Domestic and International Youth Football Competition 

Ignites the Enthusiasm of Football in the City

                                                            Dalian Daily Zhang Jian 

       Sponsored by the Chinese Football Association, Dalian Municipal People's Government, organized by Dalian Football Association, and co - organized by Dalian Sports Center, “2015 City Football Champions League U-15” has started on July 31 in the Sports Center in Dalian, the competition of which will last 7 days, and the competition system is single cycle, about 150 young athletes will participate in the competition. The six teams participating in the competition from Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Qingdao and Dalian are the most powerful among the U15 teams in their city respectively.

       On June 8 - 12, the “Second Sino US Youth Football Tournament” will also start in the Sports Center Stadium. The American young players will compete with three excellent teams of “2015 City Football Champions League U-15”. The “Second Sino US Youth Football Tournament” is a mass youth league football competition jointly held by the Municipal Soccer Association and Asian American Affairs Association, which is introduced to our city in 2014 and will be held for 5 years successively. The ending competition of the Sino US Youth Football Tournament will be held in Dalian Sports Center Stadium. Unlike the previous competition, the young athletes of the United States will compete and exchange skills with the youth teams representing the highest level of our country.

       Two events not only provide the opportunity of competition and communication for the national outstanding youth teams but also provide a platform for the interactions with soccer youth athletes of foreign countries.