Unprecedented Gold Cup presence for NW in 2013 edition

CONCACAF announced the venue list for the 2013 Gold Cup Wednesday, unveiling that the 12-team tournament will be held at 13 different venues around the United States, including Seattle, Portland and Salt Lake City.

Around the Rankings - September 18

 A number of Inland Northwest teams highlight the national rankings for the various collegiate divisions. Here is a look around at the three main polls/rankings from the NSCAA, Soccer America, D3soccer.com and Top Drawer Soccer, which incorporates its projection of the tournament fields into its ranking.

2015 Women’s World Cup coming to the NW – Vancouver & Edmonton

FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association announced its six venues for the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, unveiling the western cities of Vancouver and Edmonton as part of the tournament. The event will also be held in Moncton (New Brunswick), Montreal (Quebec), Winnipeg (Manitoba) and the capital city of Ottawa (Ontario).

The CSA is boasting the Women’s World Cup – the largest single sports event for women in the world – as the first single sport event in Canada to be held from coast to coast. It will continue the tournament’s presence in the Northwest region of North America, which saw the Women’s World Cup in 1999 and 2003 feature Portland’s Jeld-Wen Field (previously Civic Stadium and PGE Park)  as a host venue. The closest the 1994 Men’s World Cup came to the region was Stanford Stadium in California.