I have spoken with Mark Chartrand a few times about the refunds from the MC United Tournament. He has agreed to drop of all of his receipts and expenses to me for review and then at that time I will publically address this issue.

He did mention this morning that his orginal refund was based on 165 teams which should have been 125.

According to the MYSA Tournament policy each club should have:

A copy of the tournament rules including refund policy and cancellation policy.

(Suggested refund policy: Return 100% of the entry fee minus fixed costs (specify dollar amount); i.e. Referee assignor, service policy, medals, patches,printings, and trophies. This does not include management fees or risk capitol;i.e. Sale items and concession items. Refund distributed equally among all entries. Once a team is accepted for the tournament there is not a refund if the team withdraws.)

I received an email from Mark that a new refund email is going out.

I will keep everyone informed as to when I get the tournament receipts and expenses

Joe Bourque
Eastern District Commissioner
Missouri Youth Soccer

The MYSA rules and revisions commmitee is currently investgating the refund information posted by MC United SC. We will post more information as soon as possible.

I ask for your patience as we gather all information pertaining to the MC United Tournament.

If you should have any questions please feel free to contact me directly or post your responses here in this thread.


Joe Bourque
Eastern District Commissioner
636-299-6238

I had a chance to meet with Mark Chartrand today and he has given me receipts for all the expenses from the tournament.

Over the next day or so I will validate all the receipts and post a finding out here on this site.

If anyone should have any questions please feel free to contact me at 636-299-6238

Joe Bourque

I have had a chance to go through the receipts from the MC United Tournament and 99% of the expenses were valid receipts. After speaking with MC United they have removed a couple of items which were less than 5K that we deemed not to be valid expenses based on the MYSA policy.

There was a total of $57,423 collected for the tournament in which $22,013 were valid expenses that I verified to be accurate and valid. I have personally contacted each and every business from whom MC United had invoices to confirm validity.

The expenses for the tournament included the following:

Trebor Dryb Tournament Scheduling $(4,425)
**Vendor agreed to take a percentage of fees original invoice $10,225.00 **

Athlete Trainers and Medical Staff $ (3,270)
**Contract requires 100% payment if cancelled within 72 hours**

Landscaping and field maintenance and repairs $ (4,290)
**Work completed **

Field Paint $ (644)

Referee Assignor $(2,009)

Site Manager $ (525)

Referee Air and Travel Expenses $ (6,300)
MYSA Sanctioning Fee $ (550)

Total Expenses $22,013


I would like to thank Mark Chartrand for his assistance and cooperation with this matter he was extremely helpful, forthcoming and willing to resolve this issue.

I had a chance to meet with the MC United Board on Monday afternoon April 28th to go over my findings and to help determine the appropriate amounts that should be returned to each team. We have calculated the refund amounts for each team based on a percentage of the total revenue and expenses in which was paid into the tournament then divided by age groups and calculated on the total cash amount paid into the tournament.

Please expect to receive a response from MC United shortly as they finalize the emails to be sent out. MC United has agreed that refunds are expected to be returned no later than May 15, 2008.

If anyone has any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me directly.

Joe Bourque
Eastern District Commissioner
Missouri Youth Soccer Association
Cell 636-299-6238
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There was a question asked about the fees for field maint.

The following fees were for Creve Couer Park which I deemed appropriate ONLY because the fields were also used as overflow fields in the MC United Fall Classic last year and were to be used again for the Spring Classic therefore the cost required to get those fields ready for the spring tournament was valid and included as tournament expenses.

Landscaping and field maintenance and repairs $ (4,290)
**Work completed **

Field Paint $ (644)

There was no cost for SportPort

Joe