Cabell-Huntington CVB Encourages Community To Put Your Best Foot Forward For US Youth Soccer Region I Soccer Championships Coming in July The US Youth Soccer Region I Championships are coming to West Virginia! The event will be held in Barboursville in both 2009 and 2010. About 272 soccer teams representing 15 state associations from 13 states will compete against each other during the six-day event that runs July 2 July 7. Among the states represented are Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Approximately 5000 players, ages 12-19, will compete in the event with an estimated 16000 parents, coaches and referees to join them. This is the first of a two-year agreement for hosting the tournament. All available hotel rooms that met the standards have been booked for the players and families from Ashland to Charleston as well as Grayson, Kentucky and Portsmouth, Ohio. The economic impact of this event is expected to top million. The Cabell-Huntington Convention and Visitors Bureau fully supports this event and encourages all area businesses and communities to be ready and Put Your Best Foot Forward. We just want folks to understand the enormity of this event and the number of people that will be here, said Tyson Compton, CVB President. Barboursville has made an amazing commitment to the tournament with their field development and a huge number of people on the local committee have been working …
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