The Eclipse Futbol Club would like to invite you to join us for our 25th year of the MIDDLETOWN SPRING BLAST TOURNAMENT. We hope you will want to come and spend the weekend with us and help celebrate our special year. The tournament will be held at Smith Park in Middletown.
The tournament will offer competition for boys and girls in the U-9 through U-19 brackets. All teams must be in good standing with the United States Soccer Association and only players with valid player passes will be eligible to play. A maximum of 14 players per roster of U9, U10 7v7 division and a maximum of 16 players, U11-U12 9v9 division. A maximum of 18 players per roster will be allowed for U13-U19 11v11. Four (4) guest players will be allowed. No player may play on nor be registered on more than one participating team.
**Special note: U8 teams may play in the U9 lower division depending on the number of teams that apply and will play 7v7
Spring Blast Tournament Committee reserves the right of acceptance, denial or placement of any team. The tournament reserves the rights to consolidate age groups and divisions or not only Red, White, Blue Divisions Division are as follows Red(Upper), White (Middle), Blue Lower)
Special request for coaching: The scheduling committee works very hard at scheduling and placing teams according to age, division and according to tournament application, it is your responsibility to fill out application completely and correctly depending on your past league and tournament results. Request for scheduling: We do try to accommodate coaching requests for coaches coaching more than one team but sometimes the schedule request is not possible. Coaches coaching more than one team are responsible for emailing the tournament the team request between February15th-February 20th with the request. Coaches coaching more than two teams should make sure they have a second coach or parent to help with conflicts. All teams are required to have 2 coaches on staff to avoid any scheduling conflicts. The entry fee is $600.00 for U9-U10 and $650.00 for U11-12 and $700.00 for ages U13-U19 team fee should be mailed along with the enclosed application form to the address listed below when application is filled out. Team fees are due within 1 week of registering unless other arrangements have been made. Final team fees are due by February 20, 2024. Teams not accepted will have their application fee returned in their notification letter. No entry fee will be returned to those teams accepted into the tournament. Notifications will be emailed and posted on the web site by March 7.
IMPORTANT ISSUE: CONCUSSION LAW In order to protect young athletes, the State of Ohio has passed a concussion law, commonly called the “Return to Play” law. Therefore, all Ohio Tournaments are responsible to monitor and track compliance with the concussion training requirements of the Return to Play law. Each coach (head coach and assistants) must receive approved concussion training prior to April 26, 2013. See O.R.C. 3707.511(C)(1). Tournaments are required to collect and maintain certificates of compliance from the coaches. 1. All coaches MUST complete the Concussion Training Course from either NFHS (preferred) or CDC and submit a COPY of the completed certificate to the tournament. Both online courses are FREE of charge! See the links for the Concussion Form after you CONFIRM acceptance (using your Spring Blast #) on the forms list. 2. Coaches must also carry their certificate COPY of compliance with them during the event. 3. Coaches are also required per Ohio law, to have distributed a COPY of the Parent Concussion Information Sheet to the parents of their team players. If these 3 items are not satisfied, those coaches will NOT be able to coach at this event. If a player is believed, by either a coach, referee or tournament official, to exhibit the signs, symptoms or behaviors of concussion during the tournament, that player shall be prohibited from continuing to play that same calendar day and player card will be pulled and may not play until they have received clearance to “return to play” by a physician or other authorized medical personnel.
Lindsay’s Law Ohio Lindsay’s Law, Ohio Revised Code 3313.5310, 3707.58 and 3707.59 went into effect on August 1, 2017. In accordance with this law, the Ohio Department of Health, the Ohio Department of Education, the Ohio High School Athletic Association, the Ohio Chapter of the American College of Cardiology and other stakeholders jointly developed guidelines and other relevant materials to inform and educate students and youth athletes participating in or desiring to participate in an athletic activity, their parents, and their coaches about the nature and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-YfCWQPeqw&feature=youtu.be
Parents/Guardians - Watch Required Video - Download and/or be handed the SCA Informational Handout - Sign the Required Signature Form Athletes - Sign the same Required Signature Form that your parent/guardian has signed Coaches - Watch the Required Coach Video - Download and/or be handed the SCA Information Handout specifically for coaches
We are very proud of the Soccer facilities at Smith in Middletown, Franklin Park fields. All of our parks offer ample parking, playgrounds, walking trails around the park, refreshment areas and with a total 38 fields for your soccer enjoyment. There are plenty of restaurants and shopping close to parks.
The tournament is set up on a three game format. Saturday games will start at 8 am with last game starting at 4:45. Start time on Sunday 8-11:45a, with finals starting at 1 pm-3pm start times.
Individual player Trophies will be awarded for Champion and Finalist in each division
Coach or Team admin. This year the tournament will be Email REGISTRATION. Instructions for Email registration will be emailed to the Coach or Team admin. If you have a Yahoo email account and have not received any emails from the tournament, then please check your Spam or junk mail folder. All registration forms are due to division registrar by 3/11/24
Thank you for applying to the Middletown Spring Blast.
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