Extra Tournament Info

Tournament Format

The Crimson Cup the format for 2025 involves 10 teams which are broken up into 3 groups (Group A and C contain 3 teams; Group B contains 4 teams). Measures were made by Alabama Men’s Soccer Board Members to ensure each group had new and fresh opponents. Format details are as follows:

  • Each team plays a minimum of 3 games*
  • Games’ length is 70 minutes (35 min halves)
  • Wins are worth 3 points; Ties are worth 1 point; Losses are worth 0 points
  • Top Two teams from each group advance to the knockout stage**
  • Group Winners are ranked 1-3 based on group performance**
  • Remaining teams are ranked 4-6 based on group performance**
  • Teams ranked with the #1 and #2 seeds receive quarterfinal bye to semifinal
  • Teams ranked with seeds #3-6 play quarterfinal with winners advancing to play #1 and #2 in semifinal

*Each Group A team will play a Group C team to meet 3-game requirement

**Teams are separated by the following Tiebreakers:

  1. Goal Differential
  2. Shutouts
  3. Goals Scored
  4. Goals Against
  5. If all is tied, both teams will participate in a placement Penalty Shootout

Alabama REC Field Designation

The image below is a diagram of Alabama’s REC fields broken into quads. The Crimson Cup will be utilizing THREE of these fields.

Field 1 (Quad 1 East) will be used for Crimson Cup Field 1

Field 2 (Quad 1 East) will be used for Crimson Cup Field 2

Field 8 (Quad 3 West) will be used for Crimson Cup Field 3

The Knockout Stage and Final for the tournament will be played on Crimson Cup Fields 1 and 2 on Sunday.

These fields are located beside the University of Alabama’s Student Recreation Center:

400 Peter Bryce Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

Parking is located at the Recreation Center and flanking the sides of the fields.

Supervising and Training Staff

Alabama Men’s Club Soccer would like to give a special thanks to the hard-working Pro Staff within the University of Alabama’s Sport Program Department, including our Liaison, Zane Perleberg and the Assistant Director of Competitive Sports Programs, Chris Adams for helping us bring the tournament to life.

We also want to thank the UREC Programs Supervising and Program Assistant staff for helping us navigate and direct tournament operations as well as our referees who have dedicated their weekend to ensure high quality play.

Finally, we’d like to thank Drayer Physical Therapy for ensuring and maintaining the safety of participants from each school.

ROLL TIDE!

 

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