BEST STRIKER

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Across the United States, millions of boys and girls play soccer. Some are good, some are bad, and a small percentage are extraordinary. However, even the extraordinary players rarely make a profession out of their skills. For most people, the joy of the game is enough. For some very competitive people, they will push themselves more and more until they achieve their ultimate goal of becoming a professional player or until they’ve exhausted all options of making their passion their career.

Best Striker offers a unique opportunity that most other competitions do not: a chance to be challenged, one on one, by the best amateur soccer players in their city, their state, their region, and possibly their country.

Additionally, Best Striker engages the community by offering a health fair, a soccer camp and motivational instruction before each round.

1. No flagrant fouls. *Those committing flagrant fouls will be eliminated from the competition.
2. Flagrant Foul Definition: Any foul in which the person committing the foul assaults (uses their hand, fist, leg, or any part of their body to hurt or injure their opponent intentionally”). A flagrant foul is a foul in which there is enough force to leave a mark, bruise, or scratch on their opponent. A flagrant foul may appear like a grab, strike, push, or trip. A flagrant foul may be called by the floor referee who is officiating the game, or the victim of the foul. But the ultimate decision about the flagrant foul will be decided by the floor referee and/or the administrative committee from Jou Jou Presents. 
3. A person will lose the ball to their opponent if they commit a Personal Foul.
4. Personal Foul. A player shall not grab, hold, push, charge into, impede the progress of an opponent by extending a hand, arm, leg or knee or by bending the body into a position that is not normal. Contact that results in the re-routing of an opponent is a foul which must be called immediately. 
5. Unsportsmanlike Conduct. *Those participating in unsportsmanlike conduct will be eliminated from the competition.
6. Unsportsmanlike Conduct Definition: Any conduct by a competitor used to bully, belittle, or put down their opponent before, during, or after the competition. This behavior includes, but is not limited to cursing at, mocking, making fun of, or throwing the ball at or away or kicking the ball at or away from their opponent. *This does not refer to “challenging” each other. For example, a player saying something like, “Whatchu got?” is not considered “Unsportsmanlike”, but a player saying something like, “That’s why you suck!” is considered “Unsportsmanlike”. The ultimate decision about unsportsmanlike conduct will be decided by the field referee and/or the administrative committee from Jou Jou Presents. *If you are in doubt about the behavior, “just don’t do it”!