The 2026 North Hempstead Cup will be a TWO DAY tournament.

Girls games will be played on Saturday, October 10th.
Boys games will be played on Sunday, October 11th.

All age groups will be based upon the calendar year rule as per Fall 2026 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.

You may request a schedule consideration for a head coach conflict for two teams only.
The head coach must be the same person listed as head coach for both teams.
We will only consider a conflict for the head coach of two teams.

 

The entry fee is $595 for U8 and $645 for U9 to U12.
We accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express.

Early bird registration is from August 15th to August 31st.
Early bird registration will receive a $50 discount.

Regular registration is from September 1st to September 19th.

Late registration charge of $50 added for teams registering between September 20th and September 26th.

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.

FIELD LOCATIONS

We will be using fields at Harbor Links, Tully Park, Soccer Park, Manhasset Valley Park, I-Park and the Shelter Rock School.

We cannot accept requests to play at any particular field location.

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.

 

Our site coordinators will be evaluating the fields in real time and will cease play if either (1) the fields are unplayable due to significant standing water or (2) there is thunder/lightning.  In the event of thunder/lightning, play will be stopped for 30 minutes, and the fields will be cleared of all players/personnel/spectators.  If there is no thunder/lightning after 30 minutes then play will resume.  If thunder/lightning continues then play will be stopped until it is deemed safe by our Site Coordinators to continue.

 

Per our Tournament Rules, in the event inclement weather forces cancellation of a game after at least half of regulation time has been played, the game shall be considered official and the score at the point of cancellation shall be the final score.  The Site Coordinator shall make the decision on whether a game has been canceled and shall also have the ability to shorten a game due to excessive delays.

 

Please ensure that your players are dressed appropriately and have an extra pair (or two) of dry socks to change into and that you have a dry place for them between games (we would suggest bringing a tent if you have one).

 

NOTE:  If your players choose to wear a rain jacket/hoodie, they must wear it under their jersey.

 

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

 

 

Tournament Director	John Laliotis	laliotisj@gmail.com
Assistant Tournament Director	Robin Lee	rlee@albertsonsoccer.com
Tournament Registrar	Robert Testa	northhempsteadcup@gmail.com
Boys Coordinator	Ernie Taso	taso77@aol.com
Girls Coordinator	Tracy Silverman	tracy@mtmprinting.com