Spanish Powerhouse FC Barcelona is the Sixth International Team To Enter Competition
FC Barcelona – the world famous Spanish powerhouse – is coming to Southern California this spring to compete and face off against our other top PRO teams at The Beach Soccer USA Cup in Oceanside on May 15-16-17, 2015.
Beach soccer is more popular than ever and the famed Beach Soccer Club FC Barcelona has announced today that they will compete in the highly anticipated tournament in The Beach Soccer USA Cup. Oceanside, California, bringing with them their talented and experience squad.
The Beach Soccer USA Cup is a professional international beach soccer tournament that hosts teams from all over the world. This international tournament has cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th place.
This announcement elevates the already high competition level at the PRO event which has been running since 2007. FC Barcelona is well prepared for the challenge, coming off a successful campaign at The Copa Lagos in Nigeria this past December. The team is lead by team captain Ramiro Amarelle who is focused on adding one more Championship Title for his club.
The Spanish League giants, FC Barcelona will play a friendly, exhibition game against Qatar on March 28th and they look to arrive in top shape as they set foot on the sand in Southern California.
“The Beach Soccer USA Cup extends a warm welcome to their friends from Spain and look forward to watching their matches against the other PRO teams,” said Gino Rossi from The Beach Soccer USA Cup.
The Champions of this year’s The Beach Soccer USA Cup will be awarded $10,000 USD, 2nd place team will be awarded $5,000 USD, 3rd place team will be awarded $2,500 USD, 4th place team will receive $1,300 USD and an additional $1,200 USD will be awarded evenly between the PRO event’s MVP, Golden Gloves (Best Goal Keeper) & Golden Toe (Top Scorer).
In 2015, this world-class beach soccer tournament will host teams from within the USA was well as Spain, Italy, Portugal, Japan, Colombia, Switzerland, Canada and Mexico. In past years, teams have also come from as far away as Senegal to compete. The Beach Soccer USA Cup has the following teams competing this year:
- Toros Mexico – Tijuana, Mexico
- Great Lakes BSC – Grand Haven, Michigan
- Portland BSC – Portland, Oregon
- CD Nacional – Madeira, Portugal
- Team Canada – Toronto, Canada
- Flying Kick FC – Grand Rapids, Michigan
- San Diego Sockers – San Diego, California
- JBSN Select – Fukuoka, Japan
- LA Beach Soccer Team – Los Angeles, California
- Antioquia BSC – Medellin, Colombia
- FC Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain
The soccer event has an economic impact on the city of Oceanside in excess of $3 million during the 3 day event, with daily attendance exceeding 35,000 daily visitors. PRO games are played in our Beach Soccer Stadiums which have a capacity of 1,500 attendees and the PRO games are streamed live via www.BeachSoccerTV.com.
Over the years, The Beach Soccer Championships has become one of the the top beach soccer events in the nation and the leading professional beach soccer tournament.
This years The Beach Soccer USA Cup takes place May 15-17, 2015.This event is still accepting professional teams. Click here to register your team. The Beach Soccer Championships youth soccer event is also accepting team registrations until April 2nd.
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