icarus cup austin 2024

With a successful first Austin Cup under our belts, last summer Icarus and CASA did what we do best: make the next one bigger. 

The Icarus design team pulled up their 'Keep Austin weird' mood board and created 40 tournament-specific designs celebrating the interplay between soccer and Texas culture, from rodeo clowns to Willie Nelson. 

Throughout our five divisions - Open D1/D2, Mixto D1/D2 and Over-30s - we saw it all: great sportsmanship, audacious bicycle kick attempts, and more than a few sneaky sideline Shiners.

Unsurprisingly, for many, the on-field displays played second fiddle to the weekend's off the pitch festivities. The event kicked off with opening ceremonies at the soccer complex, with beers from Shiner, 3v3 soccer with Vanta, and music by Austin party stalwarts Secret Disco Society. 

On Saturday, teams that were between games (or disgruntled substitutes leaving their post) could head to Pinthouse Brewing for a Champions League watch party. That evening, teams were taken on a bar crawl of cult East Side bars like Low Down Lounge and Violet Crown Social Club before the headline act… 

…an EP release party at Shangri-La with local indie act Foam Star, who have the unique distinction of being the sponsor of last year's fan-voted Icarus Kit of the Year, Austin's own Zilker FC. Call it a community, call it a cult, but there's always room to get our teams involved in everything we do.