Registration for the 2015 Beer City Cup — the largest independent sanctioned adult soccer tournament in the country — will open on Monday, June 1. The tournament itself will take place on Saturday, September 5 and Sunday, September 6. The application fee is $450 in June but goes up to $550 in July.
The tournament is expanding this year to 84 teams with 8 divisions: Men’s Open, CoEd Open, Women’s Open, Men’s Over 30, CoEd Over 30, Men’s Over 40, Men’s Over 50 and Men’s Over 55. Cash prizes break down from $375 to $500 for finalists and $1,000 to $2,000 for the champions.
Last year’s tournament was sold out with 76 teams from 8 States. Organizers say they’ve received interest for this year’s event from Milwaukee, WI; Dayton, OH; Miami, FL; and even as far away as Ontario, Canada.
The tournament was born in 2010, when the Asheville-Buncombe Adult Soccer Association’s (ABASA) all-volunteer board decided to transform the now defunct Blue Ridge Cup into the Beer City Cup after Asheville’s 2nd crown as “Beer City, USA.”
For more information or to register (starting June 1), click here.
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