The Ultimate Guide to Soccer Tournaments

The world of youth soccer tournaments and sports team travel can be a daunting place for the newcomer. That is why we've started this site, which aims to be the ultimate online resource for helping you find the best tournament for your team, the best places to stay while attending your tournaments, and the best deals for getting to and from where ever your tournaments are being held.

We even have a section for helping you run your own tournament.

Picture the scene: You are a typical soccer parent, whose child has just had a successful tryout for a local premier club. The coaches have announced that they intend to enter the team into a series of high level youth tournaments throughout the region, some even in other parts of the country. You want to give your child an opportunity to enjoy this experience with her teammates, but suddenly you have trips to plan, accommodation to book, cars to rent, siblings to entertain (the ones who who aren’t playing), and possibly even flights to book.

Who knew being a soccer mom could be so complicated (or expensive)!

Or picture this scene: You volunteer to serve on the board of the local soccer club and find yourself voted onto a sub-committee that is charged with running the club’s biggest, most important fundraiser, the annual Memorial Day soccer tournament. You’ve never run a tournament in your life before and you're completely overwhelmed by the litany of details, large and small, that have to be taken care of if the event is to go off smoothly.

Who knew volunteering for a board position could turn into a part-time, unpaid job!

Finally, picture this scene: You have been asked by your child’s travel coach to help out by becoming team manager. The position does not require that you know anything about soccer (just as well ‘cause you don’t) but it does require that you organize the team’s trip to one end-of-season tournament. The tournament needs to be of an appropriate level, not too far away, but not too close, not too expensive and preferably with lots of fun things for the kids to do besides just playing soccer.

We think we can help you choose just the right tournament, organize all the details and give your players a wonderful experience they’ll remember for the rest of their lives, all without pulling your own hair out (at least not too much, anyway).

By providing all kinds of relevant information about what to look for in a tournament, what to pack when you go to a tournament, what kind of sports team travel deals are out there for you to take advantage of, and even how to run a tournament of your own, we can help you make sense of the tournament "industry". We’ll even talk about the special challenges of attending overseas youth soccer tournaments, where the level of play and the cultural benefits can be great, but the logistical and financial issues even more daunting.

To start, all you need to do is click on any of the navigation bars on the left, and don’t forget to check out the extensive list of upcoming tournaments in our Tournament Directory. You won't find a more complete listing anywhere on the Web.

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