conduct on premises. Coaches and Managers are responsible for distributing this information to their teams.

In particular, note the summary page at the end that covers procedures on scoring, playoffs, tiebreakers, foul weather, etc.

TRAVEL DIRECTIONS

Travel directions to the fields can be accessed from the Tournament homepage. There is also a field layout map posted as the tournament gets close. The map does not show fields 21-23 which are immediately south of the Rider campus at the national Guard Armory; specific directions to these three fields can be found at the end of the Rider Travel Directions.

http://www.socceragency.net/maps/INFO_directions_fields_Rider.htm

REFRESH YOUR WEB BROWSER / CONTACT MOBILE PHONE# / MESSAGING

Please check your team account on www.SoccerScheduler.com and make sure there is a valid mobile phone number listed for the TEAM CONTACT PERSON INFORMATION. This will be the first number called if there is a scheduling or weather problem at the fields.

Also, make sure you avoided using corporate or government email addresses for your team contacts entered in www.SoccerScheduler.com. These networked computer systems tend to have strong firewalls and spam filters that invariably prevent group messaging functions such as we rely upon from operating. Please provide email addresses from residential accounts (AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail, Comcast, Verizon, Optonline, etc.)

Finally, do NOT list the same person for coach, manager and team contact. If there is a problem in communicating with that individual, it is useful to have alternatives. That is the whole point for the system allowing multiple contact listings.

ON-SITE CONCERNS

Some simple rules for each facility we use:

· Park only in designated spots

· No pets, on a leash or otherwise.

· No smoking anywhere near the showcase.

· Cooperate with tournament officials and field marshals. Anyone caught abusing the above items will be evicted from the premises, and it may lead to early termination of an offending team’s participation.

Sorry if it sounds restrictive, but there is no reason to feel constrained if everyone uses common sense.

Looking forward to a great soccer festival,

Steve Shilling

Director

Bohdan E. Porytko
Director
973-998-9731

MSSLsoccer@aol.com

www.socceragency.net/maps