People of the Planet Soccer tournament April 5

The third annual People of the Planet Soccer Tournament will be held Sunday, April 5, at Appalachian State University’s Kidd Brewer Stadium.

The tournament will celebrate campus and community cultural diversity and is part of the annual Diversity Celebration held on campus. Admission is free. Registration and details about the tournament is online at www.cs.appstate.edu/soccer/.

The registration deadline is March 20.

The event begins with player introductions at 8:45 a.m., followed by the first adult match at 9 a.m. A second adult match will be played at 10:25 a.m. The afternoon adult matches will be played at 3 and 4:45 p.m. Children’s games begin at noon.   

Adult teams will be comprised of faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members representing many foreign countries. Youth teams in several age groups will have an opportunity to play. 

The U6 (ages 5, 6), U8 (ages 7, 8), U10 (ages 9, 10), and U12 (ages 11, 12) boys and girls teams are comprised of players from the Watauga Parks and Recreation and High Country Soccer teams.  Elementary and middle school students are invited register to play on one of the youth (U6 to U12) teams, and to carry small flags of the representing countries and walk with the players to the field before each game. The deadline for registering is March 20.

School students participating in the event will receive gifts, including a “passport” they can have signed by players from the various countries.