Welcome to our first girls-only Box Tournament! The GOTI Cup
The Girls of Turtle Island Cup is going to be a great event!
We’re bringing together fierce athletes from New York, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, and our friends from Canada for an unforgettable weekend!
Why? Because every young woman deserves a chance to shine on the field! As a proud parent, I’ve seen the magic sports can create, and this tournament is all about empowerment, confidence, and community!
Join us for an epic competition and the chance to make lifelong friends. Whether you’re with a team or a free agent, come be part of this amazing celebration of talent and teamwork! Let’s make history together at the GOTI Cup! Register now and let’s play!
2026 GOTI Cup Schedule
Schedule for the GOTI Cup
GOTI Cup
– Girls of Turtle Island Cup
When: January 16-17, 2027
Where: TOCA Sports Novi East. 41550 Grand River, Novi, MI 48375. Just outside Detroit.
Fantastic indoor 3-pad box arena with a turf playing surface.
USBOXLA Sanctioned and Rules
Girls High School Open
Estimated Game Times:
Saturday Times: 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Sunday Times: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
All times are Eastern Time Zone.
Hotels: https://ttievent.com/eventmanager/onlineregistration.asp?D=d&EventCode=FKK
Schedule: A full schedule will be available approximately 12-14 days before the event.
Team Fee: $2150
$500 deposit due upon registration/Balance is due November 1st. If you need some flexibility on payments, please get in touch with us. Failure to meet the final payment deadline will constitute non-acceptance of the tournament registration and a forfeiture of the tournament spot and deposit fee.
Players/Teams may play up a division but never down. Bearpaw customizes its bracket creation based on placement calls with program directors and reserves the right to move a team’s placement to promote fair play.
This is a USBOXLA-sanctioned event for the youth divisions. All players & coaches must have current memberships. http://membership.usboxla.com
Discounted Hotels
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2026 GOTI Cup Photos
Please help us and tag @bearpawlax and our photographer @jeremywhitingphoto
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- Key Tournament Points
- USBOXLA Sanctioned - All Players and Coaches must be current members
- Excellent Location & Facility
- 2-3 Experienced officials per game.
- 4 Game Guarantee w/ some getting 5
- Turf playing surface - Cleats are Allowed
- Boards all around - no opening behind goals
- 30 Second Shot Clocks
- Certified Athletic Trainer(s)
- Videographer/Photographer
We will follow the USBOXLA rule book with the following.
- CHECKING FROM BEHIND (CFB) – At the official’s discretion, the player may be given a 2-minute + Penalty shot instead of a match penalty.
- 3 x 12 min running time periods.
- 2 min rest between periods.
- Last minute of the 3rd period is stop-time if teams are within 2 goals.
- Game clock starts on time whether the teams are ready or not. Any team in violation will be given a 2 min delay of game penalty.
- 1 30-second timeout per game per team. A time-out stops game & penalty time.
- Pool & Bracket Play – If tied after regulation time teams immediately proceed to a USBOXLA Shootout (3 shooters each and the home team decides on whether they will shoot first or second). If tied after that, there is a sudden death shootout round (all rostered players must shoot before any player shoots twice).
- The championship game will play One 5 minute sudden victory over-time. If it is still tied then a shootout will decide the champion.
USBOXLA Rule Book Can be found here: OFFICIAL-USBOXLA-Rule-and-Situational-Book-NO-PRINT
Tie Breakers (Updated 1/4/2023)
- Points – 2 points for a win. 0 points for a loss
- Head to Head – This breaks ties based on the record (or points, if points are used) against the teams tied with. For example, if 3 teams have the same overall record at 4-2 and all 3 of the teams played each other an equal number of times and one teams record against the other two was 2-0 and another was 1-1 and the other was 0-2. This tie-breaker would order them accordingly. If all three teams had identical 1-1 records, this tie-breaker would not be used.
It should be noted that this tie-breaker is completely ignored if all of the teams tied do not play each other an equal number of times. For example, if there are 3 teams tied and one team played the other two, but the other two did not play each this tie-breaker will be ignored (regardless of the outcome of the two games played by the first team)
- Goal Differential – The differential tie breaker determines the total difference between a team’s score versus their opponents’. The largest differential wins the tiebreaker.
- Goals Allowed – The total of a team’s opponents’ score. The smallest total wins the tie-breaker.
Max Score Differential Per Game 10