Photo Courtesy of NYC Footy<\/p>\n
McCarren Park (Turf Field), Bedford Ave & N 12th St., Brooklyn, NY 11222<\/p>\n
Before the global spotlight hits MetLife for the 2026 World Cup Final, the real heartbeat of America\u2019s soccer mecca will be on full display at the second annual Chopped Cheese Classic. Hosted by NYC Footy<\/a>, this spectator-friendly, soccer tournament. The 7v7 coed Chopped Cheese Classic features both casual and competitive divisions, where 11-player squads representing their local bodegas battle through a guaranteed four-match group stage and a knockout bracket. The on-pitch action will be immediately followed by a vibrant neighborhood soccer block party celebrating the city\u2019s rising soccer culture and the local corner stores that fuel it.<\/p>\n Saturday, July 18, 2026<\/p>\n 8:00 AM \u2013 6:00 PM ET<\/p>\n Ideal times for peak crowd\/atmosphere: 12:00 \u2013 3:00 PM ET<\/p>\n To learn more about the Chopped Cheese Classic tournament, click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n About NYC Footy<\/p>\n NYC Footy, the largest adult soccer league in the U.S., is exclusively mixed gender, and operates beginner through advanced leagues throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, and Queens. NYC Footy also hosts two of New York\u2019s largest tournaments, the Governor\u2019s Cup and The Footy Fest. Through their Ted Lasso Code of Conduct, created in partnership with Women in Soccer, NYC Footy leads in efforts that promote inclusion and kindness on and off the field. For more information, visit www.nycfooty.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n \tDiscover more from City Life Org<\/p>\n Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo Courtesy of NYC Footy McCarren Park (Turf Field), Bedford Ave & N 12th St., Brooklyn, NY 11222…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-294953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}