Play Soccer.Change Lives.
Join our annual Columbus Day weekend tournament and help support educational opportunities through the Excellence Plus Foundation.
Oct 10, 2026
Saturday
8:00 AM
Through to 12:00 PM
Riverside Park
103rd and Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10025
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Team $360 / Solo $60
Four ways in
Register a Team or Yourself
Get a group together and claim your colour and crest. No team? Register on your own and we will place you.
Give
100% of what we raise goes to the Excellence Plus Foundation. Nothing is held back for costs.
Volunteer
Referees, scorekeepers, field marshals, first aid. You can volunteer and still play.
Sponsor
Back the tournament as a business. Your name goes on the day, and every dollar still reaches the scholarships.
Every team gets a crest
Pick a colour no one else has and an emblem to fly it under — 20 hand-drawn sprites, or the flag of any nation that came out of the group stage in 2026. Your crest follows you through the bracket, the roster and the scoreboard.
A sample of the catalogue — pick yours when you register.
The format
Eighteen-minute matches, round-robin group stage, then knockouts. Co-ed, all levels — the fastest player on the pitch is usually somebody's kid.
Check in opens 30 minutes before the first match, and trophies go out before noon.
Where the money goes
Every year the tournament funds need-based scholarships at the Elementary School of Khan in Cameroon, through the Excellence Plus Foundation.
Its founder, Dr. Zachee Tinhaga, was sent home from school more than once because his parents could not pay the fees. He went on to become a lawyer in New York, and he and his wife Katie started the foundation so that no child's education ends over money.
12 years in
$100K+
100%
Scholarships, teaching stipends, and a 12,000-book library and reading centre built with Books Without Borders.
Stay in the loop
The most efficient way to keep up with tournament details — dates, kick-off times, and anything that changes.