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Enjoy Illinois Partners with Premier League Side Crystal Palace

Premier League side Crystal Palace have announced that Enjoy Illinois has become the club’s Official Destination Partner. The Eagles visited Chicago in 2023 during their pre-season tour and returned to the United States earlier this summer for the second straight year, playing in the Stateside Cup. Palace will also be returning to Illinois for the […]

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Wichita to Host Future NJCAA Soccer Championships

The NJCAA has named Wichita, Kansas, as host for the NJCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Soccer Championships in 2025 and the NJCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Championships in 2026 and 2027. The seven-day national tournaments will be at the Scheels Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita. The 2025 DII Men’s and Women’s Soccer Championships will […]

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Team Travel Source Partners With Girls Academy League

Team Travel Source has been selected as the exclusive housing partner for the Girls Academy League, a youth soccer league dedicated to empowering young female athletes. Team Travel Source will manage all housing needs with the upcoming season for GA tournaments, as the partnership aims to enhance travel logistics and the overall experience for players, […]

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Euros 2024
Spanish players celebrated after a 2-1 win over England in the 2024 Euro finals. But the country of Germany was also a big winner with a massive economic impact. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Germany Sees $8.3 Billion Economic Impact for Euro 2024

The economic impact of UEFA Euro 2024 for Germany and the 10 host cities amounted to $8.3 billion according to a study conducted by Nielsen Sports with more than 90% of that total the direct result of expenditure by the 2.7 million ticket holders, organizers and accredited attendees. The study showed that the 51 matches […]

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Brentford FC Partners with Destination Sport Group

Brentford FC of the English Premier League has announced a multi-year partnership with Destination Sport Group and Sportsbreaks.com to provide the club with travel management support for teams and staff and create experiences for fans at the Gtech Community Stadium. “This partnership shows how far we’ve come in growing our fanbase in the UK and […]

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Chicago’s Lincoln Park to Host Premier League/NBC Fan Festival

The Premier League and NBC Sports will bring the Premier League Mornings Live Fan Festival to Chicago, September 21–22, 2024 at Lincoln Park on the shore of Lake Michigan. The free event allows soccer fans to see NBC Sports’ studio team of host Rebecca Lowe and analysts Robbie Earle, Robbie Mustoe and Tim Howard broadcast […]

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US Youth Soccer

US Youth Soccer Announces 2024–2025 Board of Directors

US Youth Soccer has announced its board of directors for 2024–2025 following elections at its Annual General Meeting. Tina Rincon is the new chair of the board, Bill Taylor is the incoming vice chair, Jeff Sommer was elected secretary and David Kaweski-Mukooza joins as an independent director. “On behalf of the entire US Youth Soccer […]

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Court Jeske

Echo Soccer Hires Court Jeske as President

Court Jeske, who has held senior roles within the U.S. soccer community for the past two decades, has been named president of Echo Soccer, a new division of Oklahoma City investment firm Echo. The announcement follows Echo’s new majority ownership of OKC Energy FC, which will be managed by Echo Soccer and include operating the […]

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Copa America Soccer Argentina Colombia
Fans wait to enter the stadium prior to the Copa America final soccer match between Argentina and Colombia in Miami Gardens, Fla., Sunday, July 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Copa America Fan Issues No Harbinger for 2026 World Cup

Fans of Argentina and Colombia storming the gates and trying to enter Hard Rock Stadium in Miami by any means necessary, even through air vents, were shared widely on social media, delayed the Copa America championship game’s kickoff by an hour and sparked discussion about security ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Those canvassed […]

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OLY Paris 2024 Venues Photo Gallery
A surfer rides a wave in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia. The world-famous surf spot is set to host the 2024 Paris Olympics surfing competition. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File)

Olympic Games’ Reach Extends Beyond Paris

For all of the attention on Paris’ use of temporary venues and existing landmarks throughout the city for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games, plenty of the focus has also been on a venue nearly 10,000 miles away where surfing will be organized in the Teahupo’o village in the overseas territory of French Polynesia. “The women […]

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