The Monmouth County Athletic League

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2023 BOYS M.C.A.L. American / National Soccer Tournament

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COLLEGE ACHIEVE   2  BRIELLE   5
SPRING LAKE HEIGHTS 2     BAY HEAD  3

FINALS

BAY HEAD 1  BRIELLE  3

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BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, ONLY THE TOP 2 TEAMS IN EACH DIVISION WILL MAKE THE TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR.


​ALL GAMES PLAY TO A WINNER - 2 - 25 MINUTE HALVES
2 - 5 MINUTE OVERTIMES (Not sudden death)
SHOT SHOOT OUT (Best of five)

DATES:  All league games must be completed by October 27th.  The tournament will begin on October 30, 2023 – must be completed by November 3, 2023.

Games will be played on Oct. 30.  Both boys and girls, unless both boys and girls from the same school have home games.  A play-in game would be played on Oct. 30, if necessary.  That would move the Round 1 games to Oct. 31 in that bracket.

If possible, Boys Championship will be November 1 with the Girls Championship November 2.  These dates will depend on weather and play-in games if necessary.
Games rained out move to the next day.

The top 2 teams in each division will make up the tournament.
(Both for boys and girls)

Round 1  American #1 vs. National #2
                National #1 vs American #2
Finals –      Winners of Round 1 Games

If both Division Champions win – The team with the best overall % will get home game.  If the same there will be a coin flip. 


GAMES MUST BE COMPLETED BY OCT. 27th TO COUNT.

Tie-Breaking Procedure
1 - Head to Head
2- If 3 way tie for first – Names go into a blind draw – First name drawn will become the second seed in the tournament.  The second and third names will play for the 1 seed on October 31.

​BOYS' MCAL SOCCER TOURNAMENT
Please Call In or Email Don Neice, M.C.A.L. Director, After Each Game - 848-258-2896 donneice@comcast.net