ACCEPTED TEAMS to the 2009 TOURNAMENT
Please read the following letter.

Your team has been accepted to play in the 31st Annual East Meadow
Soccer Tournament, Sponsored by Covanta.  You will be joining over 415
teams in the tournament this year. In total, 70 divisions of over 415
teams and more then 7500 players will play more then 1100 games at
fifteen locations on more then 50 fields, making it the largest soccer
tournament in New York State and one of the largest in the northeast
region. We are pleased to once again have teams from several states and
as far away as Canada!

You can view the Schedules by clicking on the "Schedules" link on the left side of this page.

Registration is mandatory for all teams and will take place on Friday,
August 28, 2008 from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM at the Maple Avenue
Fireman's Benevolent Hall located at 170 Maple Avenue in East Meadow.
Directions can be found on the tournament website under field maps. All
teams, including out of town teams must attend. Any specific questions
concerning registration should be addressed to the boys or girls
registrar whose contact information can also be found on the bottom of this page. Your failure to prepare is not our emergency. Teams not in
compliance with registration requirements or players that do not have
the appropriate paperwork (e.g. approved guest player forms) will not
be allowed to participate.

Travel teams must bring medical releases (your own club's forms are
acceptable), travel passes for each player, including guest players (if
you do not have your passes back from your registrar then you may use
an official league roster), and a properly executed guest player form
for each guest player (a limit of 5 guest players for U12 and older and
a limit of 3 guest players for U11 and younger). Please make sure that
guest player forms are approved by LIJSL or your host league if you do
not play in LIJSL. Any intramural teams or travel teams using
intramural players must have birth certificates, medical releases and
an intramural player form (which can be downloaded from our tournament
website) or a letter signed by your club registrar or President
confirming that the player(s) is (are) registered with that club.

In addition, NEW FOR THIS YEAR, teams must enter their roster on line. 
You can do this by going on the internet to
https://www.gotsport.com/asp/teams/ after signing in with your user
name and password you can click on roster and enter your information. 
You  must also bring 2 hard copies of your roster (you may  bring a copy
of your official team roster for us to keep or you may use the form
that can be downloaded from the tournament website).  One copy will be
stamped and returned to you for you to produce at the fields.  You must
also have your player and coach’s passes at every game and you may be
called upon to produce them.

We will be selling a limited number of tournament t-shirts for $10 a
shirt (short sleeved).  These may be pre-purchased at the discounted
rate of $8 per shirt when ordering 10 or more shirts and will be
delivered to you at registration.  If you are interested in purchasing
shirts please e mail Bill Walsh at Billw401k@aol.com with your request.
  Payment can be made at registration by cash, certified check or bank
check made payable to East Meadow Soccer Club.  T-shirts can be viewed
on line at http://www.gotsport.com/forms/app/?eventid=5804, click on
store. Sizes run in youth sizes and adult sizes from youth large to
adult xxl.

You may visit the tournament website to download rules, roster forms,
maps and directions to all fields.

If you are playing in a division labeled U19 please be advised that
these are combined high school age groups.

This is a patch exchange tournament.

Please keep an eye out for future e mails concerning the tournament.

Thank you for your support. The tournament committee and I look forward
to seeing you at registration.

Sincerely,
Steven Epstein
Tournament Director
East Meadow Soccer Club
 

Dear Coaches / Team Managers:

At the East Meadow Covanta Cup, college coaches will be in attendance
to watch the teams compete. CaptainU will provide player profile
books to ensure that the college coaches have information about your
team and each of your athletes. CaptainU will also provide all
attendees free access to their recruiting software which allows
athletes/parents to find schools that are a good match and reach out to
college coaches.

Steps for Player Profile Book Registration:

Coach or Team Admin (10 minute setup)
1. Go to http://www.captainu.com/youth_coaches
2. Select ‘East Meadow Covanta Cup’ and register your team
3. Fill in your tournament roster with players' names and emails.
Athletes (15 minute setup)
1. Once team is setup, players will receive an email with a link to
sign-up
2. Athletes can go to www.CaptainU.com (with or without link) and
create an account
3. Note: email addresses used to signup must be the same as the one
used on team page above
4. Fill out profile

Notes:
• Player Profile books and CaptainU account registration are free for
all coaches and athletes
• All player and team information must be input before Aug 21st or
else it will not be published in the player books.

Have questions? Contact: info@captainU.com