The Soccer Tournament — a winner-take-all, seven-a-side soccer tournament — on Tuesday announced the 16 women’s teams and 48 men’s teams that will compete for $1 million this summer.
Founded by TBT Enterprises, which also created The Basketball Tournament, The Soccer Tournament (TST) was unveiled in 2022 with 32 men’s teams. Games are played on a smaller field to speed up the action, with each game featuring two 20-minute halves, but the real twist comes after the last whistle. TST borrows the “Elam Ending” from its basketball roots and gives it a soccer spin. Instead of heading to overtime or penalties, teams race to hit a target score — one goal more than the leading team’s total at the final whistle. If no one scores after five minutes, the game gets wilder as each team loses a player every three minutes until there’s a two-on-two duel for the winning goal.
TST added the women’s tournament in 2024 and doubled the size of the women’s side this year, expanding from eight to 16 teams after receiving more than 50 applications for the coveted spots. More than 500 players will compete across four groups of four teams each, with matches held over four days from June 6-9.
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