The 2025 Arsenal Challenge will be held October 10-12 2025 for Boys & Girls u7/2018 -u19/2006

The Arsenal Challenge has grown to become one of the PREMIER Fall tournaments in the state of Arizona with games played in Gilbert, Mesa, and Phoenix.  Prided on organization, experience to its participants and value you, won't find a better event nationwide!  The Arsenal Challenge offers competition to all levels of teams.

u7/2019 & u8/2018: $150
u9/2017 & u10/2016: $590
u11/2015 & u12/2014: $700
u13/2013- u19/2007: $1050

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE ARSENAL CHALLENGE 2025

Fields:
Arsenal Challenge will be played at the following venues listed alphabetically.  You can click on the venue to see the field layout for that site.

AZ Athletic Grounds 6321 S Ellsworth Rd, Mesa, AZ 85212
Quail Run- 4155 E Virginia St, Mesa, AZ 85215
Red Mountain Soccer Complex- North- 7745 East Brown Rd, Mesa AZ 85207

At all facilities their should be no dogs or other pets, sunflowers seeds, trash left, or children unsupervised.

AZ Athletic Grounds
Entry is free for all players, coaches, referees, and children 10 and under

AZ Athletic Grounds is charging $5 per day for parking and $6.50 per person per day for entrance.  It is recommended by AZ Athkletic Grounds that visitors pre purchase tickets at the below link:

CLICK HERE TO PRE PURCHASE AZ ATHLETIC GROUNDS ENTRANCE AND PARKING PASSES 

Arizona Arsenal Soccer Club has nothing to do with the parking or ticketing at AZ Athketic Grounds.  Questions regarding AZ Athletic Grounds parking and ticketing can be directed to the following contacts

Parking:  parkaag@interstateparking.com
Ticketing: info@azgrounds.com

The main entrance and east entrance will be open AZ Athletic Grounds. The west entrance will be closed.

Benches will be provided for all games at AZ Athletic Grounds including 4v4, 7v7, 9v9 & 11v11.

Canopies are allowed but not provided by the tournament

At AZ Athletic Grounds Coaches can come by the HQ tent on the great lawn to collect their coaches gift which is an Adidas Drawstring bag.  It will be first come first serve while supplies last. 

Hotels:  The 2024 Arsenal Challenge is a Stay & Play event. CLICK HERE FOR HOTEL OPTIONS

Hotel Contact via email: Reg@travelingteams.com via phone: 1.800.430.1159

Rules:
CLICK HERE FOR ARSENAL CHALLENGE 2024 RULES

U7-U8: no champion, each player will receive a pin when they check in
U9-U10: will have champion, champion medals, trophy to the winning team, and finalist medals.  All players receive a pin when they check in
U11-U19: will have champion, champion medals, trophy to the winning team, and finalist medals

Brackets of 4 will not have a 4th final game. The winner of the division will be determined by points.

CLICK HERE FOR THE ARSENAL CHALLENGE INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY

Be sure to follow us on Social Media for Arsenal Challenge Updates:

Twitter: @AZArsenalSC
Instagram: AZArsenalSC 
Facebook: @AZArsenalSC

Players Passes
Please remember teams cannot mix passes from two different organizations

Check-in Deadline
This year we will be moving to a completely online check-in process.  Online check in must be completed by midnight 9/28.  Instructions on how to complete this process can be found by clicking the link below. Players can only play for one team throughout the duration of the event.

CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE CHECK IN INSTRUCTIONS

League Schedule Conflicts:  Unfortunately we cannot guarantee the ability to work around league schedules.  Please be sure to black out our tournament weekend on your league schedule requests.

Coaching Conflicts:  We will attempt to accommodate a maximum of 2 teams per coach.  For coaches with 3 or more teams we will try to accommodate schedule requests but cannot guarantee.

Questions?
If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact our Tournament Director via email at: azarsenaltournaments@gmail.com