Nike Challenge Cup - Boys Weekend

Registration

Application and Registration Deadlines

Sometimes the Application and Registration deadlines are confused for each other. Perhaps this explanation will distinguish the the two.

Step 1: Apply to the tournament before the application deadline in order to be considered. While the application process does allow you to upload registration documents at that time, they are not required until after your team is accepted.

Step 2: After your application have been accepted, you must upload the registration documents before the registration deadline.

GotSport Online Check-in!

• Prior to uploading your documents, check the Documentation Requirements for Online Check-In below for documents you may need to download first.
• To upload documents required for check-in, please follow these directions at this link.
• Once you have downloaded all of your documents, please hit the notify Button in the top right. This tells us you have uploaded all of your information and are ready to be checked in.
• After the registration team reviews, if all is good you will see a Registration Complete in the Info tab of the event under team registrations. Look for Event Organization Flags section (see example below). If you are missing something or there is an issue with a document you will see a Registration Incomplete and will also receive an email with the issue stated.

How to Add/Clone Rosters

To add or clone rosters, you will need to be a coach, manager or club administrator. If you are unable to add or clone your roster, please contact your club administrator. Here is the link for cloning rosters.

Questions

If you have any questions about this after receiving the email, you can contact:

Boys registration questions: Boys.Registrations@clubohiosoccer.com

Girls registration questions: Girls.Registrations@clubohiosoccer.com

Lindsey's Law

Lindsay's law places a new set of requirements on parents/guardians, athletes, and coaches. You will need to view the video below, read the handout, and sign the required form (parents/guardians/AND PLAYERS per the State Of Ohio) in order to compete in this tournament. Players and coaches carded by Ohio Soccer Association to not need to do this as it was a requirement for carding.

Parents/guardians and youth athletes:

Required video

Required SCA Handout

Coaches:

Required video

Required SCA Handout

Concussion Training

The NFHS has teamed up with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to educate coaches, officials, parents and students on the importance of proper concussion recognition and management in high school sports. This course highlights the impact of sports-related concussion on athletes, teaches how to recognize a suspected concussion, and provides protocols to manage a suspected concussion with steps to help players return to play safely after a concussion. Each state's requirements for concussion management are included as part of the course.

The free course can be found here: https://nfhslearn.com/courses/concussion-in-sports-2.

Documentation Requirements for Online Check-in

Document Format: PDF

If documents do not apply, like guest player roster when you have no guest players, you do not have to upload.

Ohio Soccer Association Teams

• 
  Certified/Validated USYSA Team Roster
• Guest Player Roster approved/validated by the State Association where the player plays
• Copy of Players, Guest Players and Coaches Cards-Both sides of cards

USYSA Teams

• Certified/Validated USYSA Team Roster
• Guest Player Roster approved/validated by the State Association where the player plays
• Copy of Players, Guest Players and Coaches Cards-Both sides of cards
• Permission to travel form from your state association if team is outside of your State
• Coach's Concussion Certificate
• Lindsay’s Law Team Roster Signature Form

US Club Teams

• Certified/Validated USCLUB Team Roster
• Player Loan Form approved by both teams
• Copy of Players, Guest Players and Coaches Cards-Both sides of cards
• Coach's Concussion Certificate
• Lindsay’s Law Team Roster Signature Form

fields

No Dogs Allowed

All age groups may have games at any of the parks listed below over the weekend. We do not put single age groups as any one park. Please note, there are 4 parks used each weekend.

hotels

We are pleased to work with a hotel booking agency to book your hotels! This is a large event with over 350 teams per weekend. To ensure more housing options for large Clubs bringing multiple teams (8 or more), please contact GroupHousing Directly BEFORE blocking rooms at 1-888-290-3210 or contact@grouphousing.net. There is a two-night minimum.

Hotels

This is a Stay and Play Tournament with two-night min.  In other words, if you are making a hotel stay for our tournament, you need to use one of our approved hotels. To ensure the quality of service provided for the tournament, the directors have partnered with GroupHousing as the official Hospitality Hotel Service of the tournament. 

**We do allow for teams to commute that are within a 90-mile radius of their home clubs address, however, no special scheduling requests will be confirmed**

All teams who need accommodations are REQUIRED to make hotel reservations through GroupHousing to ensure their place in any in the event. GroupHousing will make this process efficient and friendly for you while providing exceptional hotel accommodations for all teams. Most hotels offer breakfast, kid friendly services, budget-conscious rates, and amenities to enhance your stay. Each hotel is strategically located from the event locations.

Group Housing Links - given on Application Confirmation Email

You may contact GroupHousing at 1-888-290-3210 or contact@grouphousing.net. If you are having any other issues with group housing or you need additional help with your overnight stay please contact Tournament Director Costa Kalorides, costa.kalorides@clubohiosoccer.com.

A frequently asked question that we get is "in what park will age group X be playing so we can plan our hotel?"

We understand the importance of knowing where your child’s age group will be playing. For our smaller tournament that has games at one park it is easy, obviously. And our mid-Fall tournament has two parks that are six miles apart, which is also easy since hotels should be in the same area. However, for our larger tournaments are held in multiple parks across Columbus, all age groups can have games scheduled at any of these parks. We do not assign specific age groups to parks to maintain flexibility of the schedule and to accommodate as many teams as possible. The exact location of your team's matches will not be known until after the schedule is completed. The rough draft of the schedule is usually done 3 weeks before the start of the tournament.

Referees

If you're interested in being an official for a Club Ohio Tournament, please contact our Referee Assignor, Ken McMahon by filling out this form. Please select all dates for the tournament, including both weekends for Nike if you want to do both.

Contact

Our tournament is supported by a fantastic team of people.  If you need assistance, please contact the following individuals for help.

Scheduling Director: Missy Grether

Referee Assignor: Ken McMahon

Scoring Manager: Dan Broidy

All Team Bracketing or Seeding Concerns/Group Housing Issues: Costa Kalorides

Tournament Director: Costa Kalorides