History of the People of the Planet Soccer Tournament

This tournament was founded in April 2007 by Dr. Rahman Tashakkori, faculty of the Department of Computer Science at Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. The first tournament was held at the Kidd-Brewer Stadium on April 15, 2007. Due to the bad weather on April 15, 2007, the two afternoon games were postponed to April 22. These two games were held at the ASU Soccer Field at the State Farm.

The first tournament involved 4 adult teams (2 U.S. and 2 International). The International teams were Fire (Red), Space (Black) and the U.S. teams were Water (Blue), and Earth(Green). Players representing 28 different countries participated in the first tournament.

The purpose of this tournament was to bring the people in the community and ASU together to celebrate unity on the soccer field.

The first tournament was sponsored by: The Blue Horse Promotions, Booneweather.com, MPrint Inc., ASU Equity Office - Diversity Celebration Program, and Krause Construction Company Inc. The tournament was supported by the Office of International Education and Development, Appalachian State University Bookstore, Office of the Registrar, Boone's "I Have a Dream Task Force", Watauga County Parks and Recreation, and Watauga High School

Children participated in the event by carrying flags of participating countries to the field before each game.