Congressional Soccer Match

The Congressional Soccer Match is an annual soccer game played each summer by members of the United States Congress. The game began in 2013 and in its current format in 2014. In the match, the Republicans and Democrats form separate teams and play against each other. The event is hosted by the United States Soccer Foundation and generally features members of the Congressional Soccer Caucus, and former professional players.[1] The money raised from the match is donated to local charities.[2]

Congressional Soccer Match

Democrats Republicans
Locale	Washington, D.C.
First meeting	Democrats 7–6 Republicans (April 13, 2015)
Latest meeting	Republicans 6–5 Democrats (May 21, 2019)
Next meeting	Spring 2021
Statistics
Meetings total	7
Most wins	Democrats (4)
Most player appearances	Cobi Jones (8)
Largest victory	Republicans 8–4 Democrats (April 13, 2015)

The defending champions are the Republicans.[3]

Rosters

2018

Democrats Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 MF  [[|Florida]] Kathy Castor 2 DF  [[|Nevada]] Ruben Kihuen 3 MF  [[|Washington]] Rick Larsen 4 MF  [[|California]] Cobi Jones (guest player) 5 GK  [[|New Jersey]] Saskia Webber (guest player) 6 FW  BOL Jaime Moreno (guest player) 7 DF  USA Olivia Beavers (guest player)

Republicans Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 MF  [[|Nebraska]] Don Bacon 2 DF  [[|Illinois]] Darin LaHood 3 MF  [[|California]] David Valadao 4 MF  [[|New Jersey]] John Harkes (guest player) 5 GK  [[|Virginia]] Clarence Goodson (guest player) 6 FW  [[|Maryland]] Santino Quaranta (guest player) 7 DF  [[|Michigan]] Jack Bergman

2019

Democrats Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 MF  [[|Illinois]] Sean Casten 2 MF  [[|Florida]] Kathy Castor 3 MF  [[|Pennsylvania]] Madeleine Dean 4 MF  [[|Washington]] Rick Larsen 5 GK  [[|Florida]] Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

Republicans Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 DF  [[|Nebraska]] Don Bacon 2 MF  [[|Texas]] Dan Crenshaw 3 FW  [[|Ohio]] Anthony Gonzalez 4 DF  [[|Louisiana]] Garret Graves 5 DF  [[|Illinois]] Darin LaHood

Results

  Democrats Win   Republicans Win   Draw

April 24, 2013	Team Gray	6–6	Team Yellow	Hotchkiss Field
	Reichert Van Hollen Messer McDermott Doyle	Report	Jones Reyna Sommer Harkes	Attendance: 400

April 7, 2014	Democrats	7–6	Republicans	RFK Stadium
		Report		Attendance: 800

April 13, 2015	Republicans	8–4	Democrats	RFK Stadium
		Report		Attendance: 800
Note: Two 25 minute halves

May 17, 2016	Democrats	7–4	Republicans	RFK Stadium
		Report		Attendance: 1,200
Note: Two 25 minute halves

May 24, 2017	Democrats	5–3	Republicans	RFK Stadium
	Kihuen Larsen Britt Olsen Harkes	Report	Valadao Jones McTavish	Attendance: 1,000
Note: Two 25 minute halves

May 23, 2018	Democrats	5–4	Republicans	Bucanan Field
	Kihuen  1'	Report		Attendance: 600
Note: Two 25 minute halves

May 21, 2019	Republicans	6–5	Democrats	Audi Field
		Report		Attendance: 1,000
Note: Two 30 minute halves

May 2020

[Cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic]

See also

• Congressional Baseball Game
• Soccer in the United States

References

1. "United legends competing in sixth annual Congressional Soccer Match". DCUnited.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
2. "Charity soccer match benefiting children living in underserved communities". U.S. Soccer Foundation.
3. "REPUBLICANS BEAT THREE-TIME DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, DEMOCRATS, TO WIN 7TH ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL SOCCER MATCH". U.S. Soccer Foundation. May 22, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.

External links

• Congressional Soccer Match