The 2017 FIPFA World Cup is finally here!! Ten countries put together their best powerchair football teams to compete for the world championship at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida! There have been two previous power soccer (as it is known in the U.S) world cups, held in Japan in 2007 and France in 2011. […]
US Power Soccer Conference Cup Series Blog #4: Champions! (and getting home…)
Welcome back to the final installment in our 2017 US Power Soccer Conference Cup Series blog! We moved into the last day of competition on Sunday with all three conferences (Presidents, Champions, and Premier) down to semifinals. It was a terrific end to the weekend with all of the semifinal and final games for the three […]
US Power Soccer Conference Cup Series Blog #3: First Cuts
The US Power Soccer Conference Cup Series rolled on after a thrilling first day. We only got a glimpse of each teams’ talents yesterday after their first couple games but they would continue to show their true colors as the event wore on. Early in the day the Circle City Rollers continued to assert their dominance […]
US Power Soccer Conference Cup Series Blog #2: Group Stage and Opening Ceremony
After arriving in Indiana yesterday for the US Power Soccer Conference Cup Series and resting up, we were ready for the tournament to begin. We showed up in the middle of the action (which started at 8am) on Friday because the Northeast Passage Wildcats’ games did not start until after 11. Before we arrived the Circle […]
US Power Soccer Conference Cup Series Blog #1: Travel and Looking Ahead
Power Soccer is an adaptive sport played by people with disabilities affecting their upper and lower bodies such as muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, and cerebral palsy. It is one of only a few sports available to people with power chairs (with others like wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball, and wheelchair tennis requiring push wheelchairs). We’ve been […]
