Jennifer Mackesy<\/strong>, co-founder of W7F. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to welcome this new group of players to what we promise will be not just fun and competitive, but also financially rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\nThe inaugural event in Portugal featured Ajax, Bayern M\u00fcnchen, Benfica, Manchester City, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, AS Roma, and FC Roseng\u00e5rd. Bayern M\u00fcnchen claimed the championship and the majority of a $5 million prize pool, with the prize money split between clubs and players. The Fort Lauderdale event will also have a $5 million prize pool.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith an average of 11 goals every 90 minutes of play and unforgettable moments on and off the pitch, we saw undeniable proof of concept,\u201d Head of W7F Football Adrian<\/strong> Jacob<\/strong> said. \u201cNow, we\u2019re building on that momentum and in advanced conversations with some of the top clubs across the Americas, all truly eager to be part of World Sevens. This isn\u2019t just a tournament\u2014it\u2019s a movement, this time in America, where women\u2019s soccer has unprecedented momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World Football Sevens, a women’s 7v7 soccer event that debuted this year in Portugal, will move to the United States for its second event in December in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The W7F event will be December 5\u20147 at Beyond Bancard Field, home of the new Fort Lauderdale United FC. The 7v7 format features 15-minute halves […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":74976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2977,4339,3046,2978],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-recently-awarded","category-soccer","category-sports-organizations"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/sportstravelmagazine.com\/world-sevens-football-moves-stateside-to-fort-lauderdale\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"World Sevens Football Moves Stateside to Fort Lauderdale","url":"http:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/world-sevens-football-moves-stateside-to-fort-lauderdale\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/world-sevens-football-moves-stateside-to-fort-lauderdale\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/26124751\/World-Sevens-Football-150x150.jpg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/26124751\/World-Sevens-Football-scaled.jpg"},"articleSection":"Recently Awarded","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Traub"}],"creator":["Matt Traub"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"SportsTravel","logo":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sportstravel-logo-simple-1.jpg"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2025-08-26T19:01:26Z","datePublished":"2025-08-26T19:01:26Z","dateModified":"2025-08-26T19:01:26Z"},"rendered":"