Solar Soccer Club Premier Cup powered by Adidas

Competition:
Premier Cup combines superb facilities, excellent competition, and a guaranteed 3 game format to ensure your team is ready for their upcoming season.

Cost:
U8 - $275
U9 & U10 $425
U11 & U12 9v9 $545
U13 - U19 $595


Development:
Solar Soccer Club is proud to present the 2017 Premier Cup Tournament, powered by Adidas. This highly competitive tournament is designed to provide teams of all ages and abilities the perfect preseason preparation.

Click http://www.solarsoccerclub.com/premier-cup/ for more information

Here is the applied teams list - don't wait until the last minute - register your team early!

https://events.gotsport.com/events/teamlist.aspx?showall=true&eventid=60478

Competition is looking great!!

*Teams that register for Premier Cup this week are entered to win a FREE team player evaluation at MJP*



*Team Coach will be provided a report of the results which will show strengths and opportunities of each athlete and the team as a whole. The assessment will consist of the following items*:
Y-balance test – how prone to lower body injuries are you?
Standing Height, seated height, weight
Power evaluation – vertical leap, broad jump, power ball throw
Speed evaluation – 40 yard dash, pro-agility test
Stamina/recovery evaluation – 300 yard shuttle
*Tests may be modified depending on age of the athletes.
The winner will also be eligible for the MJP partner team training rate.

This sounds like a really good deal. MJP center is cutting edge when it comes to developing athletes, but is not cheap.

Make sure you stop by the Regeneration & Recovery Station at each facility!

Registration Deadline for this tournament is July 31st

Register today

Unfortunately the weather did us in for late Saturday and all Sunday games

For the teams that were only able to play one game, see below for the credit you will receive toward next years Premier Cup.

U8 - $275 - Credit of $70
U9 & U10 $425 - Credit of $95
U11 & U12 9v9 $545 - Credit of $125
U13 - U19 $595 - Credit of $150

In order to receive the credit you will need to save this email along with a screenshot of your teams standings for this event, showing only one game was played.

Thanks,

Jennifer Pivnick

Man weather sucks! That was a very expensive one game.

Yes Zizou, hence the credit Can always count on you for a response.

And actually truth be told -- I expect to see tournaments increasing their prices, especially if you want quality fields, good referee's, Nice trophies and quality medals. Let's also not forget about the tournament gift... not required, but a nice touch I would say.

As most people are aware 1000's of hours are spent from staff and volunteers to create an event that ensures our children have an opportunity to play in a pre-season tournament that is competitive, balanced, fair and fun! So any cancellations due to weather is certainly a disappointment for everyone involved.

Yep.  $445 for one game

Seriously though.  I am trying to understand the costs associated with a partially cancelled tournament.

I presume no field or ref fees for cancelled games.

Trophies / medals - reused next year or thrown away?

Certainly I understand overhead (software, scheduler, etc.) - but I see the U8 paid $205 for a game (after credit), so if overhead is split equally between teams, not more than $150 per team.  

A $150 credit for U13 and up??  With 2 games not played, I would think ref fees and field rental for those 2 games alone (costs I presume are not paid by Solar) would be more than $75 per game?

I would love to help you understand...

Referee fee's are paid even if the game was cancelled. Fields were reserved and paid for in advance for certain locations and presumed usage for others. Trophies and medals can be used next year if the logo stays the same. GotSoccer fee's are associated with every registration, US Club fee's as well, Credit card processing fee's, Scheduler fee, referee assignor fee. Trainer fee's, Tents, golf carts, all paid for. Team gifts were all received.

Believe me the host Club does not make as much as you think - that is my point of expect tournament prices to increase over the next few seasons. It is almost not worth the work involved, other than all the smiling faces and happy kids you see of course.

Solar Soccer Club Events wrote:I would love to help you understand...

Referee fee's are paid even if the game was cancelled.  

Sorry gotta call BS here.  I have never known a tourney where the refs get paid in the event of rain.  Granted my kids have only been reffing for a couple years, but they have worked all kinds of tourneys.  My little reffing crew will request working your tourney next year as PT was rained out and they were not paid for the games. U90 and many of the other tourneys do not pay, so you are the only 1 if that statement is accurate.  

The other expenses seem reasonable, I might think field fees would be refunded, but really dont know, maybe that is why the fields shut down so quick(if they keep money anyway).

If the referee is at the complex and the game is delayed or cancelled he/she is paid. If they are on their way to the field and the game is cancelled they are paid.

Most teams played 2 if not 3 games in this tournament, only a handful played one game. This is a goodwill gesture that is not required, but offered out of kindness.

We are always short handed and need more staff to help run these events, any takers?? I think we should do a combined club tournament so everyone is happy and involved... wait that just be me day dreaming everyone happy.... not possible

Solar Soccer Club Events wrote:If the referee is at the complex and the game is delayed or cancelled he/she is paid. If they are on their way to the field and the game is cancelled they are paid.

That makes sense and is reasonable. So today, your ref expense was $0 since games were cancelled a head of time. So slightly different than the original assertion of ref's still having to be paid.

For PT, games were cancelled today at 730 as we were pulling in. Refs received 1st game pay since they made the trip, but not for additional games they were scheduled for.

Sorta - you still pay the assignor fee - which is almost 1/2 the referee fee, regardless if the games were played or not

It does seem that a group makes more money when inclement weather shuts the tournament down. A credit for the next years tournament is a win win for the tournament especially if teams do not redeem.

Foolish to think that these tournaments don't make money. They are a mother load especially when you have volunteers doing the work.

Solar Soccer Club Events wrote:Most teams played 2 if not 3 games in this tournament, only a handful played one game. This is a goodwill gesture that is not required, but offered out of kindness.

We are always short handed and need more staff to help run these events, any takers?? I think we should do a combined club tournament so everyone is happy and involved... wait that just be me day dreaming everyone happy.... not possible

PTA mom should know how it goes! Perks must be incredible.

I assure you Zizou PTA mom's do it the best

Zizou wrote:It does seem that a group makes more money when inclement weather shuts the tournament down. A credit for the next years tournament is a win win for the tournament especially if teams do not redeem.

Foolish to think that these tournaments don't make money. They are a mother load especially when you have volunteers doing the work.

I forgot you know all things... I think we have had this conversation before

Solar Soccer Club Events wrote:I assure you Zizou PTA mom's do it the best

That I have no doughts!

That's a compliment!

Zizou wrote:

Solar Soccer Club Events wrote:I assure you Zizou PTA mom's do it the best

That I have no doughts!

How bout doughnuts? You got any of those?