Youth Festival 2025 Registration requirements, Scoring & Advancement

Youth Festival 2025 Rules

In a situation where a group cannot be completed due to exceptional circumstances, and teams

have played an unequal number of games, we may use Points Per Game (PPG) to decide group standings.

 No Re-Entry Protocol (Head Injury)

In accordance with the US Soccer return to play guidelines, any player removed from the field

for a suspected head injury will not be allowed to return to the field of play unless cleared by a

Healthcare Professional.

 Healthcare Professional

A healthcare professional is defined as “a licensed healthcare professional such as an athletic

trainer certified (ATC), or a physician (MD/DO), with a skill set in emergency care and sports

medicine injuries and with knowledge and experience related to concussion evaluation and

management.”

 Substitutions

Substitutions by either team are allowed at any stoppage of play with the permission of the

referee. Referees will be instructed not to allow substitutions that are deemed “excessive” or of

a “time-wasting” nature. Please be respectful of the integrity of the game and do not use the free

substitution rules as a means to disrupt the match.

Each manager should have the following at every game

? US Club Medical Release forms

? US Club Soccer roster/loan form of the team and players.

? US Club Soccer passes for its players and team officials

 Personnel on the bench

A maximum of 2 team officials are allowed in each team’s technical area. Team officials must

have a US Club pass visable around their neck in order to sit in the technical area.

 It is recommended that teams have several credentialed coaches or managers with passes for the team just in case something happens to the head coach. A US Club pass makes a person eligible to coach any team in the club for which that coach or manager is credentialed.

Tournament Cancellation Policy

Tournament Cancellation Policy

Tournament Cancellation

The Carolina Champions League and the League commissioner / Tournament Director reserve the right to decide all matters pertaining to the tournament – and may, in their sole discretion, delay, postpone, or cancel the tournament, or otherwise alter the tournament structure (such as the duration of and/or number of games for teams),  The decision of the League Commisioner and the Tournament Director on these matters shall be final, and shall not entitle any team to a refund or other return of entry fees paid, except as provided below (subject to any exception set out below, entry fees are nonrefundable).

If the tournament is cancelled for any reason before any tournament matches are played, teams will receive a refund of 50% of fees paid .  

Outside of complete tournament cancellation, other circumstances may arise in which the Tournament Committee based on the totality of circumstances, decide to provide a refund of some or all of team entry fees (or for particular teams based on impacts from weather and other circumstances).  Any such decision to alter the no-refund policy is in the sole and absolute discretion of the Carolina Champions League & Tournament Director and any such decision shall not constitute a binding commitment with respect to future similar circumstances or other teams.   

The Tournament Director and Carolina Champions League will not be responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by tournament participants (including, without limitation, for travel, lodging, or meals) if the tournament is delayed, postponed, cancelled, or otherwise altered for any reason.