{"id":6292,"date":"2020-04-14T10:15:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T14:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/?p=6292"},"modified":"2021-08-13T13:48:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T17:48:17","slug":"member-update-letter-from-kevin-payne-regarding-covid-19-impact-on-summer-2020-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/member-update-letter-from-kevin-payne-regarding-covid-19-impact-on-summer-2020-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Member Update: Letter from Kevin Payne regarding COVID-19; impact on summer 2020 events"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6292\" class=\"elementor elementor-6292\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de1e28e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de1e28e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e414d5f\" data-id=\"e414d5f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc9d69c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc9d69c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member Update: Letter from Kevin Payne regarding COVID-19; impact on summer 2020 events<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-701eae9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"701eae9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63c5c39\" data-id=\"63c5c39\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bab7e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bab7e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"layoutContainer row layout-100 \"><div class=\"column-1 column col-sm-12 col-md-12\"><div id=\"pageEl_485729492\" class=\"pageEl\"><div class=\"pageElement textBlockElement clearfix\"><div class=\"text clearfix\"><p>April 14, 2020<\/p><p>Dear members,<\/p><p>Because of a variety of factors stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, US Club Soccer will take the regrettable step of canceling all our National Championship events scheduled for this summer at DICK&#8217;S Sporting Goods Park in Colorado. While we realize this will be a great disappointment to clubs, teams, players and their families, we also want to be sensitive to the situation at hand.<\/p><p>Our first priority is the health and safety of everyone involved. We also understand the importance of doing everything we can to help our leagues across the country to complete this spring season, even if that means playing well into the summer. In conversations with leagues across the country, we believe many will be able to complete their spring seasons. Of course, we also recognize that even after restrictions on assembly are lifted, many people will not be eager to travel long distances, especially by air.<\/p><p>The list of cancelled tournaments is below:\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>ENPL National Playoffs (June 25-July 1 in Commerce City, CO)\u00a0<\/li><li>ENPL National Finals (July 9-13 in Commerce City, Colorado)<\/li><li>Girls NPL Finals (July 9-13 in Commerce City, Colorado)<\/li><li>National Cup XIX Finals (July 17-21 in Commerce City, Colorado)<\/li><\/ul><p>We have not yet made decisions on our Regional competitions, which many teams are able to drive to. Those competitions begin in June, and we hope to make decisions at least 30 days prior to each event\u00a0<em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usclubsoccer.org\/news_article\/show\/1104159\">UPDATE<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; National Cup XIX Regionals are also canceled)<\/em>.<\/p><ul><li>National Cup XIX South Central Regional (June 12-15 in Tulsa, OK)\u00a0<\/li><li>National Cup XIX West Regional (June 13-16 in Davis, CA)<\/li><li>National Cup XIX Midwest Regional (June 19-22 in Waukegan, IL)<\/li><li>National Cup XIX Southeast Regional (June 20-23 in Winston-Salem, NC)<\/li><li>National Cup XIX Northwest Regional (June 26-29 in Snohomish, WA)<\/li><li>National Cup XIX Mid-Atlantic Regional (June 27-30 in Somerset, NJ)<\/li><\/ul><p>These past weeks have been a trial to us all, and we\u2019re not out of the woods yet. There are certainly encouraging signs, however, not least of which is the willingness of so many people all over the country to accept short-term hardship in service to the greater good. If we all remain resolute and keep up the good fight by behaving responsibly and obeying public health guidelines, we\u2019ll more quickly find ourselves back on the soccer fields and living more normal lives. \u00a0<\/p><p>Stay home and stay safe.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"layoutContainer row layout-25-50-25 \"><div class=\"column-1 column col-sm-12 col-md-3\"><div id=\"pageEl_485729532\" class=\"pageEl\"><div class=\"pageElement textBlockElement clearfix\"><div class=\"text clearfix\"><p>Sincerely,<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pageEl_485729521\" class=\"pageEl\"><div class=\"pageElement heroPhotoElement\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn3.sportngin.com\/attachments\/photo\/63a1-144131979\/SIGNATURE_-_Kevin_Payne_large.png\" alt=\"\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn3.sportngin.com\/attachments\/photo\/63a1-144131979\/SIGNATURE_-_Kevin_Payne_large.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pageEl_485729523\" class=\"pageEl\"><div class=\"pageElement textBlockElement clearfix\"><div class=\"text clearfix\"><p>Kevin Payne\u00a0<br \/>CEO\/Executive Director<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Member Update: Letter from Kevin Payne regarding COVID-19; impact on summer 2020 events April 14, 2020 Dear members, Because of a variety of factors stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, US Club Soccer will take the regrettable step of canceling all<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/member-update-letter-from-kevin-payne-regarding-covid-19-impact-on-summer-2020-events\/\"> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"class_list":["post-6292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6292"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usclubsoccer.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=6292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}