{"id":449,"date":"2017-08-08T18:12:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T22:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tridence.wordpress.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2020-06-26T22:11:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T22:11:52","slug":"international-college-soccer-tournament-coming-to-s-a-for-next-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/international-college-soccer-tournament-coming-to-s-a-for-next-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"International college soccer tournament coming to S.A. for next five years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nPhoto: Justin Meyer \/ San Antonio Express-News<\/p>\n

Local government and sports officials stand with World Collegiate Soccer Championship<\/a>\u00a0(WCSC) executives, during a press conference at San Antonio City Council chambers on Aug. 7, 2017, in San Antonio, Texas.<\/p>\n

San Antonio will host the\u00a0(WCSC) revival in March 2018, the first of five years the city has pledged to house the tournament, after a 26-year hiatus.\u00a0The championship will include men\u2019s teams from eight countries, with confirmed participation from Spain, Turkey, Switzerland, Japan, and Mexico. Invitations have been sent to Canada, the NAIA and NCAA. Eight teams ultimately will be chosen for the 2018 edition and be crowned champions hosting the Prof. Julio Mazzei Trophy.<\/p>\n

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David Vega - Jacksonville Florida and Chicago Illinois hosting the Prof. Julio Mazzei Trophy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Comalander Stadium and Heroes Stadium will be the tournament\u2019s venues, with Heroes hosting the final. Additionally, the stadiums will have the World Pre-Collegiate Soccer Championship Showcase<\/a> and World Collegiate Club Championship Showcase<\/a>, which San Antonio Sports expects to attract a total of more than 340 teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to many years of partnering with San Antonio Sports and the city of San Antonio, as well as welcoming many visitors to the state of Texas,\u201d said\u00a0Robert Azar<\/strong>, executive director of the World Collegiate Soccer Championship, in a statement.<\/p>\n

Visit San Antonio<\/a> and the San Antonio Tourism Council<\/a> were also involved in the effort to bring the championship event to the Alamo City. The 2018 matches will be part of the city\u2019s official Tricentennial celebration.<\/p>\n

The tournament is projected to produce more than $13 million in annual economic impact for the Greater San Antonio area, according to a study done by Steven R. Nivin Economic Research & Consulting.<\/p>\n

Beyond the financial gains, president and CEO of San Antonio Sports Russ Bookbinder said \"the WCSC will give the city another notch on its soccer resume, which will be crucial when the time comes for bigger Bids\", which may include future Bids for a possible\u00a0MLS team and being part of the multi-country 2026 World Cup bid.<\/p>\n

By: David Vega<\/a>, Owner of\u00a0Tridence<\/a>\u00a0& WCSC Social Media Director<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo: Justin Meyer \/ San Antonio Express-News Local government and sports officials stand with World Collegiate Soccer Championship\u00a0(WCSC) executives, during a press conference at San Antonio City Council chambers on Aug. 7, 2017, in San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio will host the\u00a0(WCSC) revival in March 2018, the first of five years the city has pledged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_metasync_otto_title":"","_metasync_otto_description":"","_metasync_otto_keywords":"","_metasync_otto_og_title":"","_metasync_otto_og_description":"","_metasync_otto_twitter_title":"","_metasync_otto_twitter_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"","_aioseo_title":"","_aioseo_description":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[36,39,53,88,89,102,108,118,121,122],"class_list":["post-449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brands","tag-collegesoccer","tag-content","tag-futbol","tag-naia","tag-ncaa","tag-san-antonio","tag-soccer","tag-wcsc","tag-worldcup","tag-youthsoccer"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":928,"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions\/928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tridence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}