The Dillsburg Area Soccer Club would like to invite your team to our 32nd Annual

Dillsburg Dual Shootout Soccer Tournament

on Columbus Day weekend,
October 12 & 13, 2024.

The tournament will be held in and around the South Central Pennsylvania area. The Dillsburg Area Soccer Club is a member of the Central Pennsylvania Youth Soccer League, Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association, and US Youth Soccer. This is a US Youth Soccer sanctioned tournament.

The Tournament's World Cup format features two rounds of play.

Qualification Round: Teams will be randomly placed into Four or Six Team Pools for a round-robin tournament format. Each team plays three 20-minute games. Teams are awarded points based on their wins, losses, and ties. Total points earned are used to seed the teams into Eight or Six Team Divisions for the Championship round of play.

Championship Round: Each eight or six team division will start its own series of championship elimination games on Saturday afternoon. The four winning teams will advance into Sunday’s winners’ bracket and the four losing teams will move into the losers’ bracket. In Sunday's Championship round's elimination format; one team will advance from the losers’ bracket to challenge the team from the winners’ bracket for the division championship. Teams will play at least 3 championship round games. All games are now 40-minute games and drawn matches are decided by the Dillsburg Dual Shootout format.

Eligibility: The tournament is open to club/travel teams that play during the 2024 Fall season and belong to their local, state, and national association and have a current US Youth Soccer or other approved soccer organization validated player passes.
          Three guest players are permitted at U9 & U10 playing (7v7), 
           Four guest players are permitted at U11 & U12 playing (9v9), 
           Five guest players are permitted at U13 & older playing (11v11).

Age Groups: The tournament age groups are listed below for both Boys and Girls. Your team's age group is determined by using the January 1, 2024 date.

Awards: All teams and players will receive medals. Special custom medals will be awarded to all division champions, finalists and third place finishers. Fourth place through eighth place teams will also receive individual medals.

Tournament Rules: Click here for DDSO tournament rules.

Hotels: All non-commuting teams participating in the tournament are required to book their hotel accommodations through PYB Sports, our Official Tournament Housing Partner. Please do not call the hotels directly; rooms must be booked through the tournament reservation link provided by PYB Sports or by contacting Ashley Carmack. [email protected]

Teams that are based within a 100-mile radius to the tournament venue and are planning to commute are exempt from complying with the tournament housing policy.

US Soccer registered referees: All age groups will have 3 certified referees when possible. Contact Referee Assignor, Ron Mull if you are interested in refereeing. Click here for more information

Application: Use the online form to apply. The tournament entry fees are:

$700.00 for U09/U10 teams        $750.00 for U11/U12 teams        $780.00 for U13/U14 teams

A check or money order made payable to DASC must be received no later than two weeks after you have applied online. You may also pay online with a credit card. The tournament fee is non-refundable after team selections have been announced. The tournament selection committee on a space available basis will accept teams. Each age group space is limited so apply online as soon as possible. We will start accepting applications 5/01/2024. A complete set of tournament rules and game format are posted on the web site. It is the intention of the tournament committee to use a three-person referee system in all age groups. We do reserve the right to substitute club linesmen if necessary.

Deadline: Applications will be accepted until age groups are filled. Applicants will be notified of acceptance on September 01, 2024.