New Haven Connecticut-- The James Vick Foundation is pleased to present the 2025 Yale Series sponsored by Liberty Bank!
The 2024 Yale Series was a magical ride that changed everything we have come to expect from Field Hockey competition, and made it possible for the organization to do it again!
The 2025 Yale Series Championship will be staged at the radiant Johnson Field on the campus of Yale University.
The format for this year's championship will be slightly different. The group stage has now been transitioned into a peliminary round in which participating teams will have the opportuity to compete at Yale prior to the tournament on Sunday May 18th!
Johnson Field at Yale University, the site of the 2025 Yale Series Tournament Championship
The Yale Series Championship tournament will follow a group stage/playoff format over the course of 8 incredible hours. The games will follow USA Field Hockey tournament rules, and in a wrinkle, will feature 30 minute minute games with 15 minute halves to maximize field time, and make the event even more compelling than it was. Each team is assured of two games, and that does not include the peliminary round if they choose to participate.
This is a U-19 tournament, if clubs elect to send a U-16 team, please make sure that team is capable of competing in an older division.
Some rules to consider
-No ties, all ties go to sudden death penalty stroke
-All teams will be permitted to roster 19 players total on tournament days, and 24 total to ensure numbers remain in tact during difficult weekends attendance wise. This is no negotiable to ensure fair play
-There is no fee to compete, but as Competitive Edge did a year ago, a community based tournament sponsored by a nonprofit needs support, and donations, so we will make available systems to support the tournament, and make a 2026 Yale Series Championship possible.
-Players over the age of 18, or competing for a college team are ineligble to compete in the tournament.
The 2025 Yale Series Championship is a free national field hockey event, no athletes competing in the tournament should pay a single fee to compete, and the organization will be inquiring if players are charged fees to appear. The mission of the event is access, uplifting and promoting young women, as well as fair play. We ask everyone to embrace this incredible opportunity to compete in a world class stadium on astro free of charge, and for a championship.
Club directors interested in competing can reach out to us, once approved, they can register players themselves, or instruct individual families to register right here,. We will announce the draw on April 1st, 2025, the preliminary round will kick off on April 27th.
You cannot compete in this tournament in your not in our system prior to April 1st per insurance.
Any field hockey club in America is welcome to apply, we want the best teams possible to help all of the teams prepare for the RCC Regional Championship in their respective regions.
If anyone has any questions regarding the 2025 Yale Series, please contact our organization using the contact form on this website.
We are so excited, good luck to all the teams!
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