Twin City College Showcase
FEB 24-26, 2012
Advance, NC
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Amanda Post Memorial Tournament
U9 - U12 Small Sided Only - Boys
MAR 3-4, 2012 Boys Weekend
MAR 10-11, 2012 Girls Weekend
Columbia, MD
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Baltimore Mania - Boys
MAR 17-18, 2012 - Boys Weekend
MAR 24-25, 2012 - Girls Weekend
Baltimore, MD
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NSCAA College Showcase -
Great Lakes (Boys) U14-U19
APRIL 13-15, 2012 - Boys Weekend
APRIL 20-22, 2012 - Girls Weekend
Geneva, OH
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FC Revolution Premier Cup
MAY 19-20, 2012
Fleetwood, PA
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Columbia Invitational
MAY 26-28, 2012
Columbia, MD
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Mason Dixon Cup
JUNE 16-17, 2012
Hagerstown, MD
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Southern MD Classic
JUNE 16-17, 2012
Waldorf, MD
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Kirkwood Soccer Club
Boys Premier
JUNE 16-17, 2012
New Castle, DE
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Mid Atlantic Cup
JULY 7-8, 2012 - Boys
JULY 14-15, 2012 - Girls
Lancaster, PA
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NSCAA High School
Summer Showcase
July 20-21, 2012
Varsity and JV Boys and Girls
High School Teams ONLY
Lawrence, IN
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NSCAA College Showcase -
Northwest U15-U19
JULY 27-29, 2012 Boys & Girls
Tacoma, WA
Kirkwood Soccer Club
Boys College Showcase
AUGUST 4-5, 2012
New Castle, DE
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OBGC Capital Cup
SEPT 1-3, 2012
Olney, MD
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Keystone Cup
SEPT 1-2, 2012
Lancaster, PA
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WAGS Rael Vodicka Memorial
Tournament Presented by the NSCAA
OCT 6-8, 2012
Fairfax, VA
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SAC Columbus Day Tournament
OCT 6-7, 2012
Columbia, MD
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Kirkwood SC Frederick Cup
Girls Premier Tournament
OCT 6-7, 2012
New Castle, DE
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Cappa Classico
OCT 6-7, 2012
Lancaster, PA
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Columbia Fall Classic
NOV 10-11, 2012 - Boys Weekend
NOV 17-18, 2012 - Girls Weekend
Columbia, MD
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NSCAA College Showcase - Midwest
U15-19 Boys & Girls
Kansas City, KS
NOV 23-25, 2012
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Baltimore College Showcase
U15-U19 Boys Only
NOV 23-25, 2012
Baltimore, MD
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Baltimore Junior Showcase
U12-U14 Boys Only
NOV 23-25, 2012
Baltimore, MD
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Kirkwood SC Charlotte Moran
College Showcase
U17-U19 Girls
NOV 23-25, 2012
New Castle, DE
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PA Classics Winter College Showcase
U15-U19 Boys
DEC 1-2, 2012
Lancaster, PA
NSCAA College Showcase -
South
U15-U19 Boys & Girls
NOV 30 - DEC 2, 2012
Round Rock, TX
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PA Classics & Elite Tournaments Elite Tournaments inks partnership with Pennsylvania Classics youth club
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Elite Tournaments is Accepted into the Maryland Green Registry The Maryland Green Registry is a group of Maryland Businesses working to Help build a smarter, greener, more sustainable Maryland. Click Here for more information
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WAGS Annual Tournament Joins NSCAA Showcase Series |
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Reisterstown, Md. – The Washington Area Girls Soccer League is proud to announce that its annual showcase event, the WAGS Rael Vodicka Memorial Tournament, will join the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s showcase series starting in 2012. Click Here to Read the Full Story
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Opportunities to Compete Elite's very own Mike Libber was interviewed for SportsEvents Magazine
One of the biggest challenges facing elite athletes today is opportunity, according to Michael Libber, president of Elite Tournaments, which organizes elite-level soccer tournaments from U9-U19 players in the Mid-Atlantic region, Florida, Louisiana, and Kansas. “The biggest challenge these players have is to be seen. Timing is everything,” he said. Turn to page 36 to read more+
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Big soccer tourney translates into big dollars for Howard County By Rachel Bernstein Daily Record Business Writer
Covenant Park in Ellicott City is one of the six venues playing host to games in the tournament Starting Friday, a youth soccer tournament will invade Columbia for the holiday weekend and bring in money for the area’s hotels and restaurants. The 36th annual Columbia Invitational Soccer Tournament will host 462 teams, bringing about 6,200 hotel room nights to the area’s lodging industry and untold dollars to restaurants and other attractions. “We’re looking forward to this weekend,” said Alicia Smith, director of sales for Staybridge Suites in Columbia. The 118-room hotel is sold out this weekend, and all 22 rooms it has set aside for families and children playing in the tournament are booked. Smith said she’s been working with tournament organizers for the past four years she’s been with the hotel, and the number of families has grown over the years. “There has definitely been more demand over time,” Smith said. The tournament will bring in teams from 18 states and Canada, from the under-9 age group to the under-19s. More than 275 college coaches will visit during the weekend to scout out the young talent, tournament organizers said. Read more+ |
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Weekend Wrap Up: Columbia InvitationalAnother successful year of the Columbia Invitational Soccer Tournament wrapped up in and around Columbia yesterday. Thousands of soccer players and their families invaded the friendly confines of Howard County this past weekend for one of the premier soccer tournaments in the country put on by Maryland’s own Elite Tournaments. The tournament hosted 462 teams from 18 different states and Canada over the course of the four-day tournament, and OSM stopped by to check out the games and festivities. Read more+ |
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Elite Tournaments’ Role in the Growth of Soccer in MarylandBy: Margaret Perry for MDBizMedia Maryland-based Elite Tournaments will be running a youth soccer tournament in Columbia this weekend, which is expected to bring in close to $4 million in revenue for Howard County. The Mt. Airy based company, which recently announced a partnership with the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA), hosts and manages sports tournaments both in Maryland and across the nation. This summer and into next fall, Elite Tournaments will host 10 soccer tournaments throughout the state of Maryland for a variety of age groups ranging from U-9 to U-19. The first of these tournaments will be held in Columbia over Memorial Day Weekend. The games will be held at six different locations including fields in Howard County, Montgomery County, Anne Arundel County, and at UMBC in Baltimore. Read more+
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Elite Soccer Tournaments Teams Up With NSCAABy Eric SlackQuestion: What is one of the most important concerns for U15-plus club coaches when looking at what tournaments to attend? Answer: College coach attendance. One recent announcement aims to solve that concern and then some. Back in May, Elite Tournaments and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) teamed up on a three-year partnership to hold a series of elite showcase tournaments and coaching education events across the country.
Elite Tournaments got its start in 2000 as a fundraiser for 10 teams. Since that time, it has organized more than 130 youth soccer events for nine different clubs, colleges and international and professional organizations. In 2010, it ran 16 tournaments over 18 weekends across the Mid-Atlantic region and in Louisiana, New Jersey and Bermuda. Read more+ |
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UMBC Soccer Complex Renamed Elite Tournaments Field at UMBC Soccer Stadium
Catonsville, MD - UMBC’s
soccer complex has been renamed Elite Tournaments Field at UMBC Soccer
Stadium, it was announced today jointly by Director of Athletics Dr.
Charles Brown and Elite Tournaments’ Founder and President Mike Libber.
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Elite Tournaments signs Nationwide Partnership with NSCAA MARYLAND-BASED COMPANY PROUD TO AFFILIATE WITH TOP COACHING ORGANIZATION Mount Airy, Md. - Elite Tournaments has signed a groundbreaking new partnership with the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) to stage elite showcase tournaments and coaching education events across the United States. The three-year deal brings the Maryland-based company's event management skills to new markets while helping NSCAA, the largest soccer coaches’ organization in the world, further extend its coaching education efforts throughout the country...... |
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Elite Tournaments - True To Its Name When Michael Libber was 24 years old, he took a risk. He wanted the Baltimore Bays U12 soccer team he was coaching to attend a state tournament, but he knew that the entry fee was expensive. In order to help his players pay for the costs, Libber organized a mini-tournament for local U12 teams as a fundraiser.............. |
Columbia Invitational: Where Tradition Meets Progression There is a reason why Sports Illustrated, upon visiting The Annual Columbia Invitational, said that Columbia “arguably is the heartland of U.S. soccer.” This is because the Memorial Day weekend soccer tournament, now in its 35th year, is as elite and traditional as they come. The tournament, which is only days away, will be bringing in close to 500 teams from 22 states, not to mention 6 clubs from Canada...... |
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Attracting Fans and Participants in a Down Economy By: Angela Standish You hear it everywhere you go these days. At the sporting goods store, ballparks, arenas and concession stands. You can’t turn on the television or radio without commentators hashing over it, or sit down with a newspaper without it glaring back at you........................ |
Not kids play: Youth sports eyed to boost Maryland tourism by Ryan Sharrow Staff Every Memorial Day weekend, nearly 9,000 young athletes hit the soccer fields in Howard and Montgomery counties primed for competition. They travel from locations in Maryland and neighboring states for the Columbia Invitational Memorial Day tournament — with coaches, parents, grandparents, friends and siblings generating significant business for local restaurants, shops and hotels........................ |
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Mason Dixon Cup hosts 63 youth teams By CONNER GILBERT In the world of youth sports, athletes and their families frequently deal with disorganized or poorly run events. But as 63 youth soccer teams converged on the Hagerstown Soccer Club on Saturday for the Mason Dixon Cup, tournament organizer Mike Libber can proudly say that his event is different................... |
| Columbia Invitational tournament gets bigger and better every year By Stan Ber Just when I think that the Columbia Invitational Soccer Tournament may have peaked in terms of the number of teams that come here to play, I discover that there is apparently some room to grow. The 31st version of the tournament concluded May 28 and the 370 teams that came to play represented the largest turnout in the tournament's long history. Those teams came from 22 states and Canada and brought in nearly 20,000 people and an estimated $1.5 million for local merchants, according to figures provided to me by first-year tournament director, 31-year-old Mike Libber............................................. |
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Columbia Tournament Shows Growth in Youth Soccer
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Should Your Club Hire a Soccer Tournament Management Company? Have you ever thought of hiring a professional soccer tournament management company? Perhaps you want to put on a tournament but you don’t know where to start? Your head is full of unanswered questions about fields, sponsors, publicity, scheduling, referees, trophies |
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, hotels, t-shirts, portable bathrooms and weather forecasts. Meanwhile, you have a day job and a family and a lawn that won’t mow itself....................................... 
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HOWARD HOSTS HOLIDAY SOCCER BASH COUNTY BUSINESSES BENEFIT AS ANNUAL TOURNAMENT DRAWS MORE THAN 6,000 YOUNG PLAYERS By Allison Connolly For many, Memorial Day weekend means backyard barbecues with family and friends. But at the Soccer Association of Columbia-Howard County complex at Covenant Park in Ellicott City, it's nonstop soccer............ |
Dodgeball Comes to the 'Burbs Adults are joining leagues By STEPHANIE MLOT and CHRIS PYBURNLooking to recapture part of your childhood? Then head over to Frederick, Md., and join the latest dodgeball league. Dodgeball has been making a huge comeback across the nation following the 2004 movie "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story." On most weekends, you will find dodgeball games taking place on The National Mall in Washington, D.C. So Frederick decided to join the fun with a new co-ed dodgeball program. The league is for locals 21 and older to participate in recreational sports....... |
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