#SGSAMoonDay2025
July.11 to July.13 2025
Our tournament is a Premier tournament featuring teams mainly from Alberta. We also have teams participating from across Canada, including British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Yellowknife. Our tournament is open to teams from U9 through U19 in tiers 1 to 3.
Beginning in 2024, we were able to give teams the unique experience of playing UNDER THE MOON. Most U15 – U19 teams will have the luxury of playing the majority of their games at Fuhr Sports Park. This a great opportunity for your team to wrap up their season or warm up for provincials.
Our tournament headquarters is located at Fuhr Sports Park.
It boasts amenities including:
- 2 Artificial turfs
- Bleachers for spectators
- Field house and dressing rooms
- Concession
- Fenced in playground
- Picnic area
- Registration opens March 21, 2025 and closes June 28, 2025
- Open to Boys and Girls teams U9 to U19 Tiers 1 to 3
- Cost: U9 teams $600
- Cost: U11, U13, U15, U17 & U19 teams $650
- For more information: Visit our tournament website
A Brief History of the Moon Day Tournament
In the early 2000s, the number of tournaments available to Edmonton area youth was quite limited, especially in the later outdoor season. Two zones in the Edmonton Minor Soccer Association (EMSA) recognized the need to create a later-season “provincial warm-up” tournament for teams advancing to provincials and a season-ending tournament for teams who did not qualify for provincials. The Spruce Grove and Edmonton West zones began the planning and sanctioning process for such a tournament in the winter of 2007/08. By early spring 2008, everything was in place. It was decided the new tournament would be held in Spruce Grove during the third weekend of July 2008.
During the planning process, several names for the tournament were suggested. Those planning the tournament wanted something different, something that would catch people’s attention and make them curious about the origin of the tournament’s name.
They decided to look at historical events that happened in July as a source of inspiration. On July 20th, 1969, one of mankind’s greatest accomplishments took place. Neil Armstrong, one of three astronauts on the Apollo 11 lunar mission, stepped down the ladder of the lunar module. He planted his foot upon the moon declaring those now famous words, “This is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.
Realizing the anniversary of this major event occurs very close to the time of the tournament, the name “Moon Day” was suggested and accepted. By naming the tournament the “Moon Day” we are paying tribute to one of mankind’s greatest accomplishments. Our name and logo have certainly caught people’s attention. Every year, we have several people ask about the significance of the tournament’s name.