July 17th Livestock & Adidas brings to you the first annual LIVECUP soccer tournament at Strathcona park, East Field off of prior street next to the skatepark. Teams competing in the tourney will be Livestock, Color Magazine, Guu Izakaya, VancouverisAwesome.com, Red Bull, EA Sports, Know?Show, and Fortune Sound Club.
The event , which will be hosted by Livestock’s very own Cyrus, is a Half Field, Blind Draw, Double Elimination Tournament, which means each team is guaranteed at least 2 games and will advance based on wins. The matches that will be drawn the day of at the pitch are randomly selected.
After each winner’s brackets game the winner moves over to the next blank line and the loser goes to the corresponding letter in the loser’s bracket. After each loser’s bracket game the winner moves over to the next line, but if your team loses while in the Loser’s bracket you will be out of the tournament.
Games will be two 15-minute halves with 5-minute half time and 5 minute lost time. (40 minute total) In the case of a tie, there will be a shootout.
Come out to support your favourite team, enjoy some food catered by Guu, kick back and listen to some music brought to you by our good friend Dj Age on the Red Bull Sound System.
Donations in support of Right to Play will be gladly accepted through out the day, Right to Play is a great cause that helps to improve the lives of children in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world by using the power of sport and play for development, health and peace. Be there bright and early – Kick off is at 11am!