Event Guide: Your complete guide to the 2024 District 2 Cup in Morgan Hill, CA

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MORGAN HILL, Calif. - Cal North is beyond excited to be hosting the 2024 Cal North District 2 Cup on November 16-17 at the Morgan Hill Sports Complex in Morgan Hill, California.

Event Details
This event will take place at Morgan Hill Outdoor Sports Center in Morgan Hill, CA. This facility does not allow dogs or pets of any kind and prohibits smoking and alcohol use on the premises. More detailed information regarding the facility's rules and regulations will be released shortly.

State Cup Qualification (Premier/Gold Teams Only)
Cal North District Cups are a sanctioned qualifier for the Cal North State Cup. All Gold/Premier level teams competing are eligible to play in the Cal North State Cup series. Winners of District Cup gain free entry to the Cal North State Cup. Winners of the Cal North State Cup advance to USYS Far West Regionals with runners-up advancing to USYS Far West Presidents Cup.

Check-in Procedures
Teams will be required to check in at Cal North HQ at least 30 minutes before their first game on Saturday, but are welcome to come up earlier; however, HQ will not be open for check-in until 7:30am. The earliest start time for games will be a kickoff at 8am both Saturday and Sunday. Teams only need to check in at HQ once on Saturday. On Sunday, teams can report directly to their designated fields for their games.

At check-in, you will be required to show your USSF (USYS, USClub, AYSO & SAY) approved player passes and roster for your team. Once that has been verified by the tournament director, you can report to your field for play.

Playing format
7v7 (U8-U10)
9v9 (U11-U12)
11v11 (U13-U14)
11v11 (U15-U19)

Rules
Please view the Cal North District 2 Cup rules here

Schedules
You can find schedules for this weekend here

Preliminary Group Stage & Playoffs
The preliminary group stage round of play will consist of three games for each team, 2 games on Saturday and 1 game on Sunday. After the preliminary round concludes on Sunday, playoffs will take place.

Playoffs will consist of 1 final championship game for groups of 6 or 8 teams, with the top two teams from each bracket meeting in the final. For groups of 10 or more, there will be two semi-finals followed by a final, with the top 4 seeded teams based on tie-breakers meeting in the semi-finals.

Groups with only 4 or 5 teams will conclude after the preliminary group stage round and there will be no final. The team with the highest points total or winner of the tie-breakers will be crowned champion and the 2nd place team will be the finalist.

Awards
Awards will be given to tournament champions and finalists only.

At the conclusion of the playoff round for each group on Sunday (or the preliminary group stage round for groups with just 4-5 teams), the champion and finalist teams should make their way to the designated award ceremony area for an awards presentation.

Champions will receive a medal and a team trophy and finalists will receive a medal. Finalists will be presented their awards first and allowed time to take a few pictures on the stage, followed by the champions.

Parking
Parking will be $10 each day. Once you have paid, you can come and go from the lot during the day, but be sure to keep your parking pass with you to get back in the lot. A map of the facility/fields will be provided on the back of your parking pass.

Cash, Credit Card and Apple Pay are all accepted.

Restrooms
Standard and portable restrooms will both be provided and located around the facility. Some ADA accessible will also be provided as well as hand washing stations for portable restrooms.

Vendors
There will be several food vendors on location.

You can find all of this information by scanning the QR codes that will be available at the complex, as well as our Cal North friendly staff which can provide this information instantly.