Sports Agreement Form
Emmanuel Interchurch Soccer Tournament -2025(Open State) Date: 8/15/2025 We, the ENCH-Sport Team, are organizing an Inter-church Soccer tournament for only Nepali Christian brothers from open state but not combining. We are organizing in Harrisburg, PA on Aug 29-30, 2025. Our goal of the tournament is not to show how strong your church soccer team is or to break unity and relationship with each other but to make our relationship and fellowship stronger with each other as the body of Christ. So let us encourage each other, love each other, and build each other. Our Objective: 1. To provide a platform where young people can be connected to God and be better disciples of Christ while playing under pressure during games. 2. To inspire players to utilize their entire God-given sportsmanship talents so that they may even be able to play for their country in the future. 3. To encourage and provide opportunities for young people to focus everything around and grow healthy Christian relationships with each other and to celebrate being a valuable part of their Church life. 4. To encourage young people that they can transform and make a difference in their community when they unite and serve together. 5. To learn from each other This game is only for Nepali Believers from Harrisburg, who accept the Lord and Savior and baptism in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We do not allow non-believers in the games. If we find any non-Christian people playing on the team, we will not allow their church to participate in the coming sport, and their team will be terminated from the game. I the Pastor and the Team Captain agree the above terms and conditions. Information above. My entire players are Christian to the best of my knowledge. If there is any misbehaving or misunderstanding from my players, we will be responsible for this. So, we are signing it below.
Rules & Regulations
Emmanuel Inter-Church Soccer Tournament 2025 Rules/regulations 1. REGISTRATION: A registration fee of $1000 with 50% at registration of $500 security deposit must be received by the organizing committee by 8/8/25. Also, an extra $200, which will be refunded for referee equipment. No team will be entered in the roster for participation without a submission of the registration fee. Roster (Tie-sheet) will be emailed as soon as we pull out on 8/23/25. The registration fee is a binding contract and is non-refundable after we pull up your name on the Roster, whereas the security deposit is refundable depending upon the number of cards each team gets while playing the matches. 2. FOOD AND BOARD: Teams will be solely responsible for their own lodging and food (Water is provided) 3. ROSTERS: An official roster will be strictly followed and adhered to. Players can only play on one team in the tournament. A maximum of 20 Team members is permitted. 20 Team members include all Players, Pastors, and Managers as attached name list sheet. 4. TOURNAMENT DATE AND VENUE: The tournament will be held on August 29 & 30th, 2025. The location of the tournament is: 40 W 1st Boiling Spring PA 17007. All the games are held in the regular soccer fields. There is no management of a special soccer stadium for the final tournament. MODE OF TOURNAMENT: LEAGUE & KNOCK-OUT 5. SOCCER REFEREE: The tournament will be conducted by certified U.S. Soccer Referees. There will be 6th officials nominated by the organizing committee to assist the referees in substituting the players. 6. VOLUNTEER: Volunteers will regulate the parking areas and public places. The directions of Volunteers are to be followed at all times and are mandatory. 7. LENGTH OF GAME: 10 Minutes break after 30 Minutes. 2 x 25 Minutes up to Semi-Finals and 2 x 40 on Final Tournament. 1st ENCH Inter church Soccer Tournament 2025 organizing committee reserves the right to shorten or postpone the games to accommodate severely bad weather, daylight, or other issues that occur preventing us from continuing before the game. 9. SOCCER RULE: The U.S Soccer Federation Rule Will Apply (UNLESS LISTED DIFFERENTLY IN TOURNAMENT RULES). Certified U.S Soccer Referees will conduct the entire tournament according to the U.S Soccer Federation Rules and Regulations. 10. SPORTSMANSHIP AND CONDUCT: Good sportsmanship is expected from all the teams, officials, and fans. Coaches, Managers, and Pastors are responsible for the conduct of their players, parents, and affiliated spectators’ behavior. Any player found using abusive language will be reported to the respective team manager or coach and will result in termination of the player. No further discussion will be entertained, and a penalty fee will be assessed from the deposit amount based on the conduct. Everything will be informed to Pastors, managers, and coaches. Only registered team officials (Management cards will be provided) will be allowed on the side with the players. Management cards must be worn around the neck at all times during the tournament games. 11. AWARDS: Trophies will be awarded to 1st and 2nd teams along with some cash prizes. Medals and Individual certificates will be offered to all the players. All the participating teams will get trophies for their participation and certificates will be provided to all the individual players. There will be a selection of the highest scorer, man of the match from each game, and best goalkeeper. 12. START TIME AND FORFEITURES: All the games will be started within ten (10) minutes of the scheduled time or when the field becomes available. A team should have at least 7 players to start the kick-off of the match, if a team fails to field 11 players within 10 minutes before kick-off starts, will result in automatic forfeiture and cancellation of the team and the team with sufficient team members shall win by a score of 3-0. If neither team has sufficient players to play within the given time, both teams will be disqualified and terminated from the tournaments. Additionally, any use of illegal players will result in a forfeiture of the game for the suspected team and may include termination of participation for the rest of the tournament. ONLY CHRISTIAN PLAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED BY LOCAL PASTOR WILL BE ACCEPTED TO PLAY IN THE TOURNAMENTS. PLEASE ADHERE TO THIS RULE STRICTLY. 13. TIES DURING GAMES: Ties during games will be decided by a Tiebreaker. 14. SUBSTITUTION: The entire tournament will be conducted according to the U.S. Soccer Federation Rules and Regulations. There will be 5 substitutions within 18 players from the team listed in the file of the organizing committee. A player is allowed to have no more than one substitution per match. Substitutions will be done only when there is an own-team throw-in, kick-offs, goal kicks, fouls, and send-offs. If a team is found sending players more than twice in the same match, this will be automatic disqualification from the tournament and no refund is made to the team. The team manager or coach should inform the 4th official before 5 minutes to substitute their players. Managers and coaches should strictly follow the instructions given by 6 officials and organizing committee. 15. FORMAT: Every team will play the games based on the fixture prepared by the organizing committee throughout the tournaments. 16. REFERENCES DECISIONS ARE FINAL: Any game may be terminated by the U.S. Soccer Referee for extreme misconduct, both on and off the field. The team affected thereby will lose the game. NO PROTESTS – NO APPEALS. The referee’s decisions are final and binding. 17. INCLEMENT WEATHER: The tournament will be continued in rain or sun unless the weather is so intense as to be dangerous and/or extremely damaging to the fields. The Referees, Organizing Committees, and Field Coordinators have the right to shorten, cancel, stop, or postpone the games due to weather conditions depending upon the situation. 18. TOURNAMENT CANCELLATION: If the tournament must be canceled due to inclement weather, acts of civil disobedience, war, destruction of facilities or
