Tournament Information

The Club Ohio Nike Challenge Cup is sanctioned by both USYSA through Ohio South and US Club. Below are the sanctioning documents and tournament rules.

Nike Challenge Cup Dates

Girls' Weekend: April 22 - 23, 2023
Boys' Weekend: April 29 - 30, 2023

When applying for the Nike Challenge Cup, you will need to do so using a GotSport account and not a GotSoccer account. If you have one, great! Otherwise, you will need to create one. The GotSoccer system will no longer be used starting in 2022, so we have moved to that system. Application deadline is Feburary 9, 2022.

Apply for Girls Weekend

Apply for Boys Weekend

Nike Challenge Cup Tournament Fees

Age Group	Players on Field	Field Sizes (yds)	Length of Halves	Heading	Max Roster	Fee
U09-U10*	7v7	From 35x50 to 40x60	25	No	14	$695
U11 - U12	9v9	From 45x75 to 50x80 2-man ref system	30	U11 - No U12 - Yes	18	$795
U13-U14	11v11	From 60x110 to 70x116 3-man ref system	35	Yes	18	$895
U15-U19	11v11	From 60x110 to 70x116 3-man ref system	35	Yes	22	$895

Notes:

*2014s are welcome and will play in U9 lowest division
*U9-U10 we will implement build-out line*

Sanctioning

Ohio Soccer Association Sanctioning

Ohio South US Youth Soccer Sanctioning - Girls Weekend
Foreign Team Hosting Approval - Girls Weekend
Ohio South US Youth Soccer Sanctioning - Boys Weekend
Foreign Team Hosting Approval - Boys Weekend

US Club Sanctioning

US Club Sanctioning - Girls & Boys Weekend

Fact Sheet for Tournament Participants / U.S. Soccer Federation Policy 601-7 [link]
U.S. Soccer Federation Bylaw 603 [link]

Tournament Rules

Sports Medicine

Club Ohio is pleased to have an exclusive partnership with OhioHealth Sports Medicine. They are experts with our young athletes. Over the weekend of the tournament, their trainers will be stationed at each of our sites to provide any on-site medical treatment. In addition, they have several urgent care locations around the city and first-class hospitals.

Tournament Awards

For the safety of players and parents, there will be no formal presentations of awards as is usually done.
For brackets with a Championship Final match, awards will be delivered to the field at the completion of the competition for distribution by the coach. Coaches or team managers, please take your team to an area far away from the field as there may be a match following yours.
For Round Robin brackets, 1st and 2nd place teams need to send one representative to the site’s headquarters to pick up medals to take back to their team for distribution.
Photos with the Finalist and Champion banners near the park’s Headquarters (HQ), please see the field map for location.