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Lou Fusz Tournaments

Winter Indoor League

  • November 2024 – February 2025

Ages/Divisions

Boys & Girls U8–U13
U8-U11 = 7v7
U12-U13 = 6v6

Pricing

Price: 7 Games=$800

Application Deadline

October 31

Registration Information

Click on the links below to register for our tournament event.

General Information

Join our 8th Annual Indoor Winter Soccer League at the LFA Training Center for Boys & Girls competitive club teams ages U8 – U13 (multiple divisions per age group if necessary). Games are 25 minute halves with 2 minute intermission. Our indoor fields are 70yd x 33yd with synthetic turf and have NO WALLS. 3 games play simultaneously with 1 referee per field.

Important Dates

Application Deadline: Nov. 1st
Application Fee Paid By: Nov. 5th
Schedule Posted: Nov. 15th
Season Dates: November 29 – March 2 (each team will play 7 games over 13 weeks)

Eligibility

Open to all (USYSA, US Club, and USSSA) competitive club teams

Games

-Matches will be played on Fridays 5:15pm-8:15pm, Saturdays 8am-9pm, & Sundays 8am-8pm
-All teams will play a total of 7 matches over the course of 13 weeks.  No more than 1 match per day, unless noted otherwise.
-Any games needing to be rescheduled will be rescheduled at league staff’s discretion.
-No ‘blackout’ dates will be allowed.  Teams are expected to be available for all match days.


Game Dates:

Nov 29 / Dec 1
Dec 6-8
Dec 13-15
Dec 20-22
Dec 28-29 ( Limited Hours)
Jan 3-5
Jan 10-12
Jan 17-19
Jan 24-26
Jan 31- Feb 2
Feb 7-9 (Limited hours to accommodate Superbowl Sunday / LFA College ID Camp)
Feb 14-16 (Limited hours to accommodate LFA Prez Day Friendlies Tournament)
Feb 21-23

*Saturday March 1 & Sunday March 2*

These dates will be held for cancellations/ reschedules

 

Application Payment

Please pay using the PayPal button or mail us a check
including team name and tournament name in subject line:

Lou Fusz Athletic
Attn: TOURNAMENTS
1 Athletic Dr,
Earth City, MO 63045

Game Locations

Check out our world-class facilities.

LFA Training Center, Indoor Fields

1 Athletic Dr, Bridgeton, MO 63044

Event Resources

LFA League Director: Franco Carotenuto & Ren Herzog
Email: Leagues@loufuszathletic.com
LFA Club Admin: Caitlin Carr
Email: soccer@LouFuszAthletic.com

Please pay using the PayPal button or mail us a check
including team name and tournament name in subject line:

Lou Fusz Athletic
Attn: TOURNAMENTS
1 Athletic Dr,
Earth City, MO 63045

Athletic Trainer Services
Children's Hospital & Washington University Physician's Young Athlete Center will be providing the Athletic Training services for LFA Facilities during the event.

Our weather guidelines are aligned with those suggested/used by USSF, MYSA, & SLYSA. Adjustments made to games due to weather are at the discretion of the tournament committee (comprised of Tournament Director, LFA Staff, and Young Athlete Center's ATC staff). It is our intention to provide a fun, playable, safe environment for all teams participating to get the competition they have come in search of. All games will be played on state of the art artificial turf fields…No rainouts! However, because all fields are playable during the rain, game stoppage can still occur due to hazardous conditions such as lightning/ thunder or temperature levels. Weather updates will be sent via email/text messages through your GotSoccer account.
• Games could be delayed or shortened. Games could also be rescheduled for a later time/date that weekend.
• Games played until/beyond halftime can be considered final at the moment stopped if necessary.
• For games played in U14 and younger divisions, adjustments/cancellations will be made when expected game time temperature is 18 degrees cold index with windchill. For games played in U15 and older divisions, adjustments/cancellations will be made when expected game time temperature is 14 degrees cold index with windchill.
• Any additional changes to the schedule deemed necessary by the LFA Tournament Committee will be exercised with as much notice as possible for all teams involved.

In the event of a mandated or forced cancellation of the event due to Covid-19 our refund policy is as follows:
1. Teams will receive a full refund of their tournament game related fees.  There is a maximum $35 administrative fee that is nonrefundable as this fee goes directly toward items that are reserved and paid for well in advance of the event kickoff.  Items such as field rental, referee scheduling, registration and payment acquisition fees, and the hundreds of hours of time that go into making the event operational.
2.  If a team has a player or staff member/affiliate test positive for Covid within 13 days of the kick off of the event, the team will be allowed to withdraw and will receive a refund, however a portion of their tuition will be retained to refund their three opponents who will have not received their 3 guaranteed games.
For example: your team is scheduled to play 3 games guaranteed.  ‘Opponent X’ is one of your opponents on Saturday of the event.  The Tuesday before the event ‘Opponent X’ notifies us that a player in their team tested positive for Covid.  Their team must 'quarantine' for 2 weeks and therefore cannot participate in the tourney.  Your team paid for 3 guaranteed games so your team would need to be refunded a portion of your tuition since you only received 2 games.  ‘Opponent X’ that had to drop out will cover part of your team’s refund and Lou Fusz will pay the rest.  Therefore, your team is not further inconvenienced. Opponent X does not lose all their committed tournament money, and we have all done our part to keep the event and the community healthy.
IF we are able to find your team a fill in, suitable 3rd opponent to replace ‘Opponent X’, then your team will play your 3 originally scheduled matches, and ‘Opponent X’ will not be required to pay this game fee.
We hope this clarification is helpful.  Unfortunately, there is no 'right' answer in all of this. Our organization is not immune to the effects of these cancellations.
3. Weather related cancellation refund policy remains as it has for many years and is in line with dozens of similar events of similar offering.  Teams that play no games receive no less than a 70% refund. If only 1 game played, no less than 50% refund given, if only 2 games played no less than 20% refund given.
IF after being accepted, a team elects not to participate (by their choice) for any reason, they will risk forfeiture of their entire registration fee.

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