Games will be at Witherspoon Fields in Piscataway NJ  -  Click HERE for Directions

Eight teams qualify for the U23 Mens 2005 MSSL Cup playoff weekend.

Teams will be limited to the players rostered to their club with USASA passes at the point in time ten days prior to the start of MSSL Cup play. Teams will submit a roster of up to 26 players which will be exclusive to the team on which they are rostered at the start of Cup play, of which 18 may participate on Saturday and 18 may participate on Sunday. The list of 18 players eligible for either day need not be identical.

GROUP PLAY will be conducted on Saturday, with two four-team groups formed.

Each team will play every other team in its group on Saturday.

In consideration of the three-game schedule, game lengths will be 60 minutes on Saturday; should teams in a group be reduced to only two matches on Saturday, game length will be extended to 70 minutes per game.

Three points will be awarded for a win and one point awarded for a tie.

Two teams will advance from each group to Sunday's semifinals round.

Should teams complete their three-game schedule tied on points, those teams will immediately participate in a traditional FIFA-style penalty kick shootout to determine which team advances to the playoff rounds, and/or to determine where the team is seeded. Choice of which team shoots first will belong to the team with a superior goal differential in group play; if still tied, order shall be determined by seeding in their group (order in which teams are listed in their bracket).

In the event of a three-way tie, two teams will shoot-out initially with the loser receiving third place, while the winner faces off against the team sitting out the first shoot-out to determine first and second places. The team sitting out the first shootout will be the team with the superior goal differential in group play; if still tied, the team sitting out the first shootout shall be determined by the teams' seeding in their group (order in which teams are listed in their bracket).

PLAYOFF ROUNDS will be conducted on Sunday, with Group B 2nd facing Group A 1st, and Group A 2nd facing Group B 1st. Winning teams will advance to the championship finals, and losing teams will participate in a consolation game.

All game lengths will be 70 minutes in Sunday's rounds. Semifinals and Final, if tied upon conclusion of regulation time, will immediately proceed to two 7.5 minute overtime periods played out in their entirety. If the score is still tied, both teams will proceed to a traditional FIFA-style penalty kick shootout.