New pre-season tournament The Soccer Tournament is set to kick off with four days of intense footballing action to follow in a fast-paced, exciting format in America.
The winner-takes-all competition set up in USA has 32-teams with squads all the way from Borussia Dortmund to Wrexham, West Ham to Say Word FC - a side representing Black colleges and universities in America. YouTube team Hashtag United are also competing as are Italian side Como, who have former Chelsea ace Cesc Fabregas among their ranks.
Held in North Carolina, the winner will take home $1m (£804,000) after a minimum $10,000 (£8,000) buy-in. With the games taking place at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, here is all you need to know for the event.
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When is The Soccer Tournament?
Matches begin on June 1 and continue through a two-day group stage before knockout matches are played on June 2 and 3 before the final on June 4.
Games start at 9am ET for US viewers and 2pm BST for UK viewers. There are matches starting every 15 minutes until 2:15 ET, 7:15 BST.
Format and rules for The Soccer Tournament
The tournament is a seven-a-side competition which follows a World Cup format with 32 teams in eight groups of four. The top two teams go into a last-16 single-leg knockout bracket.
There are to be six outfield players and a goalkeeper in the team with rosters between 10-18. There are unlimited substitutions and no offside rules.
The scoring is not as simple as most, though. There are two 20-minute halves with an Elam Ending added on, meaning unlimited extra time. After 40 minutes there will be a target score - which is set at one more than the team with the most goals - and the game goes on until that is reached.
After the first ten minutes that passes without the target being reached one player will be removed for each side. Then one player will be eliminated per team every five minutes after that.
What teams are involved in The Soccer Tournament?
A full list of teams is as follows:
Group A: Borussia Dortmund, Hoosier Army, Kingdom FC, Newtown Price FC
Group B: Blade & Grass FC, DMV Diplomats, Villita FC, Wolves FC
Group C: Club Necaxa, Hapoel Tel Aviv FC, SLC FC, Virginia Dream
Group D: Culture by Mo Ali FC, Dallas United, Far East United, West Ham United
Group E: Como 1907, Say Word FC, US Women, Wrexham Red Dragons
Group F: Conrad & Beasley United, Gracie FC, Hashtag United, Nati SC
Group G: Jackson TN Boom, Sneaky Fox FC, Team Dempsey, Zala FFF
Group H: Charlotte FC, Duke Sevens, North Carolina FC, Raleigh Rebels FC
How to watch The Soccer Tournament
All matches will be available on either Peacock, for US viewers or on The Soccer Tournament's Youtube channel.
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