WIN A WEEKEND WATCHING THE PREMIER LEAGUE IN LONDON!
It's online tournament time with friends again!  Registration is open December 27,  and it's rolling admission for a month - until January 30 

I WANT TO PLAY - BUT I MAY GET BEATEN BADLY
We'll have various brackets for different levels - it's not just for the super competitive.

Join us as we come together and battle in a national competition against teams from New York to Texas, to Canada, to California to Florida and to Europe and see who is the FIFA National Championship for the Soccer Resort - and win a weekend in Vegas this coming Fall - and in NYC too. This is a 25 week tournament, and you have a month to join in.

WHEN: 
ROLLING ADMISSION: Register by December 27 at 11:59pm. Group play begins December 28 at 7PM EST. If you can't make a game time, just reschedule with your opponent. It's group play every month - with rolling finals for the top 4 in each group.  It's an opportunity to have the Games in a week - but also SUPER flexible if you can't. It's 4 games per week, likely more. if you don't register on time, you have a month to join in, and we'll make sure you get in the same amount of games as teams who joined early. Rolling admission for a month - until January 27.

Again, we repeat, If you can't make a gametime - reschedule it, but just tell your opponent, ahead of time!

GAME SLOTS
Games are nights, weekends or whenever you want. It is a flexible schedule, friendly for people with kids, busy jobs, and no time. Make your own schedule.

WHY
Win great prizes - every time we add a 20 teams (that sign-up for the full 24 weeks), we will add a new prize. 

- COMPETITIVE division -  Win Hotel, Flight and Tournament for two at our Vegas in October 2021 (Once we add 60 players)
- INTERMEDIATE division - Win Hotel and Tournament for two at our NYC tournament Fall 2021 (Once we hit 60 players)
- BEGINNER division - Win comp entry to a tournament in summer 2021 Once we hit 60 players)

- More Prizes
Win Hotel, Flight, and Tickets to Premier League game in London in Fall 2021
Every time we add 60 players, we'll add a new prize.

SCHEDULE
- You can pick a team from any professional league when you play, except France.

FORMAT
We are going to start with group play - round robin format - you play four to six teams per week. This is a friendly tournament, with games through June. You will be charged 9.99 per week, and agree to be in for the whole 25 week period. We will likely have a second set of playoffs for teams that don't make it through to the champions playoffs. It's just $9.99 for three games, likely more.

SHOULD I INVITE MY TEAM-MATES?
The more of your team-mates that play, the greater your chance of winning a complimentary tournament entry for them, when the world reopens for soccer!

LEVELS OF PLAY
Normal

GAME TIMES
Play at least fourgames - likely more.

PRIZES
- COMPETITIVE division - Hotel, Flight and Tournament for two at our Vegas in October 2021
- INTERMEDIATE division - Hotel and Tournament for two at our NYC tournament Fall 2021
- BEGINNER division - Comp entry to a tournament in summer 2021

MORE ON FORMAT
Group Play - 4 games guaranteed per week, over 25 weeks.  Please take a screenshot of the result - Winning team submits result online using the online scoring system. To be extra careful, consider taking a 3 second video as well. We will tell you where to submit the result.

GAME
FIFA 20. PS and XBOX. Make sure you signed up for the online service!

LAYOUT:
6-minute halves. Normal difficulty, Online Squad Type Normal Speed. Users decide teams. If tied after the end of regulation, draws will be in force. Extra time and penalties only in playoff stage

Please Note
This tournament is not endorsed or supported by EA Sports, Sony PlayStation or Xbox.

LET'S GET STARTED!

- If you want support during the tournament - download the Slack App today and give yourself a chance to install
- We will publish our Slack account (Download If you have not downloaded already)
- Register a Slack  account - use your Name as username
- We will send a schedule Monday AM, Plan to play all week - but you can play any time through Saturday at 9pm EST. 
- This is where you will interact with us and your opponents. Enter scores on Slack, and get updates. Send us video clips
- Any questions, please DM us there. Please keep it respectful, and keep questions to essential.
- We will answer questions there - Look for Soccer Resort -
- We will be there 30 mins before each game

GAME TIMES
- The first games kick off Monday 
- Please check in 5-10 minutes on your gaming system before the game. Friend your opponent using your platform as early as possible
- If you need to communicate with them, find them on the SLACK App and Direct Message them
- During the week, games will kick off at 8PM EST - We will have some slightly later games for PST teams
- East Coast and West Coast teams will need to be flexible on times when they play - It's the benefit of playing national!
- Please wait till 15 minutes past the hour for your opponent. If they are a no show, we will give one more chance for a reschedule
- Please let us know - - We will try to be flexible, as we are matching people from across the country

GAME ITSELF
- There will always be technical issues - give some space for this.
- Settings are Normal Speed, Pick Regular Professional teams, Squad is ONLINE (anyting else, the game is void). Friendly Game (pick anyone, 6 minute halves).
- All other settings set to default.
- You Must have FIFA 20, and your online network to allow playing people online. FIFA 2019 won't work.
- Make sure your privacy settings allow friend requests.
- Kick off on time is as set
- We suggest keeping the headsets off
- Sportsmanship is key. We have a lot of time for generosity. NO Trickiness please
- No last minute changing of the team - this is the kind of trickery we talk about
- Both Teams take screenshots of winning score - winning team submits it to us on Slack
- We will update scores

Regular Issues You will see
- Waiting too late to friend someone for your game -  and having issues, and delaying game. Friend early.
- Network issues (your internet is your responsibility - down internet is a forfeit)
- Waiting till just before the game to create your overtone account
- No Shows happen

TOO MANY RULES
But here they are

SRFIFA Rules.pdf

 - just in case

The PRIZES for the divisions are as follows

PRIZES
- COMPETITIVE division - Hotel, Flight and Tournament for two at our Vegas in October 2021
- INTERMEDIATE division - Hotel and Tournament for two at our NYC tournament Fall 2021
- BEGINNER division - Comp entry to a tournament in summer 2021