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US Youth Soccer Announces 2025 Tournament Schedule

US Youth Soccer has announced dates and locations for all of its 2024–2025 events with events in 12 cities throughout nine states and will also have teams competing internationally in four countries. The schedule features the National Championships, Presidents Cup, National League and the Olympic Development Program. National Championship Schedule US Youth Soccer’s premier event, […]

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Ripken Baseball Partners with Walt Disney World Resort

Ripken Baseball and Walt Disney World Resort have agreed to host youth baseball experiences at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the summers of 2025 and 2026, involving four week-long tournaments each year. The first tournament will be staged June 8–13, 2025. Week 2 will be held from June 15–20; Week 3 from June […]

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Since it opened in 1997, the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex has hosted athletes from more than 70 countries with dozens of sports organized across the venue, which spans more than 220 acres. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

NBPA’s Top 100 Camp Returns to Walt Disney World

The National Basketball Players Association’s Top 100 High School Basketball Camp will for the fourth year in a row take place at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, from June 8-13. Players will participate in drills, learn strategies from current and former NBPA members and coaches, along with […]

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Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Showcase
ESPN's Drew Fellios (left) hosted the announcement with (left to right) Greater Orlando Sports Commission CEO Jason Siegel, Disney Directory of Sports Planning and Development Jorge Senior, Boardwalk Sports Event Management CEO Rich Ensor, WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew and University of South Florida Head Coach Jose Fernandez. Disney photo by Manuel Miranda.

ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex to Host Women’s College Basketball Event

A four-team women’s basketball event will be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, from November 21–24, with six games played at State Farm Field House. The 2024 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Showcase has already announced two of the participating teams with the University of Louisville and University of South […]

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Since it opened in 1997, the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex has hosted athletes from more than 70 countries with dozens of sports organized across the venue, which spans more than 220 acres. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Sports and Resorts: A Weekend at ESPN Wide World of Sports

The name is an icon around the world. Between its various locations, there could be a creditable claim that every country in the world has had at least one person visit one of its parks. It is Disney, and one of its flagships is Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Within Walt Disney World, big […]

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US Youth Soccer Announces 2023-2024 Major Event Schedule

US Youth Soccer has announced its schedule of major events for the 2023–2024 season, which will be a year-long celebration of the organization’s 50th anniversary. The event schedule includes National Championship Series, Presidents Cup and National League events, plus USYS Olympic Development Program teams playing against club and international teams for the second straight year. […]

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Baseball fans watch a spring training game between the Atlanta Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals at Champion Stadium in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, in 2015. The stadium will host the Tampa Bay Rays for spring training in 2023. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Tampa Bay Rays to Open 2023 Spring Training at Disney

The Tampa Bay Rays will start its 2023 spring training at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, after the team’s traditional home at Charlotte Sports Park was damaged severely by Hurricane Ian. The Rays announced they will hold the first phase of camp at Disney before hosting most of […]

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ESPN Wide World of Sports to Host US Youth Soccer 2023 National Championships

US Youth Soccer has announced the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort as its host location for the 2023 National Championships, to be held July 17–23, 2023 as boys and girls champions will be crowned in each of USYS’ seven age divisions (13U-19U). The 2023 National Championships be the 49th […]

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U.S. Army Hosts Warrior Games at ESPN Wide World of Sports

The 2022 Department of Defense Warrior Games, hosted by the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, will take place at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, starting August 19. The 10-day event, held annually since 2010, celebrates the dedication of wounded, ill and injured active duty and […]

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ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex to host 2022 US Youth Soccer National Championships

The ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, has been selected to host the 2022 US Youth Soccer National Championships from July 19–24, 2022. The USYS National Championships will feature regional champions and top-finishing National League P.R.O. teams. The National Championships in six divisions are comprised of group […]

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