Twenty collegiate soccer teams along the East Coast and throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region of the U.S. will be making their way to the Mountain State Oct. 30 to take part in the four-day USCAA Soccer Championship.
The United States Collegiate Athletic Association announced in January WVU Tech will play host to the 2013 and 2014 USCAA Men’s and Women’s Soccer National Championships. Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C., hosted the event in 2011 and 2012.
The championship contests will be played at the Schoenbaum Soccer Stadium at Coonskin Park and the Friends of Coal Trace Fork Soccer Complex in South Charleston.
“One year ago, our men’s team was in Asheville competing in the championship and we said ‘Hey, we can do this . . . We can bring this event to Charleston,’ ” WVU Tech Athletic Director Frank Pergolizzi said Monday at a press conference at the Charleston Civic Center.
WVU Tech submitted a bid to the USCAA in November. The school worked with the Charleston Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, the Charleston Marriott Town Center and the Holiday Inn Express to organize the event.
“I believe that what attracted the USCAA to Charleston is the close proximity of the downtown
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