{"id":63322,"date":"2010-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/more-than-2000-players-invade-kingston-for-seaside-classic-on-soccers-grandest-weekend\/"},"modified":"2010-07-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T00:00:00","slug":"more-than-2000-players-invade-kingston-for-seaside-classic-on-soccers-grandest-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/07\/more-than-2000-players-invade-kingston-for-seaside-classic-on-soccers-grandest-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 2,000 players invade Kingston for Seaside Classic on soccer\u2019s grandest weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tPlayers, families to watch World Cup final on 14 TVs at main venue<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 9, 2010 \u2013 As soccer\u2019s grandest event wraps up in South Africa on Sunday, about 2,200 youth soccer players from all over the region will seek glory at their own levels during the 19th Annual Seaside Classic, Saturday, July 10 and Sunday, July 11.<\/p>\n


\n\tRun by the South County Youth Soccer Club, the Seaside Classic is annually one of the largest in New England. Twelve fields at the main venue on the turf fields north of the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Ryan Center and five more at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Peckham Farm will be alive with soccer action from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day.<\/p>\n


\n\t溏心vlog免费B站 150 teams from Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Vermont will participate.<\/p>\n


\n\tAt the main venue, The Seaside Classic will feature its own smaller version of the FIFA World Cup\u2019s Soccer City.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIn our gigantic main venue tent, we will have 14 large-screen, high-definition television sets so players and their families can watch the World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. while they wait for their matches to begin,\u201d said Steve Washburn, volunteer director of the tourney, which will attract about 12,000 people to the area. \u201cThis place is going to be rocking. We have invited about 1,000 girls from the Olympic Development Program who are training at 溏心vlog免费B站, to watch the games with us.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWashburn said other features make this year\u2019s tournament special.<\/p>\n


\n \t\u201cWe\u2019ll have a rock climbing wall, a soccer volleyball arena and an internet caf\u00e9 where families can keep track of their teams\u2019 status at the Seaside. Even grandma and grandpa in Florida can also check on their grandchildren\u2019s progress during the tournament, as results will be posted online.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe tournament website is http:\/\/www.seasideclassic.com\/.<\/p>\n


\nWashburn said the Seaside might be one of the greenest tournaments in the country.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cOur players will be playing on organic turf fields, and we will have 150 recycling containers placed throughout the sites,\u201d he said. \u201cLast year, we cut our volume of trash by 50 percent because of our recycling efforts.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe also eliminated our 28-page tabloid that listed all the teams and schedules,\u201d Washburn said. \u201cNow we have all of that information at our website, and those who want to print their team\u2019s schedule, only have to print out a page.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tAlso, since all of the games are played at one venue, car trips are cut down because families don\u2019t have to travel across town to other venues as they do at other tournaments.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe say this will be your best soccer experience of the year,\u201d said Washburn.<\/p>\n


\n\tAndrew Gagnon, director of volunteers for the South County Youth Soccer Club and the Seaside Classic, said the 400 volunteers are the backbone of the tournament and the main reason for its success. Like Gagnon, who is a 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate, many volunteers have ties to the University, either as faculty and staff, alumni or students.<\/p>\n


\n\tIn an effort to attract the best referees, the club has hired nine referee assessors, who will evaluate referee performances and be able to step in if there are problems in any particular game. There will also be field marshals at each of the fields.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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