Schwans USA Cup will be holding its 26th year of competition this July and English referees are invited to join over 400 officials from around the world for two great tournaments.

In the past 25 years, the Schwans USA Cup has hosted teams from 35 US States and countries such as Austria, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Denmark, England, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Russia, Scotland, Sweden and many others. 

The Tournament is played at the National Sports Centre, the world’s largest premier soccer complex with over 50 full size grass fields, near Minneapolis in Minnesota. 

It provides excellent competition and a cultural exchange that is an experience to be remembered forever with games run all day across the two tournaments – The Schwan’s USA Cup Weekend Tournament and then the Schwan’s USA Cup Tournament.

To apply for the tournament, referees need to have completed one full season as a referee, along with reasonable assistant refereeing experience, as you will get at least 50 per cent assistant referee appointments in the tournament.  Applications will need to be made by 1 April 2010.

Referees must inform their County FA that they wish to attend and full permission will be granted by The FA through co-ordinator, Trevor Wing.

For more details on the event and the application process, please contact Trevor by email at trevor.wing@northridingfa.com