{"id":1400,"date":"2026-06-06T04:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2026-06-06T04:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:07:34","slug":"copa-del-sol-brings-soccer-fans-together-on-miami-beach-ahead-of-fifa-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=1400","title":{"rendered":"Copa del Sol brings soccer fans together on Miami Beach ahead of FIFA World Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>With just days remaining before the start of FIFA World Cup 2026 action in Miami, soccer fans are already getting into the spirit of the tournament at Copa Del Sol on Miami Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=1398\">Anti-Trump ex-Republicans are running in Democratic primaries. They\u2019re off to a rocky start.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The three-day community soccer festival kicked off Friday at Lummus Park, drawing hundreds of players and spectators to the sand for a celebration of the world\u2019s most popular sport.<\/p>\n<p>The event, organized by the Miami Host Committee, is part of the One Game One Passion community programming leading up to the World Cup. Miami is one of 16 host cities for FIFA World Cup 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll have FIFA legends, we\u2019re going to have influencers that are going to be here, football influencers, who are going to be competing in a match starting at six o\u2019clock,\u201d said Michelle Lachapelle, Chief Commercial Officer for the Miami Host Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Copa Del Sol features more than 160 teams from across South Florida competing in a fast-paced four-versus-four mini-pitch tournament. Divisions include youth, women\u2019s, competitive, corporate and open categories.<\/p>\n<p>The festival celebrates the ability of soccer to bring together people from different communities, cultures, generations and backgrounds through sport and friendly competition.<\/p>\n<p>Participants said the beach setting adds to the excitement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody sees people play soccer, they want to get out on the field themselves and we\u2019re playing on a beach, which is even more exciting,\u201d one participant said. \u201cIt gets people wanting to play for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Sunset Strikers team were also feeling confident after an early victory.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=1396\">Miami-Dade enacts eminent domain on PortMiami fuel tank property on Fisher Island<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all on the same team here,\u201d one player said. \u201cWe just won our last game. We\u2019re going to continue until we win, and then we go to the World Cup to enjoy the summer the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While fans enjoyed the action on the beach, organizers were also preparing behind the scenes for the massive logistical operation required to host the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Friday, officials provided a look inside the tournament operations center, where information from more than 500 official sites across three countries is monitored and coordinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really, really important in a tournament of this magnitude to have the right information, to have everybody together in one center, to be able to discuss issues, to find solutions, and then to apply those solutions,\u201d an official said.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say the scale of the tournament presents significant logistical challenges, requiring constant coordination among transportation providers, law enforcement, hotels and tournament officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe big challenge of this tournament is obviously its scale and the resulting logistics,\u201d the official said. \u201cEverything is connected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copa Del Sol continues through Sunday at Lummus Park as South Florida counts down to the arrival of the FIFA World Cup 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/jacksonvillemovingnews.com\/?p=1394\">Woman whose body washed ashore at Hollywood Beach may have been hit by boat, FWC says<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With just days remaining before the start of FIFA World Cup 2026 action in Miami, soccer fans are already getting into the spirit of the tournament at Copa Del\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-cup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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