29th ANNUAL TEXAS LIGHTNING PUMA CUP USA 2024
August 2nd through 4th, 2024
Harold Patterson Sports Complex,
1100 Wimbeldon Drive, Arlington, TX 76017
DEADLINE TO APPLY: July 22, 2024
for application, must be made online at www.texaslightning.org and follow the application link
May be extended if necessary in some age groups.
ENTRY FEES:
Application is now open
HOTEL INFORMATION for Travel Teams: Please note that teams are required to stay at the Tournament Hotels and to reserve their rooms through Event Connections.
Click on the following link to book your rooms
https://eventconnections.net/2024-texas-lightning-puma-cup/
Babette Haddox cell: 704-677-0908
Email: babette@eventconnections.net
Break Neck Photography is the official tournament photographer.
In game action shots. Team package is only $350/per game and will cover all the players on the team. You will get well over 100 fully edited images. Pictures will be full resolution digital images with full rights.
Pictures will be delivered within 3-4 business days to your own personal gallery on my website.
Call or text 417-521-4204 or check in at the tent at the event.
Ryan Crawford
Break Neck Photography
417-521-4204
Preliminary | Championship | Ball Size | Format | Roster Size | |
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7U | 4x10 min | 4x10 min | #3 | 4v4 No Goalkeeper | Max Roster 8 |
8U/9U/10U 7v7 | 2x25 min | 2x25 min | #4 | 7v7 including Goalkeeper | Max Roster 12 |
9U/10U 9v9 | 2x25 min | 2x25 min | #4 | 9v9 including Goalkeeper | Max Roster 16 |
Each 9U team playing 7v7 must have five (5) players on the field to begin and continue the game. Each 10U team playing 9v9 must have seven (7) players on the field to begin and continue the game. No Guest Players for 7U/8U/9U/10U teams. Roster frozen when Tournament begins.
Players may only play on one team in the Tournament.
Preliminary | Championship | Ball Size | Format | Roster Size | ||
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11U/12U | 2x25 min | 2x25 min | #4 | 9v9 | Max Roster 16 | 5 Guest players max |
12U-14U | 2x30 min | 2x30 min | #5 | 11v11 | Max Roster 18 | 5 Guest players max |
15U-19U | 2x35 min | 2x35 min | #5 | 11v11 | Max Roster 22 | 5 Guest players max |
Club Pass Players
On-online check in –upload roster and guest player releases, permission to travel if applicable, into your Tournament application in gotsport.
Your Home Association Registrar. Do not upload a Game Day Roster, it will not work for this tournament. No Guest Players. US Club Teams will need US Club Roster. ACADEMY TEAMS will play in the age group they become as of August 1, 2024.
11U – 19U – upload a copy of Official State Roster or US Club Roster, Traveling Papers, if applicable. Guest Players – must have a Guest Player Release, signed and dated by the releasing and receiving coaches and must have Player ID Number included on release.
The Final Schedule, Copy of the Rules and Game Score Cards can be found on our web site. Game Score Cards should be signed by the referee and brought to the Tournament Headquarters, The Pavilion, by team manager or coach, following each game, win or lose. Awards will be given in each age group to Champions and Finalists, (1st & 2nd place). Both Champions and Finalists teams, coaches and parents should come to the Pavilion following the final game for the award presentation.
Accepted Teams and Schedules will be posted on the web site: www.texaslightning.org as soon as possible after the deadline. There will be no refunds for teams that withdraw after the schedule is posted. Teams not accepted will not be charged.
IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE AFTER YOU HAVE MADE AN APPLICATION, YOU MUST NOTIFY THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR IMMEDIATELY at mcleanpe@yahoo.com
FAILURE TO REMIT THE ENTRY FEE DOES NOT SERVE AS NOTIFICATION THAT A TEAM WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING; YOU MUST CONTACT THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR, BEFORE SCHEDULES ARE POSTED OR TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE EVENT, SHOULD YOU DECIDE NOT TO PARTICIPATE!
Puma Cup Rules state: “Any team that withdraws from a tournament less than two (2) weeks from the start of the tournament or after the publication of the schedule, whichever comes first, or does not complete all required scheduled games, may not be allowed to enter any sanctioned tournaments until said team appears before the NTSSA Cup and Games Committee for a hearing explaining their actions and will forfeit their entry fee and performance bond, if one has been posted.”
For more information or questions regarding the tournament, please visit our website and check FAQ or contact Paul McLean, Tournament Director at mcleanpe@yahoo.com
Click on the pdf above then right-click to print out your match cards. Please fill out the match card with your team information, correct match time and field and give to the referee before the match. At the conclusion of the match, please retrieve the match card from the referee, verify the score and return to the tournament headquarters.
Please send an email with your contact information to
Mickey O’Brien refmickey.obrien@gmail.com
When available, all games will use a 3 person referee system with all referees being USSF certified.