Summer Breakout Scrimmagefest

August 15-16, 2026

Location TBD

U-8 – U-12 boys and girls teams

Travel teams ONLY!

U-9 – U-10 (7 v 7) – 8/15/2026

U-11 – U-12 (9 v 9) – 8/16/2026

2025 Results

2024 Results

The Summer Breakout Scrimmagefest is a ONE-DAY event offering teams 3 games (35 minutes each/game).

U-9 – U-10 (Saturday, August 15th)

U-11 – U-12 (Sunday, August 16th)

This is a great pre-season event that offers teams the opportunity to work their way back into the flow as players return from summer break and prepare for the start of the fall season.

The 2025 event was held at Liberty Sports Park in Upper Marlboro, MD. The location for the 2026 event is to be determined. Scores will be kept, and trophies and medals will be awarded to 1st and 2nd place.

The format of the Scrimmagefest is very simple and enjoyable. Unlike a tournament, it is ONE-DAY. In addition, you get to play 3 different opponents and the cost of the event is 1/3 of what you would spend to play in a tournament. While we love tournaments too, we think that you should kick-off the weekend before pre-season tournaments with a scrimmagefest.

The Scrimmagefest is a great option for teams of all playing levels to participate in, and for coaches to try various lineups and give players the opportunity to play in different positions on the field.

Benefits in a snapshot

• All games at Liberty Sports Park (Upper Marlboro, MD)
• Great fields and venue.
• Low cost event – $300
• Trophies and medals for winners and runners up.
• ONE-day event with 3 games,
• No USYS carding necessary. MDSL Roster, Team Waiver, and let’s play!

Application & Divisions

*Scrimmagefest fees include referees.

Registration Deadline: August 2, 2026

Payment Information

Please make all checks payable to: MDSL

Checks should be mailed to:

MDSL c/o Summer Scrimmagefest
PO Box 302
Sandy Spring, MD 20860

No CC Fees are charged for any Credit Card payments for MDSL events.

Hotels

For those teams traveling from outside of the D.C., MD, VA area we have partnered with Traveling Teams to offer hotel accommodations. Click here to view hotel availability.

Important Dates

Registration payment: Upon registration 

Team Acceptance: Upon registration  

Registration deadline: August 2, 2026

De-conflict request deadline: August 5, 2026 

Brackets released: August 8, 2026

Schedules released: August 9, 2026

Deadline to check-in: August 12, 2026

Deadline to make roster changes: August 13, 2026

***No changes will be allowed to be made after 11:59 pm on August 13th.

***No state approved rosters are necessary. Simply click on the links below to download the Team Waiver and Roster. Upload it in your GotSport registration and you will be all set!

Team Check-in and Waiver

All check-in must be done online in GotSport by uploading the required documents. To review the check in process, you can click here.

Scrimmagefest Rules

The Summer Scrimmagefest is a ONE-DAY event. U-9 – U-10 teams will play on Saturday and U-11- U-12 will play on Sunday. Medals and trophies are awarded to the teams who finish 1st. Medals will be awarded to the teams who finish in 2nd.

Check-in and Credentials

CREDENTIALS: At the mandatory check-in online, teams must provide the required credentials. If the team is USYS affiliated then you must upload a roster. If you are not affiliated with USYS or your roster for the year is not ready, then you can use an MDSL Roster and Player Waiver form.

GUEST PLAYERS: Teams are limited to 7 guest players.      

RULES OF PLAY

FIFA Laws of the Game will apply as modified by USYS and MSYSA as described herein. Players in U11 and younger players playing up in the U-12, may not deliberately head the ball in soccer matches. If a player deliberately heads the ball and the ball remains in play, the referee will immediately stop play and restart with an indirect free kick.

DURATION OF GAMES:

• U-9 – U-10: 7 v 7, 35 – minute game, ball size 4
• U-11 – U-12: 9 v 9, 35 – minute game, ball size 4  

For All Age Groups:

(1) goal difference in overall competition; (2) highest gross goals scored in overall competition; (3) head to head competition; (4) least amount of penalty points (caution = 1 point, send off = 2 points); (5) Tournament Manager’s decision.

GAME CHECK-IN CONDUCT: Prior to the start of each scheduled game, the referees will perform safety checks on all players. Team managers hold on to the player cards during the game unless requested by the referee in the instances of red cards or other questions that the referees may have. The referees and field marshals will manage the Game Cards. There is no need for the managers to sign the Game Cards nor take them from game-to-game.

SUBSTITUTIONS: Teams may substitute only with the referee’s permission and only at the following times:

Except as provided by USYSA, substitutions shall be unlimited except where specified otherwise in the rules and regulations for a special competition. Substitutions may be made, with the consent of the referee, at any stoppage in play. (USYSA Rule 302)

PLAYERS’ EQUIPMENT: It will be at the referee’s discretion to determine the safety and suitability of player equipment including the wearing of a hard brace.

Subject to the foregoing, FIFA laws, as modified by USSF and MSYSA rules and USYS policies, apply.  Please note that per FIFA Laws of the Game number 4, the wearing of shin guards by players is mandatory.  No player will be allowed to play without shin guards.

COACHING: All Coaches have total responsibility for the conduct of their players, substitutes, families and spectators at all times. Coaching from the sidelines (giving direction to one’s own team on points of strategy and position) is permitted, provided:

• No mechanical devices are used;
• The tone of the voice is instructive and not derogatory;
• Each coach or substitute remains within 10 yards on either side of the halfway line;
• No coach, substitute, or spectator makes derogatory remarks or gestures to the referees, other coaches, players, substitutes, or spectators;
• No coach, substitute, or spectator uses profanity or incites, in any manner, disruptive behavior.

CAUTIONS AND EJECTIONS: A player receiving two cautions (yellow cards) in a single game will be ejected (red card). A player who has been ejected (sent off), will not be replaced. A player who has been ejected will not return for that game and will not be allowed to participate in the next scheduled game. A player who is ejected for violent conduct or serious foul play will not be allowed to participate in the next TWO scheduled games. Any team, parent, spectator, player or coach who assaults a referee will be expelled from the Tournament. A coach who has been ejected (sent off) will be suspended the same as a Player ejection.

During game suspension(s) for coaches: there can be NO contact between the team and the coach before, during or directly after the game and the coach must be out of sight and sound of the field.

Additionally, the coach must not be involved in unacceptable conduct (defined as coaching his/her players by any means or method, or harassment of opponents/players/referees/staff). Failure to adhere to this rule will result in an immediate ejection from the tournament for the coach.

Any player or coach sent off during the tournament or any player receiving multiple cautions during the tournament may be required to attend a Disciplinary Committee hearing. Players must be accompanied by their coach and/or manager.  Official Match Reports will be reviewed by the Disciplinary Committee, and they will determine if a hearing is necessary. Any hearing could result in the player or coach being required to sit out additional matches or being withdrawn from the competition.  Team officials will be notified as soon as possible if a hearing has been scheduled.

SUSPENDED AND TERMINATED GAMES: If in the opinion of the referee a game must be suspended (for reason), the game may be resumed, but is subject to being ended not less than five (5) minutes prior to the scheduled start of the next game. If in the opinion of the referee, a game must be terminated for misconduct of players, bench, coaches, or spectators; the offending team could be suspended from further play and will forfeit that game and all remaining games. Additionally, the home league and State Association will be contacted as appropriate.

INJURY: Delays of the game due to injury will result in appropriate time being added to the full game time, based on the judgment of the referee and on the length of time that needs to be added as all games must be completed before dark. Added time that impacts or delays the start of other games will not be added.

TOURNAMENT COMPETITION

REFEREE DECISIONS: The decisions of the referee regarding facts connected with play are final. The referee may only change a decision on realizing that it is incorrect or, at his/her discretion, on the advice of an assistant referee, provided that he/she has not restarted play.

DETERMINING WINNERS: This is a tournament and Champions will be awarded with trophies and medals. Second place teams will also be awarded medals. 

HOME TEAM: The Home Team will be the team who appears first on the game schedule. The HOME team will wear LIGHT jerseys. The AWAY team will wear DARK jerseys. In the event of a color conflict the HOME TEAM will change jersey. The HOME TEAM will kick off and the AWAY team will choose direction in the first half. There will be no coin toss.

OTHER:

• The game ball will be supplied by the home team. The tournament is not responsible if the ball provided by the home team is lost.

SPECTATORS: All spectators are to be on the opposite side of the field from the team benches. In the spirit of sportsmanship, we ask spectators to be on the same half as their team and MIRROR their team.

Do not change ends at half-time. Do not mix in with the spectators of the opposing team. Each team is to remain on their half of midfield.

RESPECT THE REFS: “Team officials are responsible for the behavior of the spectators. Team officials can be disciplined by the referee for failure to control their spectators. The competition authority has the ability to ban a spectator, forfeit a match, or expel a team from the competition for violations or abuse of a referee or the referee crew.”

FORFEITS: An automatic forfeit will be given if any of the following occur:

1. A team is not present and ready to play with a minimum number of eligible players, an eligible coach, can verify player cards within 5 minutes after the original kickoff time.
2. A team whose actions as determined solely by the referee can cause the game to be terminated.

With regards to #1 above and in the case that players, coach or player cards arrive after the match has been forfeited, by mutual consent the teams may elect to play a shortened match that must end on the game’s originally scheduled end time.

PROTESTS: NO PROTESTS WILL BE ALLOWED.

DISPUTES: Game conduct is under the jurisdiction of the referee and the tournament will not overrule a referee’s decision. All disputes off the field of play will be settled by the Event Director or by his designee and the decision will be final.

GUEST TEAMS: The Scrimmagefest may accept a team as a “Guest Team” in order to fill a late vacancy in a division.