Local soccer community commemorates WWI Christmas Truce

Courtesy of the National World War I Museum and MemorialSoccer enthusiasts from around the region paid homage to the World War I Christmas Truce on Monday by participating in the fourth annual Truce Tournament hosted by Sporting Club, the National World War I Museum and Memorial and The Soccer Lot.

Approximately 150 participants from 26 teams in the area competed in a 3v3 soccer tournament, while hundreds of additional soccer fans attended the English Premier League Boxing Day Watch Party on large screens inside the National World War I Museum and Memorial. The Millennium Pilots from Kanas City (pictured, above), eventually claimed the Truce Tournament title in the competition league by…