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Local soccer community commemorates World War I Christmas Truce at sixth annual Truce Tournament

Soccer enthusiasts from around the region paid homage to the World War I Christmas Truce on Wednesday by participating in the sixth annual Truce Tournament hosted by Sporting Club, the National WWI Museum and Memorial and The Soccer Lot.

Approximately 200 participants from 30 teams in the area competed in a 3v3 soccer tournament, including MLS All-Star Kei Kamara, while hundreds of additional soccer fans attended the English Premier League Boxing Day Watch Party on large screens inside the National WWI Museum and Memorial.

MWFC Reserves claimed the Truce Tournament title in the Competitive Division.