East America Cup Soccer Tournament 2003

• Introduction
  
  
  • Soccer, being a world-wide sport, is also very popular among Chinese people. Chinese students and scholars in the Great New York area have a tradition of taking part in a two-day East America Cup Soccer Tournament(EACST) around the end of each summer.
    
    
  • As the coordinator of this event, the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars of New York (ACSSNY) chooses a host campus each year. This year, the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars at Yale (ACSSY) is taking the initiative to host EACST2003 at Yale.
    
    
  • This tournament is the most influential multi-campus activity among Chinese students and scholars in the Eastern United States. It enriches the life of Chinese community in America, fosters the communication and friendship among people from different fields and campuses, and enhances the influence of Chinese community. An audience of 200 people is expected for each game on the first day and much more will show up for the second day's final games. The majority of audience will be families and friends of soccer game players and cheer groups from individual universities.
    

• Program
  
  
  • There will be 12 participating soccer teams, whose members mostly are Chinese students and scholars from universities in the Eastern United States area. Each team will attend two to four games during the two days.
    
    
  • The 12 teams are divided into four groups, and intra-group session will be held on the first day. The top team from each group will go through to the final session on the second day. Schedule and grouping information is posted here.
    
    
  • With the support from ACSSNY, Yale University and our sponsors, almost all costs, such as soccer field rental, insurance fee, awards and professional referee fee, will be covered. So, there is no registration fee.
    
    
  • However, in order to decrease the possible violent actions in the games, each attending team will be required to submit a $100 deposit. One yellow card will be charged $20 and one red card will be charged $40. The deposit (minus the possible foul charges) will be returned after the tournament.