What is TST? Soccer tournament schedule and teams including West Ham and Wrexham

West Ham are one of 32 teams taking part in the TST (The Soccer Tournament) in the United States this month.

The tournament, which is taking place in Cary, North Carolina, features teams from across Europe and the USA. Rather than featuring first-team players from each respective team, the players involved are well known and aim to make the sport more fun for spectators and fans.

West Ham are joined by the likes of Borussia Dortmund, Wolves and Wrexham in having representatives from their ranks in the tournament. Each game is made up of a 7-vs-7 line-up, with a number of different rule changes. Former footballers such as Greg Halford, Lee Trundle, Chris Eagles, Danny Drinkwater, Leon Best, Stephen Ireland, Zat Knight, George Boyd and Luiz Gustavo are all competing.

One big rule change is there is no offside, with another being teams can make an unlimited amount of substitutes. This summer marks the inaugural season of the competition, with TST also founding The Basketball Tournament, with the winner set to pocket £800,000 ($1million) prize money.

West Ham’s second group game against Dallas was abandoned on Thursday after an alleged racial slur was directed towards Hammers player Frank Nouble. The West Ham players, led by Anton Ferdinand and Carlton Cole, walked off the pitch and the game was subsequently abandoned.

Wrexham are in action at TST (@TST7v7/Twitter)

A West Ham statement read: “The players made a collective decision to walk off the pitch as a team in support of our player. As a club, everyone at West Ham United stands shoulder to shoulder in solidarity against all forms of discrimination and abuse.”

With the game abandoned, and not forfeited, West Ham cannot qualify for the knockout stages. West Ham are still set to play their final group game against Culture By Mo Ali FC on Friday.

The tournament is set to conclude on Sunday, with the full knockout stages taking place over the weekend.

TST Groups and Teams

Group A

Newtown Pride FC

Kingdom FC

Hoosier Army

Borussia Dortmund

Group B

Blade & Grass FC

DMV Diplomats

Wolves

Villita FC

Wrexham have a team representing at TST (@TST7v7/Twitter)

Group C

Hapoel Tel Aviv FC

SLC FC

Club Necaxa

Virginia Dream

Group D

Culture By Mo Ali FC

Far East United

West Ham

Dallas United

Group E

Wrexham Red Dragons

Say Word FC

Como 1907

US Women

Group F

Hashtag United

Nati FC

Conrad & Beasley United

Gracie FC

West Ham are also in action (@TST7v7/Twitter)

Group G

Sneaky Fox FC

Jackson TN Boom

Teamp Dempsey

Zala FFF

Group H

Raleigh Rebels FC

North Carolina FC

Duke Sevens

Charlotte FC

Knockout stages brackets

Round of 16 - June 3

1. Group A 1st vs Group B 2nd

2. Group C 1st vs Group D 2nd

3. Group E 1st vs Group F 2nd

4. Group G 1st vs Group H 2nd

5. Group A 2nd vs Group B 1st

6. Group C 2nd vs Group D 1st

7. Group E 2nd vs Group F 1st

8. Group G 2nd vs Group H 1st

There is a US Women team competing too (@TST7v7/Twitter)

Quarter-finals - June 3

1. Winner of RO16 1 vs Winner of RO16 2

2. Winner of RO16 3 vs Winner of RO16 4

3. Winner of RO16 5 vs Winner of RO16 6

4. Winner of RO16 7 vs Winner of RO16 8

Semi-finals - June 3

1. Winner of QF 1 vs Winner of QF 2

2. Winner of QF 3 vs Winner of QF 4

Final - June 4

Winner of SF 1 vs Winner of SF 2