InterLeague Transfer Procedure

All requests for an inter-league transfer may only be initiated by an official of the requesting town or soccer club organization ('requesting organization').
Requests initiated by parents, coaches or players will not be considered.

Players are free to play on any team, subject to the approval of whatever local entity has governance authority for that team. Any team with a player who has not secured a needed inter-league transfer approval may not represent their league in the Massachusetts Tournament of Champions competition.

The inter-league transfer process involves a sequential series of steps. A 'no' at any step in the process terminates the approval request process.

Any request for an inter-league transfer must include the following information:

     - The name of the player;
     - The current town (club) and league affiliation of the player in question;
     - The league affiliation, town, team and coach's name of the requesting organization; and,
     - The reason(s) the inter-league transfer is being requested.

Step 1: The requesting organization must first check with their home league ('the receiving league') to assure that the receiving league would ultimately approve any such requested player transfer.

Step 2: The requesting organization contacts the town organization that would be losing the player (the 'ceding organization') to have it sign off on releasing the player from their town or club program.

Step 3: The requesting organization contacts the league that would be losing the player (the 'ceding league') to have it sign off on releasing the player from their league.

Step 4: The requesting organization contacts the receiving league to receive final approval to have the inter-league transfer completed.

The sequential steps of the inter-league transfer process should be completed electronically if possible. However, before any approved transfer will be considered complete, a 'hard copy' inter-league transfer form (including the original signatures of the parties to the approval process) must be completed. A copy of this inter-league transfer form must be attached to the playing roster of the team on which the transferred player is playing.