This is where it starts to get interesting. Once it was clear there was significant interest, slots were issued more deliberately to a diverse group of teams that either had broad appeal or could field high-level talent - and oftentimes both. At the time, organizers were unsure of the caliber of teams that would apply to get in.
When TST was announced in October, an initial wave of slots were award to teams that responded quickly. Here is some more about what to expect from June 1-4. Roster building and preparation varies significantly as this is all unplowed ground for TST's first iteration. Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) There will be college alumni teams (Indiana and Duke) and others that were formed specifically for TST. Two Premier League clubs will be there - West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers - along with pro clubs from Mexico (Necaxa), Israel (Hapoel Tel Aviv) and lower tiers of the English football pyramid (Wrexham and Hashtag United). women's national team players with World Cup winners and Olympic goal medals in their trophy cases. Then there's the US Women, which has several former U.S. Retired goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller, a member of Germany's 2014 World Cup, will represent Borussia Dortmund alongside a team of former BVB players and other club representatives. "And we're trying to bring the best team we can to do well and try to win because obviously that's always the final objective."įabregas isn't the only World Cup winner who will take part. "It's really exciting for us because it's obviously the first time that we go as a club to the United States to compete," Fabregas told ESPN. Cesc Fabregas, the 2010 World Cup winner with Spain and one of the best midfielders of his generation, is coming with his current team - Italian side Como 1907, which competes in Serie B - with the intent of going for the $1 million prize. With less than a month before first The Soccer Tournament will be hosted in Cary, North Carolina, though, it would have been hard to image the type of talent that would take part in Year 1.Īlong with several prominent American players - including Landon Donovan, Jimmy Conrad, Jermaine Jones and other United States men's national team veterans - the tournament has attracted players with international and World Cup experience from all over the world. When the organizers of The Basketball Tournament - the wildly successful, $1 million winner-take-all competition - announced in October that they were expanding to soccer, they were optimistic the concept would have broad, even global, interest. legends, Premier League pedigree and Hollywood headliners The Soccer Tournament boasts $1m prize, U.S. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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