Friday July 26th

Phase 1: 2 groups of 9 teams, round robin play

The field of 18 teams will be divided and balanced into 2 groups (see groups below). Teams will play 4 matches on Day 1.

Saturday, July 27th

Phase 1: continued from Day 1

Teams will remain in their same groups and play the remaining 4 matches. At completion of Day 2, all teams in a group will have completed a round robin and will have played every other team in their group. The top 4 teams in each group advance to Phase 2.

Sunday, July 28th

Phase 2: 2 groups of 4, point-based competition

The top 8 teams will be divided into 2 groups. Teams play 3 matches. At completion, each team’s Phase 2 record (win/lose/tie, goal differential, etc) will determine ranking. The top 2 teams from each group will advance to phase 3.

Phase 3: Single Elimination Bracket

The top 4 teams will be seeded into a bracket based on their Phase 2 results. All ties at the end of regulation time will be played out in overtime until golden goal.