Soccer mania: Dixie sunshine attracts huge crowds

Written by Andy Griffin
November 25, 2017
The Dixie Invitational, Soccer, St. George, UT, Nov. 24, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News

ST. GEORGE – The undeniable draw of the perfect Dixie weather is the setting for the massive Dixie Invitational at more than a dozen venues around St. George.

Soccer teams from throughout the Western United States are in town for the tourney, which features more than 100 teams from Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming with young athletes from age 6 to 19.

An estimated 8,000 to 10,000 visitors were expected to converge on the St. George area for the holiday weekend, putting a charge into the local economy. The Dixie Invitational is projected to generate an economic impact of $4 million.

St. George News sports photographer Robert Hoppie was pout this weekend and captured this photo gallery of the 14th edition of the Dixie Invitational:

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andy Griffin has been in sports media since 1989 and has covered BYU, Utah State and the Utah Jazz as well as all sports in southern Utah. A journalism graduate of USU, Andy has carried on a dual career as both a sports writer and a sports broadcaster and has been heard around the country. He has also been published in USA Today, Sport magazine, The Sporting News, Fairways magazine, the Los Angeles Times and locally in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Spectrum. Andy was “The Voice of Region 9 sports,” for many years. He also hosted a daily sports talk show for three years called AG in the a.m. Andy has been married to his college sweetheart Shelly for 28 years and has five children ages 13 to 25.

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