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U10 - U16 BOYS
/ U10 - U16 GIRLS
Saturday & Sunday -
July 23 & 24, 2005 - Fort Dix, NJ
An Innovative Format for Great
Soccer, Great Competition, Great Fun!
A Marathon Tournament Intended to
Test the Full Depths of Your Roster!
Five Games - Elite Teams Only!
Plus Experienced Referees / 12
Well-maintained, Single-Site Fields with Permanent Goals
/ Savory Grill & Good Food make for
a Great Weekend of intense Soccer!
Here's
how it works ---
THE
CHALLENGE
In
each Age Group, FIVE teams form a MAPS Flight and FIVE teams form
a CHALLENGER Flight.
The
teams in the CHALLENGER Flight each play a round-robin schedule
against every team in the MAPS Flight (and obviously vice
versa).
Five
teams in the opposing flight means five seventy-minute games (60
minute games at U11, and 50 minutes at U10.) Which results in an
event intended to be viewed as a marathon of soccer: arrive with
a deep roster knowing you will have to plumb its depths for
every advantage. A great test to see what your team can do
across its breadth...
Now,
if you've been paying attention, you've noted that teams within a Flight
don't ever play the other teams in their own Flight, they only
play the teams
in the opposing Flight. Which leads to the topic of...
THE
AWARDS
First,
a digression: Why is this called the MAPS CAPS CHALLENGE?
A Cap, for those woefully deficient in soccer lore, is a
designation for how many times a player has played for his
national team, originating in England when initial participants
in international matches were gifted with practical wool caps
for their efforts. We pay homage to this bit of soccer tradition
by awarding a CAP to the worthy players on teams distinguishing
themselves in the Challenge.
Not
just any CAP, but one the recipient would be honored to
wear or just display from a ceremonial peg at home. A cap with
the MAPS CAPS Challenge logo embroidered on it, along with a
second embroidered logo in back that proclaims proudly to the world
"CHAMPION". See photo below.
The
team with the best record in each Flight wins Caps for its
players. In each age group, a Cap gets awarded to the best
record in the MAPS Flight and the best record in the CHALLENGER
Flight.
Again,
if you're paying attention here, that means teams never actually
play the teams against which they are competing for Caps!
The caps are awarded for the best record against a common set of
opponents. (And yes, the crowds at the scoreboards are
intense...) |
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