BARBOURSVILLE — Soggy Sunday weather has  moved some of the soccer games for the US Youth Soccer Region I Championships, which are in Huntington and Barboursville through Tuesday.

A handful of games have been canceled today, while some games are being moved to Marshall University, the new South Point High School, just across the Ohio River in southern Ohio,  as well as Schoenbaum Stadium at Coonskin Park in Charleston.

Those updates are constantly being posted on the US Youth Soccer web site at www.region1.com.

The rain has delayed morning games at Barboursville Soccer Park to 10 a.m. start, due to the weather.

Games at the YMCA’s Glenbrier Center, located just north of Huntington along West Virginia 2 began at the regular time, 8 a.m.

Today is the last day of preliminary games for the US Youth Soccer Region I Championships, which are in Huntington and Barboursville through Tuesday.
 
Playing in the six-day tournament are about 272 soccer teams representing 15 state associations from 13 states.  Among the states represented are Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Shannon Holtz, spokesperson for US Youth Soccer, said this morning the tournament is continuing in the rain, but some games have been shifted.

“We have moved fields, delayed games and have cancelled games in some age groups that were not needed to determine the teams advancing to the semifinals tomorrow,” Holtz said this morning by e-mail.

Please go to www.region1.com for the most current schedule for today’s matches of the US Youth Soccer Region I Championships.
 

Chris Jackson/The Herald-Dispatch

The second day of pool play for the US Youth Soccer Region 1 Championships are held Saturday, July 4, 2009, at the Barboursville Soccer Complex and Scott Orthopedic Soccer Complex at the YMCA Kennedy Center.

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