An international seven-a-side soccer tournament with youth leadership, life skills, and college/university prep components held at New Mexico State University, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, from July 20 – July 26, 2008.
All participants in the 2008 ISC must complete a NMYSA membership form. These forms can be found on the Registration page. If you are already a 2008 member of NMYSA complete the contact information portion and the State office will confirm your membership.
The date for the 2008 ISC has been finalized. The 2008 ISC will be held July 20-26 at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM. Team Registration materials are due by June 15. We look forward to seeing everyone in Las Cruces for a great week of soccer competition and positive youth development workshops.
We are currently in final conversations with New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, to hold the 2008 Indigenous Soccer Cup during the week of July 27-August 2 at NMSU. Registration materials and full payment of $250 are due by June 1. For each team participating in the ISC, two coaches and 1 chaperone may attend for free. Please check back soon for updated registration materials and information.
**Registration materials for the 2008 Indigenous Soccer Cup are now available on the Registration heading.**
**Registration Materials for the 2008 Indigenous Soccer Cup will be available in early January. Thank you for your patience.**
Click on the link below to check out the ISC slide show. Photos were taken by Eric Gruen.
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With the 2007 Indigenous Soccer Cup over and deemed a strong success, we take a quick look back.
From July 28th to August 4th, over 260 athletes, representing 34 North American tribes, gathered at the University of New Mexico. To the drum of Bernalillo’s Soaring Eagle, the ISC participants, wearing their jerseys and carrying their tribal flags, marched onto UNM’s Johnson Field during Opening Ceremonies. The celebration continued into the afternoon when the first round of matches kicked off. The six soccer fields were busy during the week, hosting 71 soccer matches.
For those teams driving to Albuquerque for the 2007 ISC, refer to these directions to Hokona Hall for ISC check-in/registration.
You can now view both the ISC soccer tournament schedule and the complete schedule of events here.
The ISC Council has decided that game lengths for the various soccer tournaments at the ISC will be adjusted according to age group. This decision has passed in large part because of the summer heat in Albuquerque, as well as the high elevation. We apologize for the short notice/for any inconvenience these changes might cause.
Here are the updated game lengths:
U-19 Boys and Girls: 40 minute halves, 80 minute games (same as before)
U-16 Boys and Girls: 35 minute halves, 70 minute games
U-14 Boys and Girls: 30 minute halves, 60 minute games
A couple other notes:
1. The Council has also decided to permit goalkeeper punting in the Under-14 and Under-16 age groups, but not in the Under-19 age group.
2. The goal-mouths for the Under-14 and Under-16 age groups will be slightly smaller than regulation: 7 feet tall, 21 feet wide. The Under-19 age group will play on regulation-size goals.