{"id":236107,"date":"2026-07-05T15:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/236107\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T15:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T15:40:09","slug":"kids-learn-from-professional-soccer-coaches-at-free-clinic-at-acrisure-stadium-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/236107\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids learn from professional soccer coaches at free clinic at Acrisure Stadium \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Pittsburgh\u2019s World Cup Fan Zone opened for the first time on Saturday at Acrisure Stadium. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The free, multi-day celebration is open during select World Cup matches, featuring programs for all ages. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">One of the highlights is free youth soccer clinics on the Acrisure Stadium field. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Kids participated in drills under the watchful eyes of coaches from the USL champion Pittsburgh Riverhounds Academy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">They say it\u2019s the perfect time to get people hooked on soccer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re doing our part in the global game. We\u2019re growing the game in Pittsburgh,\u201d Sotiri Tsourekis said. \u201cMore kids than ever are playing in the city of Pittsburgh and we\u2019re hoping it catches fire even more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Fan zone watch parties are scheduled for July 6, 9 and 19. <a href=\"https:\/\/acrisurestadium.com\/event\/world-cup-fan-zone-july-4-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/acrisurestadium.com\/event\/world-cup-fan-zone-july-4-2026\/\">Click here<\/a> to learn more. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh\u2019s World Cup Fan Zone opened for the first time on Saturday at Acrisure Stadium. The free, multi-day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49594,139,859,73,75,74,101725,420,101724,860],"class_list":["post-236107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-acresure_stadium","tag-news","tag-ott_news","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh_riverhounds_academy","tag-video","tag-world_cup","tag-wpxi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236107","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=236107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}