The Extreme Cup Soccer Tournament runs from July 25-27 on fields in Park City and surrounding towns. Photo: Park City Soccer Club

PARK CITY, Utah — The Park City Soccer Club (PCSC) is gearing up once again to host its Extreme Cup tournament July 25 – 27. A tell-tale sign of the tournament’s arrival is the colorful team spirit displayed on the car windows from out-of-state vehicles here to compete.

The Park City Extreme Cup fills to capacity every year. To continue to accommodate the growing demand of teams wishing to participate in The Extreme Cup, PCSC will be utilizing fields in Kamas, Oakley, Francis and Heber, as well as booking up fields throughout the Park City area. 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.

“My heart is full of gratitude as I prepare for another successful Extreme Cup,” PCSC Tournament Director Cora K. Reddan told TownLift. “Actually, it’s our biggest one yet. The Executive Committee has been hard at work, and we are so excited to see it all come together bringing youth players from all over the west region to play a game they love, right in our backyard.”

The Park City Extreme Cup Soccer Tournament is one of the largest sanctioned U.S. Youth Soccer tournaments for boys and girls U9 – U19 in the State of Utah; U.S. Club Soccer teams are also eligible to participate.

A limited number of night games are played under the lights.

The Extreme Cup is returning to town with youth soccer games being played throughout two counties. (Photo courtesy of the Park City Soccer Club)

This is one of the largest summer sports-tourism destination events on the calendar each year for the City as it injects a seasonal boost into the hospitality industry when parents, grandparents, and non-player siblings come to town.

The Newpark Resort Hotel serves as the Tournament Headquarters and the Utah Olympic Park Residences has been made available for athlete lodging bookings as well.

Players can cool down by purchasing smoothies from Jamba Juice perhaps after they participate in extracurricular, a-la-cart activities at Woodward, Park City Mountain and the Utah Olympic Park.

Youth soccer players will travel from a wide variety of communities including major metropolises to ski towns and Western cities in between. They’re the same soccer-loving places that PCSC often travels to to attend their national tournaments, and often brings back trophies.