NFL great and co-owner of Burnley, J.J. The Soccer Tournament, a 7-on-7, $1 million, winner-take-all competition, will see Watt’s Burnley team take on Pat McAfee’s Concafa SC club, a former NFL punter and ESPN personality, in the first round on June 5–10.
ESPN+ will stream the competition, which is scheduled to take place in Cary, North Carolina. On Tuesday, the competition brackets were revealed. The 48 teams in the TST men’s bracket are divided into 12 groups of four, while the eight teams in the women’s bracket are divided into two groups of four.
Competitors in the women’s competition will fight for a $1 million winner-take-all prize.
At 8 p.m., the US Women, a squad captained by former US teammates Ali Krieger and Heather O’Reilly, will take versus the Wrexham Red Dragons. on June 8.
Seven members of Wrexham’s first team will be included in the squad, led by Rosie Hughes, who had an appearance on “Welcome to Wrexham.”
The NC Courage club, led by Watt’s former Houston Dash teammate and USWNT member Jessica McDonald, will play the Burnley side of Kealia Watt. Formiga, the most-capped player in the history of Brazil’s men’s or women’s national teams, will serve as the club captain of Tampa Bay Sun FC, a newcomer to the USL Super League.
After serving as a member of FC Cincinnati’s alumni team at the first-ever TST last year, former NFL player Chad Johnson has decided to rejoin the Nati SC team for another summer.
Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, two Bundesliga teams, will play at 5 p.m. on May 5. Every match must conclude with a goal thanks to unique rules and a format modeled after the World Cup.
“We anticipate a remarkable occasion in Cary,” stated Jon Mugar, CEO of TST.
“All of our games end in a game winning goal, which means fans will be treated to 118 game winning goals over six days, including a million dollar men’s goal and million dollar women’s goal scored on Monday night June 10.”
