Westfield Travel Soccer teams are strongly encouraged to participate in several Travel Tournaments every season. The Teams may choose to participate in any Travel Soccer Tournament in which they meet the eligibility requirement. Nonetheless, the WSA Travel VPs & Coaches Committee will make recommendations for specific Tournaments from time to time. These recommendations are made based on input from the Travel Team Parent Coaches, outreach efforts to Tournament Directors and WSA Board experience. Recommendations are made based on the following considerations:
- Appropriateness for Higher &/or Lower flighted teams
- A history of balanced competitive flighting
- A history of schedules without unreasonable gaps between games
- Atmosphere and large complexes capable of hosting numerous games at a single site
- Quality fields
- Registration fees & discounts offered
- Distance from Westfield
Overall, the WSA makes recommendations to improve the overall soccer experience for its participating families. Concentrating our teams at various tournaments from time to time accommodates families with multiple players, increases fan support for Westfield teams during games, promotes camaraderie across teams and age groups, and generally strengthens the Club’s overall appeal.
In Spring 2010, four Travel Team Tournaments are recommended. See Below:
A special thanks to Tom Pyle and Jamie Ciarletta for gathering Club input, conducting the outreach to the Tournament Directors and forming the recommendations. Please contact them should you have any follow up questions at tjp@ppgms.com (Tom) or james.ciarletta@novartis.com (Jamie).
Tournament Dates Venue Competition Fees Entry Deadline
Branchburg Labor Day 9/3-4 One location U8 to U16 $425SS/$475LS August 4, 2011
Website: http://www.leaguelineup.com/miscinfo.asp?menuid=30&cmenuid=30&url=btsc&sid=519917076
Bridgewater Kick-Off 9/10-11 One location U8 to U14 $425SS/$475LS August 15, 2011
Classic
Website: http://bridgewatersoccer.com/Page.asp?n=10682&snid=kCJB%5E1I6Y&org=BRIDGEWATERSOCCER.COM
Parsippany Pride 10/7-9 2 field locations U8 to U14 $475SS/$525LS September 5, 2011
(Note: Conflicts with Yom Kippur)
Website: http://www.parsippanysoccerclub.org/Tournament/index_E.html
North Brunswick 10/22 One location U8 to U16 $265 ($280 after Labor Day) ASAP
Spookarama
Website: http://www.northbrunswicksoccer.org/Page.asp?n=51012&snid=kCJB%5E1E1Z&org=northbrunswicksoccer.org
Once you've decided on your Fall tournament selections (either from this group, or other options) please copy Tom Pyle (tjp@ppgms.com) and Jamie Ciarletta (james.ciarletta@novartis.com) on the tourney(ies) you will be attending so we can communicate with all the WSA teams attending the same tournament and coordinate team registration once the tournament date arrives.
