All posts by Gerard McLean

Get ready to pig out on BBQ and soccer this weekend

May 28, 2010Tournamentsadidas, Carol Maas, Dayton, Mark Peebles, Memorial Day soccer tournament, Ohio, Oinkadoodlemoo, soccer tournament software, Soccer tournaments, Warrior Classic, youth soccer tournamentsGerard McLean

Mark Peebles checks the smoker in his Englewood restaurant.

The adidas Warrior Soccer Classic soccer tournament, one of the largest youth soccer tournaments in the United States, will see a new food vendor in 2010.

Oink-A-Doodle-Moo, a bar-b-que restaurant in Englewood is testing the waters so to speak, and will be at Thomas Cloud Park in Huber Heights, near Dayton, Ohio, for the event on Memorial Day Weekend.

“This is another avenue to get exposure,” said Mark Peebles, Oink-A-Doodle-Moo’s president and founder. “We like being part of the community and supporting youth sports teams.”

This is the second youth soccer tournament that Oink-A-Doodle-Moo will be at tempting tourney attendees with items from is savory menu. And if Peebles has his way, the passion emanating from Carol Maas, Director of the adidas Warrior Soccer Classic, and Gerard McLean of TourneyCentral will lead to other forays at youth soccer tournaments in the Dayton, Ohio area.

“I didn’t grow up playing soccer, but when I see Gerard and Carol and see their passion, it gets you excited to be associated with something like this,” Peebles said.

Plus, being at an event where participants and attendees come from literally all over the USA is beneficial for business.

“We are gaining exposure in the local area, but because we have a franchise plan set up we are able to possibly recruit people from other cities as well,” Peebles said.

Oink-A-Doodle-Moo conservatively estimates it will sell in excess of 200 pounds of meat, and go through a dozen or more gallons of sauce.

Photo at the Strawberry Invitational

May 22, 2010TournamentsGerard McLean

Today’s photo was taken by G Chandler during the game between the STAR 92/93 (0) vs. Skyhawks 92 (7) Sat at 6:30PM on field PITZ31

Image Troy Strawberry Soccer

See all thirteen photos of this game. Click here.

Cool soccer tournament photos of the day

May 2, 2010TournamentsGerard McLean

All of these were taken at the 2010 Club X Xenia Tornado Memorial on Saturday, May 1. Check out the scores and other photos as they are uploaded. The Club X Tornado is also on Twitter.

Cool soccer tournament photo of the day

April 24, 2010TournamentsSoccer tournaments, soccer tournaments 2010Gerard McLean

I was a little torn over which photo was the coolest, so I posted all three. They were taken at the MidAmerica Cup College Showcase going on in Peoria, IL this weekend and they were taken by Todd Taylor. If you want to buy some, visit here. I think he will be posting up more from the other games, so check them out as well.

Is your soccer tournament using Twitter?

April 23, 2010Tournamentsrivershark, Soccer tournaments, TourneyCentral, twitter, youth soccer tournamentsGerard McLean

We here at TourneyCentral have been encouraging soccer tournaments to get on board and use Twitter for their communications, scores reporting, etc. In fact, all of our soccer tournament websites are integrated with Twitter and will automatically post your front page news and scores updates in real time. All you need do is set up a Twitter account and enter the information in your Web Site Maintenance>Variables

This morning we saw a support question come over to one of the tournaments from a coach:

With the forecast being for rain/storms, how best can we learn about cancellations/postponements? Website? Email mailing list? Twitter (this would be great)? Phone call to certain phone#?

This would be great! Twitter is a really cool tool to communicate out to followers your local fields, local vendor deals, etc; all without having to set up complex SMS servers and verify cell numbers and email addresses. The user controls how s/he wants to receive your tweets (email, SMS) or if at all.

Our Advice: Get a Twitter account for your soccer tournament. Really, now. Do it. Then, set it up on your TourneyCentral website. By this time next year, you’ll either be in the game with Social Media or playing catch-up.