The Border Battle

The 2020 Border Battle Soccer Tournament will be held in one of the country’s finest soccer facilities, the SCHEELS Overland Park Soccer Complex, home of the 2020 USYSA National Championships and GARMIN Olathe Soccer Complex.

This tournament is well established and recognized as one of the top spring tournaments in the Midwest. It annually attracts ECNL, NPL, State and Regional Champion teams from up to 14 different States. We are anticipating another sell out event in 2020 with teams traveling from all over the Midwest!

All games will be played on world class turf at the SCHEELS Overland Park Soccer Complex and GARMIN Olathe Soccer Complex.

• Play at the ‘State of the art’ $36 million soccer complex in Overland Park, Kansas
• Great central location in Overland Park
• Great hotel options to suit every team budget and taste
• 12 tournament-quality synthetic turf fields
• Lighted fields for night use
• Great competition from all over the Midwest
• Play on a non-holiday weekend (spend those special times with family whilst saving more $)
• Excellent referees
• The complex includes a multi-purpose building with concession areas
• Scoreboards, signage and other exciting amenities on location
• Local attractions including Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead and St Andrew’s Golf course adjacent to complex

This is a Stay and Play Tournament

The Stay and Play policy applies to all tournaments held at SCHEELS Overland Park Soccer Complex and GARMIN Olathe Soccer Complex. The policy states that in order to participate in a tournament event all out of town teams are required to book hotel rooms in one of several tournament-approved hotels located in Overland Park or Olathe.

All out of town teams must book hotel rooms through GCI Travel or they will not be allowed to participate in the tournament.

WHY DO YOU HAVE A STAY AND PLAY POLICY?
We are fortunate to have multi-million dollar world class soccer facilities that were built and funded with hotel, entertainment and economic tax incentives. As the soccer users, for the cities and developers to invest in and build these world class complexes, we agreed to contracts with the complexes and/or cities requiring Stay and Play for all out of town teams. One of the main reasons cities build world class soccer complexes like ours is because of the positive economic impact they have on their area. A big driver of economic impact is hotel nights.