The 2025 North Hempstead Cup will be a TWO DAY tournament.

Girls games will be played on Saturday, October 11th.
Boys games will be played on Sunday, October 12th.

All age groups will be based upon the calendar year rule as per Fall 2025 US Soccer rules

Teams are guaranteed three (3) 50 minute games.
There will be morning and afternoon tournament sessions.
Morning sessions are from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Afternoon sessions are from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM, which would be played under the lights.

Unfortunately we cannot accept time slot requests.

If you are requesting a schedule consideration for a head coach conflict for two teams only, the head coach must be the same person listed as head coach both teams. We will only consider a conflict for the head coach of two teams.

The entry fee is $570 for U8 and $620 for U9 to U12.
We accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express.

Registration opens on August 24th.

Tournament Registration Closes on September 28th at midnight.

Regular registration is from August 24th to September 21st.
Late registration charge of $50 added for teams registering between September 22nd and September 28th.

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Clubs registering 5 or more teams will receive a $50 discount per team.
Please contact the tournament registrar at northhempsteadcup@gmail.com for information on how to register your teams to receive the discount.

Please note that when you register, you must enter your credit card information to submit the application. Even if your club will be paying for your registration, you must still enter your credit card information or the system will not allow your application to go through. Your credit card will not be charged.

Registration Fees are Non-Refundable.

Teams will be seeded into groups of four (4), with major, intermediate, and minor brackets offered whenever possible.  The North Hempstead Cup reserves the right to combine age groups, if appropriate and to create alternate bracket

This is a patch exchange tournament. Teams are expected to have an adequate number of team patches to exchange with opposing team players and coaches after each game.

 

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS 

All participating teams must be properly registered and in good standing with the USYSA (or national equivalent) and sanctioned by their state or national soccer association. Only Club Teams with a maximum of three (3) guest players are accepted.  Each team must submit a Team Roster approved by the League, Club President, Registrar, or designated officer. 

All players must be born in the year of their age classification or later.  Player registration cards duly authorized by a team’s state or national soccer association or equivalent shall be uploaded as proof of age and eligibility and required at all games for inspection by referees or tournament officials.

All teams must upload a medical release form for each rostered and/or guest player.

All teams must upload approved guest player forms for each guest player.

All out of state teams must upload permission-to-travel forms approved by their state / national association.

No player is allowed to be registered with more than one team or to transfer from one team to another during the tournament. Guest players will be allowed with up to a maximum of 3 guest players playing with the purpose of maintaining a team’s competitiveness.  There is an unlimited amount of guest players from the same club.

 

INCLEMENT WEATHER REFUND POLICY

Should the tournament be canceled in its entirety due to weather conditions, affected teams will receive an 80% refund of their registration fee.

 

This is a patch exchange tournament. Teams are expected to have an adequate number of team patches to exchange with opposing team players and coaches after each game.

 

We would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2024 North Hempstead Cup.

We hope everyone had a great time and hope to see you again next year.