Shawnee Sports Complex to host US Youth Soccer National Qualifier in June 2027

DUNBAR, W.Va. — The Shawnee Sports Complex in Kanawha County is going to be home to a youth soccer national qualifier next summer. The Kanawha County Commission, the West Virginia Soccer Association, and United States Youth Soccer gathered Tuesday afternoon to announce the facility will host the 2027 US Youth Soccer Mid Atlantic Presidents Cup National Qualifier from June 11-14, 2027. The four-day event will take place in Dunbar next June. (Photo/Daniel Woods) Teams from six different states will come to Dunbar for the event. Those teams, 13U-19U Boys and Girls from Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, will compete for the right to advance to the National Presidents Cup next July in Wichita, Kansas. Kanawha County Commission President Ben Salango said this is proof that the facility, nearing the one-decade mark, is working. “They said, ‘this is never going to work. The facility’s not going to work. Nobody’s going to come.

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