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The ECNL Girls are headed East for ECNL South Carolina (May 9-11) at MeSA Soccer Complex in Greer, South Carolina. The three day event will feature 170 teams from the ECNL Girls U12-U15 age groups.

Check out all the information below to learn everything you need to know about this event.

Date: May 9-11, 2025

Location: MeSA Soccer Complex | Greer, South Carolina

Schedule: Every team is guaranteed three games in three days, playing competition of similar levels outside of their conference. Check out the ECNL app for the complete schedule or view the full schedule of games here.

Team List: View the full list of teams here

Three Things to Know

More Information: To view the address for the complex and more ECNL South Carolina information, click here.

GREER — An Alabama-based fast-casual chicken finger chain has expanded to the Upstate.

Guthrie’s Chicken Fingers opened its second South Carolina location on May 28 at 1308 W. Wade Hampton Blvd., in Greer. The chain opened its first restaurant in the state in Lexington County in April and plans to expand across the Midlands.

Guthrie’s CEO, Joe Kelly Guthrie, son of founder Hal Guthrie, told The Post and Courier the company loves the Greer and Greenville area. Guthrie specifically mentioned the high amount of often slow-moving traffic outside the new location.

“Everything just seemed to fit right here in Greer,” Guthrie said. “It is one of the places, along with Greenville, that we definitely circled on the map to get to and get to fairly quickly.”

Although there are no concrete plans, Guthrie said he hopes to add more spots in the Midlands. He added that the company has always wanted to be in the Carolinas and plans to add a location in Raleigh.

Adding more spots in the Upstate and expanding toward Charlotte are other goals for the company.

“The Greenville-Greer area is just one of those target areas that anybody would want to be,” Guthrie said.

The Upstate has been a hotbed for restaurant chain expansions in recent years. South Carolina’s first Whataburger opened in Spartanburg County in July. The county was also home to the first Smalls Sliders location in the state, which opened in February.

Some of the fastest-growing cities in the state are in the region and Spartanburg’s metro area was the 10th fastest-growing in the nation from July 1, 2023, to July 1, 2024. The Upstate shows no signs of slowing down.

Every Guthrie’s location employs around 50 workers and the grand opening at the Greer location is set to feature an eating contest between two local high schools.

Hal Guthrie opened the first ever Guthrie’s location in Haleyville, Ala. in 1965. The chain focuses almost exclusively on chicken fingers. Its menu also features a chicken sandwich, fries, toast and slaw.

Joe Kelly Guthrie guaranteed that “no one serves any fresher hand-battered chicken fingers than we do.”

A new family-owned chicken finger restaurant will soon open in Greer.

Guthrie's Golden Fried Chicken Fingers will welcome customers to 1308 W. Wade Hampton Blvd., on May 28 for a 2 p.m. ribbon cutting, commemorating the franchise's second South Carolina location. The Riverside and Greer high school football teams will compete in an eating contest as part of the festivities.

The Alabama-based chicken business runs a simplified menu of fried chicken fingers, fries, coleslaw, signature sauce, buttered toast, and soft drinks. Founder Hal Guthrie adopted the menu when, in 1982, his son Chris convinced him to open a restaurant in Auburn, Alabama.

Gutherie's full food menu consists of combo boxes of chicken fingers, chicken sandwiches, party-sized meal options, and a kids' menu.

The Greer restaurant opening marks the brand's effort to expand across the Carolinas, according to company communications. The first location in the state opened in Lexington. The company has more than 60 restaurants located mostly in the Southeast.

Joe Kelly Guthrie, chief executive officer, is expected to attend the Greer opening. The restaurant hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

– A.J. Jackson covers business, the food & dining scene and downtown culture for The Greenville News. Contact him by email at [email protected], and follow him on X (formally Twitter) @ajhappened. This coverage is only possible with support from our readers.Sign up today for a digital subscription.