ABALONE CUP
Mendocino Coast
Women’s Soccer Classic
Sat-Sun Aug 28-29, 2010
(HS Division is Fri 8/27- Sat 8/28)
ABOUT THE ABALONE CUP
The Abalone Cup Women’s Soccer Classic is a long-established women's tournament, limited to 36 teams. This all-women's event in for HS/OpenComp/OpenRec/Over30/Over40 divisions. The tournament utilizes high quality referees and excellent fields to play on.
The Mendocino Coast is located in Fort Bragg, Ca., 3.5 hours travel from San Francisco, Oakland, and Sacramento. It’s a great vacation get-away, as Fort Bragg is situated on the beautiful Mendocino Coast, walking distance to Glass Beach and many other popular beaches and vistas with beautiful whitewater views. Check the home page (link on the left) for live cam views of the ocean. The weather in August is always ideal for soccer, averaging high 60's-low 70's, never too hot.
The coast is blessed with many excellent all-weather soccer fields in close proximity to each other and near all the hotels, rental homes, and wonderful bed and breakfast inns. This is a tourist destination and all the motels and hotels are great—some have their own beach access--and most are very reasonably priced. The tournament coordinator will gladly recommend lodging if asked.
(Click information links below)
Pictures of 2009 Champs ~ Results from 2009 Tourney
Abalone Shell Trophies
Trophies and
individual gifts given to
Top 4 finalist teams in every division
General Information
: This tournament is women's high school, open, recreational, and over 30/40 divisions, and limited to 32 teams.Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis until all the divisions are filled. Teams will be emailed immediately upon application receipt . All teams (up to 32) will be accommodated with their first choices if at all possible, but a second choice means teams have a higher probability of fitting into the tournament. Any rejections will be made both by email and USPS mail as soon as on or before June 30. Rejected teams will receive a full refund and be put on a waiting list. Tournament schedules, rules, and roster sheets will be emailed and sent by mail, on or before August 15. The schedule will also be posted on this website.
Cancellations: If accepted teams cancel by letter postmarked on or before July 15, they will receive a full refund. Teams canceling after that date will forfeit their registration fee, unless another team takes their place from the waiting list.
Lodging: The Mendocino Coast is a tourist destination, and lodging without reservations can be challenging in the summer. The Mendocino Chamber of Commerce has some good information on-line about member motels http://www.mendocinocoast.com/, and the web yellow pages
www.yellowpages.com has even more if you look under the assortment of Inns, hotels, B&B's, house rental agencies. Call or email me if you get desperate: Tess at 707-961-1123.