The Hawaii Tourism Authority is not taking the failure of the state’s international soccer event lightly.

George Szigeti, president and CEO of the HTA, said the authority has not paid out any of the $200,000 appearance fee it had agreed to pay the U.S. Soccer Federation for the U.S. Women’s National Team’s appearance on Oahu to play a game against Trinidad and Tobago.

After practicing at Aloha Stadium on Saturday, the U.S. team decided it would not play the match scheduled for Sunday, claiming the playing surface at the stadium did not meet safety standards. Fans were promised refunds for the roughly 15,000 tickets sold for the match.

Szigeti sent the following statement to media Monday afternoon:

“The principal terms of the proposed agreement were for the Hawaii Tourism Authority to pay $200,000 to serve as a marketing sponsor in support of the soccer match … None of the sponsorship funds have been paid out, as HTA has never received an original, fully executed and notarized signed contract from the U.S. Soccer Federation.

“HTA’s primary objectives in supporting this international sports event was to showcase the Hawaiian Islands to soccer fans worldwide, and to give residents and visitors, especially Hawaii’s youth soccer players, an opportunity to see the World Cup Champions in action. We were not aware that a cancellation was being considered until shortly before the team announced its decision late Saturday night. Obviously, we were very disappointed especially for the fans who had bought tickets and were excited about seeing the U.S. Women’s National Team play in person.”

HTA said it only received an informal, electronic copy of the contract on Nov. 25. HTA added it “still has not received an original, notarized signed contract from the U.S. Soccer Federation.”

U.S. Soccer officials were not immediately available for comment late Monday.