
The US Women are back-to-back winners of the $1 million The Soccer Tournament (TST) prize thanks to a goal from 20-year-old University of North Carolina midfielder Evelyn Shores. The US Women won 3-0 against Bumpy Pitch FC on Monday in target score time.
“I feel so surreal. It was such a team effort. This has been so fun all around. I’m just so glad I could help us win it,” Shores said after the win. “They’ve been great this entire week, just getting us in the team, making us feel comfortable.”
EVELYN SHORES SCORES THE ONE MILLION DOLLAR GOAL ASSISTED BY HEATHER O’REILLY!!!!!!!
US WOMEN ARE YOUR TST 2025 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!
BACK-TO-BACK!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/cUioB5xekx
— TST (@TST7v7) June 10, 2025
The seven-a-side, winner-takes-all competition has become a playground for former and young players alike. And thanks to captain Heather O’Reilly, it’s become a regular chance for USWNT legends to make their return.
After winning the tournament last year, O’Reilly again assembled a team that included Carli Lloyd, Ali Krieger and Jill Loyden among five UNC players, including Shores.
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Founded by TBT Enterprises, which also created The Basketball Tournament, TST has grown from a quirky offseason tournament into a potential model for a fast-paced version of soccer mostly consumed by younger fans. The tournament was unveiled in 2022 with 32 men’s teams. TST added the women’s tournament in 2024 and doubled the size of the women’s side this year, expanding from eight to 16 teams after receiving more than 50 applications. The tournament signed a broadcast deal with ESPN and, on the women’s side, signed with RBC Wealth Management as the main sponsor.
In its third year, 48 men’s and 16 women’s teams competed in games played on a smaller field with a fast-paced format designed to maximize entertainment. The games didn’t end after full time, either. With the target score time reached, the game finished with both teams trying to reach a score determined by adding one to the leading team’s score after the full-time whistle. In target score time, players are slowly taken off the field until they reach 2v2, if necessary.
With 4-on-4 and up 2-0, O’Reilly found the foot of Shores for the winning goal.
The goal adds to Shore’s recent success, which includes being the only college player called into the USWNT under-23 camp last month and scoring the winning goal in the team’s friendly against Germany on May 30.
(Photo courtesy of The Soccer Tournament)
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