If your team is not a member of US Club Soccer, you will need Travel Papers, even if you are here in San Diego….. I know it sounds crazy, but Cal South and other states, require you to notify them when you are coming to an out of town tournament, OR a non-State sanctioned tournament via an application for travel papers. The travel papers ensure that your team is insured so it’s extremely important that you get these papers. Some States will charge you a per day fine if you don’t apply within 30 days of the tournament.
I’ve had a few calls from new Managers not knowing how to go about getting travel papers, my suggestion is to talk to your Head Coach or a manager from an older age group that is experienced or you can call your State Association for instruction. Some State Associations just flat out refuse to issue travel papers for teams to attend a non-USYSA sanctioned tournament, US Club Soccer is a competitor of USYSA and an equal member of the USSF. While this action is against the rules of the USSF, it would probably take longer to dispute it than to contact US Club Soccer to organize either tournament insurance or membership. I know that Cal North and Utah have had problems in the past. See US Club Soccer web site at www.usclubsoccer.org
If you are from San Diego you are probably puzzled because you aren’t traveling anywhere – Cal South made a rule that you must notify them when you are playing in a non-State sanctioned event, i.e., the Nomads tournament. Brandy the receptionist at Cal South, she’s the one person who can fill you in and take care of your every question (www.calsouth.com)
In order to apply for Travel Papers your state is going to want a SANCTION DOCUMENT. This can be downloaded from the tournament page.
If you have trouble opening the file from the email, save it to your desk top and open Acrobat Reader, then open the file from within the program.
Travel rosters are part of the travel paper package – usually there’s a letter or form and then a roster. The roster shows us the players that have been covered until the travel papers for insurance purposes – therefore, we verify this roster against your player cards at check-in.
Original travel papers and travel rosters are to be turned in at team check-in so please ensure you make a copy for your Mangers Book before you get here.
You do not have to send us the paperwork before Team check-in, too much to file! Just bring them to team check-in.
Note: We allow unlimited guest players. Please make sure you have the appropriate Loan Paperwork.
