beenaround if you have been around then you would know that these things do not happen overnight.
1- First and foremost - congratulations to the CESA team in its participation in this league
2- everyone new the schedule for SCYSA state cup waaaaayyyyy in advance and everyone in SCYSA should have known that CESA was particpating in this league with this potential conflict
3- if it was any other team and any other tournament/league the team would be made to forfeit.
For example a few years ago some CESA girl teams chose to attend a tournament instead of attending the state cup playoffs for exposure. Why is this any different? why would this be any different than Billy Bob SC attending a tournament on the same weekend? afterall you are defining this as a great opportunity, maybe BBSC sees that other tournament as a great opportunity.
A couple years ago, teams that did not know they had qualified for state cup (U15 level when U14 #1 and #2 were allowed to play whose games do not count) were made to forfeit. You can argue that a coach should have known, well the CESA coaches should have known this conflict would occur.
I am certain that if this was a team coached by someone in CUFC who is also associated with SC United and the USSF league, SCYSA would not be as lenient.
I would guess that USYSA created all this with the logical assumption that the majority of state cups are held in May and June; which for some reason SCYSA has chosen not to follow and in reality places SC teams in a disadvantage when traveling to regionals as GA and NC teams are coming out fit and ready from their season and SC is struggling to get game/team fit coming out of HS season that has dispersed the team
