🇺🇸 Veterans Day Freedom Cup: A Weekend to Remember

This weekend was special.

Thank you to every player, coach, parent, and volunteer who made the 2025 Veterans Day Freedom Cup such a success. We hosted 85 teams from across Pennsylvania and New York, honoring our veterans while celebrating the game we all love.

Because of your support, we were able to raise over $5,000 for Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors and $5,000 for East Lycoming Soccer Association — two incredible organizations making a real impact in our veteran and soccer communities.

We’re proud to stand alongside these groups and grateful for everyone who helped make this tournament possible.

🏆 Champions & Runner-Ups

A huge congratulations to this year’s division champions and runner-ups! This was as talented of a competition field as we’ve ever seen, kudos to these teams for taking home some hardware.

For the full event recap and photo album, head over to our Facebook page. We’ll be sharing photos, team highlights, and a champions post throughout the week — so be sure to follow and tag your teams!

🇺🇸 Thanking Veterans In Our Soccer Community

Thank you to all the men and women who have served our country. Below are coaches and parents from our soccer community who proudly served. We extend our deepest gratitude to them — and to all veterans whose service makes our freedom possible.

🔭 Looking Ahead: The 2026 Tournament Lineup

The momentum doesn’t stop here.

We’ve finalized most of our 2026 event schedule — with even more opportunities to compete, connect, and give back through soccer.

We’re in the works of finalizing several more events in West Virginia and Virginia. Stay tuned for further announcements!

2026 Tournament Lineup

• 4v4 Clover Cup — March 14–15, 2026 | Montoursville, PA

• 4v4 Pittsburgh Preseason Cup — March 21, 2026 | Russelton, PA

• 2026 NC Summer Classic — May 30-31, 2026 | Asheboro, NC

• CenPenn Summer Cup — June 27–28, 2026 | Manheim, PA

• 3rd Annual Kicks 4 Canines — July 11–12, 2026 | Montoursville, PA

• 7v7 July Jamboree — July 25–26, 2026 | Manheim, PA

• North Carolina 7v7 Cup — August 1-2, 2026 | Asheboro, NC

• 4th Annual 7v7 Colonial Classic — August 8–9, 2026 | Cranberry, PA

• Veterans Day Freedom Cup — November 7–8, 2026 | Hughesville, PA

• Steel City Fall Finale — November 14–15, 2026 | Cranberry, PA

💥 We’ll be opening registration for these events soon — and making a major announcement by the end of the month.

One lucky program will win five free team entries for 2026 as part of our mission to make youth soccer more accessible. Stay tuned for more details in the next two weeks!

📬 What’s Next

Next week, we’ll return to our regular UnitedGoals USA Newsletter format featuring:

• Coach’s Corner drills & training ideas

• Parent’s Corner insights

• Team & Community Spotlights

If you enjoyed this special event edition, let us know!
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Here’s to Building American Soccer Together — One Tournament at a Time.

Warmly,

Colin Gorini
Founder, UnitedGoals USA
[email protected]
unitedgoalsusa.com