Dear Club President, Director of Coaching

cc: Coach, Team Manager

Pike Soccer Club and Indy Burn invites your team to the inaugural
annual Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup on April 9-10, 2011. As you help your travel teamsorganize their Spring 2011 season, will you please consider sending your teams to the Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup? Be sure to block out the weekend in your league registration or reschedule this weekend at the League meeting.
 

Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup is a great pre-season or early season tournament. Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup offers FULL LENGTH GAMES, Academy - Round Robin four 6v6 games for U8-U9-U10 teams, and three different skill levels of play for each age/sex U11-U19. 
 

Please attend because your teams' tournament experience promises to be one you and they won't soon forget.

Why should your teams spend their weekend at the Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup on the lush, green fields of the Mary & John Geisse Soccer Complex, Eagle Creek Park, Indianapolis?  

1. For 15 years Pike Soccer Club & Indy Burn has hosted the best Indiana pre-season fall tournament, Pike Fest, which attracts over 250 teams annually.
2. ALL GAMES FULL LENGTH, not just the finals. Your players will play thirty minutes more in this tournament than others.
3. Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup plans to offer multiple divisions per age group which ensures quality competition for all skill levels.
4. Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup utilizes only the best referees, assigned by Indiana's best Ray Sahm and Dave Howard, and offers you the best value for your money.
5. Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup is held in a beautiful Indy Park: the new Mary & John Geisse Soccer Complex, Eagle Creek Park.  The Park is a couple blocks from I-465, I-65, and I-74 on the NW side of Indianapolis.
6. The Mary & John Geisse Soccer Complex, Eagle Creek Park is one of the finest soccer facilities in central Indiana.
7. Discounted hotels and shopping centers are 10 to 15 minutes from the fields.
8. Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup is centrally located as Indianapolis is less than three hours away from Cincinnati, Louisville, Chicago, Dayton, Columbus, and Champaign.
9. Team Manager friendly: check in anytime before first game including typical Friday night or at the HQ tent an hour before first game.
10. It is likely we will NOT schedule any Friday night games and out of town teams will NOT have a Friday night game.
11. Out of town teams:  we've lined up special rates at close by hotels including several with pools for "team bonding experience."
12. There is a new shopping center just blocks from the hotels with movie theatres, ice cream shops, pizza and pasta and full menu restaurants, coffee shops, and a large sporting goods store (Dick's). 
13. Full concessions on site including food, drink, kettle corn, snow cones, Indy Burn Kapsalis  Cup apparel (look for pre order sale), both brand name and non brand name apparel, soccer gear.
14. St. Vincent Hospital Sports Performance Center trainers on site during all games.
15. Plenty of ON SITE FREE PARKING, FREE ADMISSION.
16. U11-U19 teams play to championship with trophy for each player and coach.
17. Each U9-U10 player receives a trophy.

Fees: 

U9-U10 $399
U11-U12 $450
U13-U14 $499
U15-U19 $550 (plus $150 bond for U17-U19 teams)
 

Format:
U9-U19 will play 6v6, roster size 12, 25 minute halves

U11-U12 teams will play 8v8, roster size 14, 30 minute halves

U13-U14 teams will play 11v11, roster size 18, 35 minute halves

U15-U19 teams will play 11v11, roster size 18, 40 minute halves
 

Each team may have up to 3 guest players.  Trapped 8^th graders should be on u15 teams.  Up to 3 trapped high school seniors may play on u18 team providing they are on the state roster (otherwise register as u19).
 

Date:
Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup April 9-10, 2011
 

Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup will simply be the best pre-season spring tournament in the state Indiana!
 

Register and More Info for Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup  

The Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup 2011 is named after Andy and Becky Kapsalis, parents of Pete, Dan, Whitey, Deanne, and Dean Kapsalis.  The Kapsalis family founded and ran the "2002 Best Soccer Store in America"  (per Soccer Unlimited - US Soccer Federation).  Brothers Dan and Pete founded Indianapolis United Club that became FC Pride Club.  The Kapsalis family founded and organized many soccer events over its 40 years in Indianapolis as well as in Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, and Michigan.

Thank you.

See you at Indy Burn Kapsalis Cup 2011.

Steve Moore

President

Thomas Geisse
Executive Director
Community Through Youth Sport Foundation
Pike Youth Soccer Club
  

Dan Kapsalis

PSC Soccer Director

ps. Will you please forward this invitation to the coaches and managers of your Spring 2011 U9-U19 teams as appropriate?