All issuesThe Circle · Issue 1 · August 2026

The new PlayFASA is nearly here

What is changing for the new season, what your points are worth, and how to get your team on a bracket.

A new PlayFASA on September 1

The association is moving to a new site for the new season. Entering a tournament, paying, and building your roster all happen in one place, and brackets update as games finish — so families at home can follow the run to the final without waiting on someone to post a picture of a sheet of paper. Through August, directors are running their tournaments as normal and setting the same events up on the new site alongside, so the move happens with the season already underway.

Browse the events

What your points are worth

Every finish earns season points that rank your team on the standings and set its World Series seeding. The top points leader in each age group, in both C Class and Open Class, in every state, earns a paid berth to the FASA World Series or National tournament of their choice. World Series and National events carry the biggest multiplier, so a strong showing late in the season still moves a team a long way. Your class is a separate thing — that comes from your bracket record.

See how points work

Entries are open for the new season

Divisions fill in the order teams enter, and the ones closest to full close first. If you already know the weekend you want, it is worth entering before the division you want is the one that is gone. Your August tournaments carry on as they are — this is for what comes after.

Find a tournament

Coming in the next issue

Tournament recaps, the coaches and directors behind them, and the teams worth watching this season. If your club has something the association should know about — a milestone, a first berth, a director stepping up — tell your state director and it can run here.

Contact a director

Get your team on a bracket

Entries are open now. Pick your division, enter your team, and your roster carries to every tournament after it.

Find a tournament

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