SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The Springfield YMCA will dedicate a soccer field this weekend in honor of founding leader Harold Christofilakos. 

The ceremony will take place at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 18, at the Friendly Fields Soccer Complex. 

The program was the first soccer program in central Illinois. 

Christofilakos immigrated from Greece in the 1950s and is the last living founder of YMCA Soccer. 

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