Soccer teams in Rock Hill, warming up for Wednesday openers

Published: July 23, 2012 

The FC Pennsylvania Strikers U18 team warms up before practicing on a field at Manchester Meadows on Monday. The US Youth Soccer National Championship starts Wednesday.

MELISSA CHERRY — mcherry@heraldonline.comBuy Photo

— Teams competing in the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships began checking out Manchester Meadows in Rock Hill on Monday. After a kickoff luncheon today, teams begin competing for 12 national championships on Wednesday morning.

Here’s a look at the tournament by the numbers:

60 - Number of teams competing

102 - Number of games to be played

20 - Number of states represented

2,800 - largest number of miles traveled by a team - the Eastside FC 94 Red under-17 boys from Mercer Island, Wash.

3 -Number of teams from the Carolinas, :all from Greenville (CESA 95 Premier U-16 girls; CESA 94 Premier U-17 girls; CESA 95 Premier U-16 boys)

13 - State with the highest number of teams from :California, the state with the highest number of teams

$0 - Cost of admission

Games start at 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. from Wednesday through Friday. Five championship games start between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday. Seven championship games start between 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on Sunday.

See a detailed schedule at heraldonline.com/youth-soccer.

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