SoccerFest at SteelStacks<\/a> is just days away.<\/p>\nStrap on your cleats, knock on your shin guards and throw on your jersey.<\/p>\n
“Soccer is the world sport,” said Chris Branscome, CEO of Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer.<\/p>\n
Time to warm up, for your FIFA World Cup favorites to kick it on the big screen in the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n
“We’ve been playing soccer in this part of Pennsylvania for over 150 years, longer than many of the countries that are actually coming to play in the World Cup,” said Branscome.<\/p>\n
Branscome said soccer at this level, is meant to be experienced together.<\/p>\n
“Because of all the different countries participating, it really brings communities together,” Branscome said.<\/p>\n
SoccerFest will bring fans from around the region together for a month-long celebration.<\/p>\n
ArtsQuest Chief Operating Officer Curt Morsel said it’ll be filled with cultural events, youth soccer programs, historic exhibits, community activities and free watch parties.<\/p>\n
“Bring your spirit, bring your energy,” said Curt Mosel, ArtsQuest Chief Operating Officer.<\/p>\n
And you might just score, the best seat in the house.<\/p>\n
“Bring your portable chairs and blankets to sit and gather with your group,” said Mosel.<\/p>\n
Get comfortable for the large-scale, live viewing parties showing all FIFA World Cup matches, from the PNC Plaza to the Levitt Pavilion and everywhere in between.<\/p>\n
“We are planning for absolute chaos here, and massive crowds,” said Mosel.<\/p>\n
SoccerFest runs from June 11 through July 19.<\/p>\n
“The vibe is just going to be incredible,” said Mosel.<\/p>\n
Game on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Soccer fans around the world are gearing up for the FIFA World Cup. In Bethlehem,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,153,155,154,1391,726],"class_list":["post-212084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-bethlehem-area","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}