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2023 Outdoor Cup FAQs
*For more information on Schedules and Important Dates please visit each Cup Competition website.
To communicate with your upcoming opponent, you have two options:
In order to participate in any Outdoor Cup Competition, a team must participate in an Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Cup Qualifying League. The following is a current list of Cup Qualifying Leagues. For specific information about Cup Qualifying League requirements please visit the Rules section for the National Championship Series, Presidents Cup and Challenge Cup. Eligibility rules apply to all three Outdoor Cup competitions.
*Teams (13U-19U) may roster 22 players for the Cup Competition but only 18 are eligible to participate on game day. Only the 18 players eligible for the game are to appear on your lineup that you present to the referee and opponent. Players designated as 'not playing' cannot dress in their team uniform. They must dress in street clothes or a different colored jersey. The players designated as 'not playing' may sit with their team in the team area, bench or technical area. Once made ineligible from the lineup, a player may not participate in that game. However, ineligible players are still subject to the Laws of the Game and can receive yellow/red cards for indiscretions.
*For all referee scenarios and referee payment information, reference the Referee Section of the specific Cup Competition Rules your team is participating in.
Teams then have until 10:00am the following morning to appeal the score or cards entered by the referee. Once a game card is signed by both team’s officials, the score and cards are official and cannot be protested.
If a score is entered incorrectly, you must contact the Director of Soccer Operations before 10:00am the day following the game to file an appeal (David Jones djones@epysa.org). Any appeal received after this deadline will not be considered.
*Referee fees are NOT included in the registration fee. Referee fees are split between opponents in accordance with the current Referee Fee Schedule that can be found within each Cup Competition Rules.
*Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer is responsible for all Outdoor Cup Finals Referee Fees