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TourneyCentral, an online service available to Soccer Tournament Directors, announced that the users of its service now receive the added benefit of having their scores, schedules, announcements and information automatically “tweeted” out to followers on Twitter at @tourneycentral. Twitter is a micro-blogging application and is currently the hottest social media tool on the market. The [...]

Gerard McLean with TourneyCentral was interviewed by Top Drawer Soccer this week. The interview appears in their new technology section on their web site here. “We’re excited to be recognized as a leader in the soccer tournament industry,” McLean said. He added that TourneyCentral, while great software, is much more about helping soccer tournaments manage [...]

TourneyCentral announced today the addition of three levels of service for their award-winning soccer tournament product. Each package will contain increasing levels of features and support, depending on the size and volume of the soccer tournament.

Rivershark Rockers upset Chatham, Illinois team to win the Fort Wayne Invitational

The Rivershark Rockers won the Girls U19 division at the 2008 West Carrollton Soccer Blast, held this weekend in West Carrollton and Miamisburg.

Rivershark Rockers win GU19 Gold finalist medals at the 22nd annual adidas Warrior Classic.

DAYTON – Market Day is known best for fundraising in schools, but this year, it is branching out into soccer tournaments and clubs. The Warrior Soccer Classic is the first soccer tournament to feature the soccer-specific fund-raiser. “We met at the US Youth Soccer Convention in Pittsburgh,” says Carol Maas, co-director for the Classic. “It [...]

FAIRFIELD – According to its Web site, the 2008 MidAmerican Soccer Classic (MASC) declared the following teams champions within their divisions for the girls weekend. GU09Bronze, GPSA Breakers 99A; GU09Copper, GSSA Sycamore United; GU09Gold, Warren County Blue; GU09Silver, Classics hammer FC; GU10Bronze, Westside Premier 97-98; GU10Copper, WC Silver Attack Pack; GU10Gold, Michigan Burn 98 Sikorski; [...]

FAIRFIELD – Armed with cameras trained at soccer players on the field of competition, Corinne Vespie and her crew of soccer moms and dads are on a mission to capture as many photos as possible of the teams at this year’s Mid American Soccer Classic (MASC). “I’ve had over twenty responses from boys teams and [...]

FAIRFIELD – According to its Web site, the 2008 MidAmerican Soccer Classic (MASC) declared the following teams champions within their divisions for the boys weekend. BU08Gold, WC United B99 Red; BU09Bronze, Canton Celtic 99 White; BU09Copper, Cesa FC; BU09Gold, Sycamore Arsenal – Black; BU09Silver, WASA Eagles Wings; BU10Bronze, U-10 Ohio Elite Soccer Academy Gold; BU10Copper, [...]

FAIRFIELD – It is rare that a soccer referee gets everyone to agree on a call, but when it comes to Steve Frechling’s banana bread, the opinions are unanimous. This bread is good. Frechling started baking banana bread about 11 years ago when he suddenly found a lot a time on his hands after his [...]

FAIRFIELD – This weekend, the Mid-American Soccer Classic (MASC) will host 262 boys teams from seven states, including Canada. The teams are traveling from Indiana, Ohio (North and South), West Virginia, Michigan, Kentucky, Illinois and Pennsylvania. Six of the boys teams are from Canada, with twenty-one teams total from Canada. A total of 430 games [...]

MIDDLETOWN – According to its Web site, the 2008 Middletown Spring Blast declared the following teams champions within their divisions. BU09BLUE, Warren County B98 Black; BU09RED, BSA Celtic Premier 98; BU10BLUE, Team Challenger FC; BU10RED, Flash U10 Boys; BU11BLUE, CJ United Cyclones; BU13, PASA Flash Elite U13 Boys; BU14, North United Warriors; BU15, Warrior 92 [...]

MIDDLETOWN – Whistles echoed sharply through the chilly air from all four corners of Smith Park at 8:00am this morning, signaling the start of the eleventh annual Middletown Spring Blast. Teams from across the Midwest converged at the Spring Blast to compete for a champion trophy. Among the hopeful teams is the girls U12 North [...]

DAYTON – Despite the credit crunch, foreclosure rate and unemployment news, soccer tournaments appear to be doing just fine. According to TourneyCentral, applications for spring tournaments are up an average of thirty-seven percent over this time last year. “We’re seeing an increase in most of our spring soccer tournaments across the board,” says Gerard McLean, [...]

MIDDLETOWN – After almost a foot of snow, rain, cold and what seems to be a very long winter, Middletown is ready for a spring blast; the Middletown Spring Blast soccer tournament. The Spring Blast has become the traditional sign of spring for the soccer community in the Miami Valley and this year’s weather news [...]

FAIRFIELD – With talk of the economy on the skids and gas prices through the roof, conventional wisdom says that travel soccer tournaments should also be affected negatively with lower than average applications. But don’t tell that to Ann Yungbluth, tournament director for the Mid-American Soccer Classic (MASC) in Fairfield, Oh. “We have increased the [...]

BALTIMORE – Pass by the TourneyCentral booth at the 2008 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) convention and you would most likely do a double take at the huge soccer ball cake on display. “The conference was in Baltimore this year,” says Gerard McLean, president of Rivershark, Inc., the parent company of TourneyCentral.com. “We’re [...]

DAYTON – Two local tournaments are a hit at this year’s National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Conference in Baltimore this weekend. The adidas Warrior Soccer Classic and the Mead Cup soccer tournament were both represented at the exhibition. “The NSCAA represents some of the finest soccer at all levels,” says Carol Maas, co-director [...]

DAYTON – For years, Laura Shields, 19, has watched her parents, Rick and Nancy Shields dash off to work the Mead Cup exhibit booth at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) while she sat at home. This year, because of some unplanned manpower shortage for the booth, she had a chance to volunteer [...]

DAYTON – This past Saturday, almost fifty soccer tournament directors from the Ohio South Youth Soccer Association (OSYSA) gathered for their annual meeting at the Dayton Marriott. Carol Maas, the OSYSA tournament registrar, led a feature-packed meeting that included presentations by Ray Marcano with Cox Ohio Publishing, Zachary Blaine with Athletes in Action and Dante [...]

WEST CARROLLTON – The road led directly to Rome, GA for one local soccer team this past weekend. The Southstars Rockers, based in West Carrollton, participated in the Girls 19 division at the Sport Source Junior-Senior Showcase. The girls ended up with a 1-0-2 record at the end of the weekend. “The showcase was a [...]

EVANSVILLE – Two local-area teams emerged as finalists from the 2007 Veterans Invitational (VIT), held the past two weekends in Evansville, Ind. The two trophy teams are Boys17, Metro FC B90 White and Boys16, Sycamore Arsenal. The VIT hosted over 250 teams per weekend and attracted talented teams from Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and [...]

TourneyCentral announced today that they have contracted Charm City Cakes (Food Network’s Ace of Cakes) to produce a showpiece cake for their exhibit booth for the 2008 NSCAA Convention January 17-19, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland.

MORAINE – Soccer was well-represented at the annual Dayton/Montgomery County Convention & Visitors Bureau Ambassador Breakfast this year, held at the Mandalay Banquet Center in Dayton. Approximately 260 people were in attendance, including hospitality partners such as hoteliers, attraction operators, event planners and sporting event directors including the Warrior Classic, Creek Classic and the Mead [...]

CENTERVILLE – TOPSoccer (The Outreach Program for Soccer) is $1,500 richer this year thanks to the success of the annual Mead Cup Soccer Tournament, hosted by the CUSA Soccer Club each Labor Day Weekend at sites throughout the Dayton area. At the conclusion of the tournament, the Mead Cup presented a check to the local [...]

FAIRFIELD – According to its Web site, the 2007 Go-o-o-oalrilla Classic declared the following teams champions within their division. BU09BLACK, Musa 99 Gold; BU09RED, Cincinnati West Panther Pride; BU09WHITE, CFA Thunder; BU106v6RED, BSA Celtics Blue; BU108v8RED, United Boys 97; BU11RED, Gunners F.C.; BU12RED, LUSC Firehawks Red; BU12WHITE, Cincinnati West Rowdies; BU13RED, Cincinnati West Rage Black; [...]

TourneyCentral and www.daytondailynews.com to present a workshop on hyper-localism at the 2008 NSCAA

Four tournaments, the Novi Jaquar Invitational, the adidas Warrior Soccer Classic, the Pikes Peak Invitational and the Veterans Invitational will be showing at the 2008 NSCAA Convention January 17-19, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland.

TourneyCentral and the Cox Ohio Newspaper websites have teamed up, bringing you information about your local tournaments, teams and players … and they make it very easy to boot!