Let the Games Begin: International Soccer Challenge Offers Share of $1.129 Million Prize Money to Tournament Winners
The inaugural World Club Soccer Championship, a men’s open tournament for adult amateur teams, is accepting registrations now with play is set to start this March, and will run through May, 2006. There is still time for teams from across the United States and around the world to register, though space is limited to the first 1,028 teams.
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) January 27, 2006
As soccer has exploded in the United States over the past decade, almost every city is home to a robust amateur club scene where the caliber of play is high.
Most club soccer teams compete for T-shirts and trophies, but the World Club Soccer Championship is significantly raising the stakes by offering a chance to appear on GOL TV and to claim a share of more than $1 million in prize money – the largest purse ever offered for a single soccer tournament.
The inaugural World Club Soccer Championship, a men’s open tournament for adult amateur teams, is accepting registrations now with play is set to start this March, and will run through May, 2006. There is still time for teams from across the United States and around the world to register, though space is limited to the first 1,028 teams.
"This is a unique opportunity for amateur players from around the country to compete against each other regardless of affiliation or region,” says Tournament CEO Frank E. Cuzzi. “It will have a very positive effect in unifying the soccer community.”
The Tournament Sectional Playoffs will be held during Memorial Day Weekend 2006. Regional Playoffs between 128 teams will take place in Dallas, Texas, during the weekend of July 1 to 3, 2006, and the Finals will be played in the Georgia Dome on July 30, 2006.
Teams that succeed as the top 128 qualifiers are guaranteed a minimum of $4,000 prize money. Teams qualifying for the Final Four are guaranteed payouts of $250,000 for first place, $125,000 for the runner up, $50,000 for third place and $25,000 for fourth place. Fifth and sixth place teams will receive $10,000 each.
All matches will be played under FIFA rules, with limited exceptions.
The World Club Soccer Championship will benefit The Eddie Robinson Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1997 to further the legacy of the former Grambling State University football coach Eddie Robinson, who won more games than any other Division I college football coach in history. “It is with great honor that the Eddie Robinson Foundation has the opportunity to launch WCSC,” says Foundation Chairman and CEO Michael Robinson Watkins. “This tournament was developed in the spirit of my grandfather’s legacy of teamwork, dedication, and sportsmanship.”
Today, the Atlanta-based foundation is building the same bridges the legendary coach built across communities, races, and nations as it furthers its cause through health education, scholarship, and mentoring.
For more information, please contact Frank Cuzzi at 212-533-1892, Aleks Mihailovic at 630-257-6900.
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