Merced to host soccer tournament for elementary schools

Merced City School District will host a World Cup-like soccer tournament for elementary schools next week.

The M.C. Cup will consist of 33 coed fifth- and sixth-grade teams in a single-elimination tournament beginning Friday, at Merced’s four middle schools.

Sixteen games are scheduled to start between 3 and 3:15 p.m. on Friday.

Teams from Alicia Reyes, Margaret Sheehy and Leontine Gracey elementary schools will play at Tenaya Middle School.

Teams from Joe Stefani, John C. Fremont, Rivera and Luther Burbank elementary schools will play at Rudoph Rivera Middle School.

At Hoover Middle School, teams from Ada Givens, Charles Wright, Don Stowell and John Muir will compete.

Teams from Allan Peterson and Donn B. Chenowith elementary schools will play at Cruickshank Middle School.

The UC Merced women’s soccer team will donate its time to help referee games on Friday.

The second and third rounds will be held on Nov. 2 and Nov. 3.

The semifinals and final are scheduled for Nov. 5 and Nov. 6 on the turf fields at McNamara Park.

This story was originally published October 23, 2015 at 6:16 PM with the headline "Merced to host soccer tournament for elementary schools."