All this weekend ! — Southern California Beach Soccer Championship events in San Diego County
| Through this Sunday, in Oceanside (San Diego County), CA, is the second annual SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP, with many other fun and exciting events and activities surrounding the actual competition.I was priviledged to help this event get off the ground when it debuted last year, and as a volunteer, I have been happy to help promote it both years. I am very proud of the great job that Life Thru Sports and all of the sponsors, including the LA Galaxy, have done in this huge undertaking which evolves over many months each year, and in 2008 will end this weekend in a great fun experience that is open and FREE to the public. Then, after this weekend, with primary events on Saturday and Sunday, the entire process in planning for 2009 begins anew. I would like to share with you the North County Times preview of the event here in its entirety, with the link at top being the live competition schedule. At bottom of the pgae is basic event info and main bookmark link for all year ’round. The event organizers will be putting up results as they happen, and then photo galleries. I will also do some more reporting on this for MVN here.
If you live in the area, but cannot attend, you can see live reports on the local morning and afternoon news shows. LIVE COMPETITION SCHEDULE - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP Soccer by the Sea: Beach soccer championships offer sandy fun and games |
By North County TIMES - DAN BENNETT - Staff Writer — OCEANSIDE, CA —- What better way to celebrate the warm weather than kicking a soccer ball around an Oceanside beach with 10,000 or so fellow sun-seekers?The second Southern California Beach Soccer Championship happens next weekend at Harbor Beach in Oceanside, the largest beach-soccer event this side of the Mississippi. The event is expected to bring soccer-loving throngs to the beach, where local amateur players young and old will share space with some recognizable names in soccer.Those names include Shannon MacMillan, the San Pasqual High School graduate and Olympic Gold Medal winner and World Cup champion. MacMillan will bring along her pal, former teammate Joy Fawcett. Soccer pros Tom Dooley and John O’Brien will be part of the men’s team vying for the U.S. Open-West Championship.The L.A. Galaxy Street team will lead some fun and games on Saturday, while on Friday evening, former beach soccer pro Eddy Soto will lead a soccer clinic for young players whose teams are playing that weekend. Youth and adult beach soccer teams will arrive for competition from all over the U.S. and the world, including Brazil, Portugal, Canada, Nigeria and Mexico.Hundreds of wrestlers will participate in the U.S. Beach Wrestling Championships. Food and drink vendors will be plentiful. Visitors are advised to carpool and arrive early. Parking is available at the harbor, and a free shuttle will be provided from the transit center in Oceanside.”We’re working closely with the city, traffic control and the lifeguards,” said event co-director Gino Rossi. “Everything went very smoothly last year, and we’re expecting many more people this year. We are prepared.”Rossi and fellow director Marc Koehler are Oceanside residents and soccer coaches who have partnered with, and in some ways emulated, the North American Sand Soccer Championships in Virginia Beach for this sanctioned event.
“Beach soccer has become very popular the last 10 years, and is now the fastest-growing outdoor sport in the world,” Rossi said. “This event provides the opportunity for kids to play beach soccer with their friends in an atmosphere of fun.” The Southern California Beach Soccer Championship When: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday and May 4 Where: Harbor Beach, 1220 Pacific Street, Oceanside Spectator admission: Free http://beachsoccerusa.org/beachSoccer/index.cfm?do=page.home&pageId=12&id=47 |
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