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The Far West Regional League Desert Premier League provides an opportunity for the most competitive teams in its portion of the US Youth Soccer West Region to play each other on a scheduled basis. Each year, teams compete for a spot in the prestigious US Youth Soccer Far West Regional Championships, as well as the highly-competitive US Youth Soccer National League.

The Desert Premier League is open to teams from Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Nevada. This document is designed to give elite clubs, and their best teams, an overview of the competitive model that the Desert Premier League will use to award the wild card to the Far West Regionals. The DPL will pay the entry fee for the Far West Regional Championships for all winners.

The DPL will host competition at: 
The 12U-14U age groups, with 10 teams per division.
The 15U-19U age groups, with 6-to-8 teams per division.

Qualifying teams
State Associations must approve, in writing, all applications for participation in the DPL for each season.  Applications submitted by teams to participate in the DPL shall be submitted to the DPL through the State Associations. Teams may not apply directly to the DPL. 

Format
Round robin play will determine the champion and winner of the Far West Regional Championships wild card.

Cost
For 12U-14U age groups... $1200.
For 15U-19U age groups... $1400.
Team fees cover all costs except referee fees, which will be paid at the fields by the teams

Registration
To register you will need your GotSoccer team’s user name and password. Our goal is to make a schedule as fair as possible for teams from every state association that can participate. Please do not sign up for the league if you cannot meet all of the required dates above that apply to your team. 

Travel
We make every effort to consider travel costs in scheduling. The highest priority for scheduling will be competitive fairness, but cost control for teams will be a very important consideration. That being said, the DPL is a regional league. You must be prepared to travel two or three weekends to participate in this league. Travel is mandatory, and the penalty for failure to meet your schedule is severe. Do not take this commitment lightly.    

Friday games
The Desert Premier League is committed to creating a quality competitive environment and, as such, will schedule one game per day whenever possible. On most three-game weekends, we will play a full schedule on Fridays. 

Referees
The DPL handles the selection and assignment of referees, but the teams are responsible for payment at each game. Each team is responsible for one-half of the fee, to be paid in cash to the center referee before the game begins. A few small bills (ones and fives) are always welcome as the referees have to divide the fee into three parts.

Referee Information
Game fees for the Far West Regional League will be as follows:

Stay to Play:  NOT REQUIRED