One of the winning teams in the Extreme Cup tournament hosted by the Park City Soccer Club. Photo: Carra Cadman

PARK CITY, Utah — The Park City Soccer Club’s (PCSC) annual Extreme Cup, which fills to capacity every year, continues to accommodate the growing demand of teams wishing to participate.

The tournament relies on its successful partnerships with the South Summit Soccer Club in order to increase the number of fields available for play. In this year’s tournament, which occurred last week, wrapped up on Saturday. Matches were played on at least 45 fields at 15 venues in Park City and surrounding areas.

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Park City’s fields are widely acknowledged as the best in the State; the U.S. Men’s National Team and ReAL Salt Lake have even trained on some of these same fields. Games outside of Park City were held in Oakley and Francis.

This marked the first year that Park City’s newest fields, Basin Rec’s Trailside East Park, was in use.

From U9 to U19 age groups of boys and girls teams came from around the country. They all utilized the Tournament headquarters located at the Newpark Resort.

The Extreme Cup is a Utah Youth Soccer Association sanctioned tournament. Its motto is, “Come for the soccer, stay for the vacation.”

Teams came from not only all over Utah but also from Montana, Colorado, Nevada, Wyoming, California, and Idaho, to name a few.

Semifinalists and finalists from the PCSC who played on the final day on Saturday included:

Boys, U9, white color coded team
Boys, U9, silver color coded team
Boys, U10, red
Boys, U10, silver
Boys, U10 bronze
Boys, U12, red
Boys, U12, white
Boys, U13, red
Boys, U14, red
Boys, U14, white
Boys, U15, white
Boys, U16, red
Boys, U17, red
Girls, U9, red
Girls, 09, white
Girls, U11, red
Girls, U12, red
Girls, U12, white
Girls, U13, red
Girls, U13, white
Girls, U14, red
Girls, U15, red
Girls, U16, red

It’s always that much more special when this tournament coincides with the Women’s World Cup with watch parties in their rare down time when visiting soccer teams aren’t enjoying Main Street, “Barbie” movies, the Utah Olympic Park, the Outlet Mall, and hiking trails around town.

The Extreme Cup organizers have already written on their webpage, “Thanks for yet another great Extreme Cup! See You in 2024!”