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Join us as we break a Guinness World Record and kick off the Fall soccer season for St. Louis on September 10, 2011! America SCORES St. Louis, a non-profit youth development program, requests your support for the first annual Great St. Louis Soccer Dribble, a Guinness World Record Attempt for the most soccer balls ever dribbled at one time. This will be a historic event offering optimal visibility for sponsors. America SCORES St. Louis is organizing the event for 500 participants, which will be hosted at Saint Louis University’s Hermann Stadium followed by a Billikens men’s soccer game with 4,000 anticipated spectators. The Honorable Mayor Francis Slay is the Honorary Event Chair.

The Great St. Louis Soccer Dribble will raise awareness and funds for youth served by America SCORES St. Louis, an organization that has engaged over 2,000 urban St. Louis youth in soccer, poetry, and service learning since 2005. Help us unite St. Louis as a soccer community, while supporting local youth.

We hope you’ll join us in becoming a part of history! Consider event sponsorship at one of the levels listed below:
Champion Sponsor ($5,000)*

Media recognition

Award presented at event (4,000 expected spectators)

Name/logo prominently featured on website and all participant T-shirts
Reserved front row seating at the Billikens vs. Akron men's soccer game

Leadership Sponsor ($2,500)*

Recognition at event (4,000 expected spectators)
Reserved seating at the Billikens vs. Akron men's soccer game
Name/logo prominently featured on website and all printed materials

League Sponsor ($1,000)*

Advertising space in event program (4,000 distributed)
Name/logo on website
Official Great St. Louis Soccer Dribble ball signed by the Billikens

MVP Sponsor ($500)

Name listed in the event program (4,000 distributed)
Name listed on website
Official Great St. Louis Soccer Dribble T-shirt signed by the Billikens

*League, Leadership, and Champion Sponsors are eligible to receive YOP tax credits.

For more information, or to become a Great St. Louis Soccer Dribble sponsor, please contact Teresa von Stamwitz at 314-533-0302 x 205 or

visit our event website at www.greatstlsoccerdribble.kintera.org

Thank you for your consideration.

Soccer Made in St. Louis
Soccer made in STL

By Dave Lange

Soccer Made in St. Louis covers the history, playing styles, and evolution of the world’s most popular sport in the nation’s original soccer capital, St. Louis. Starting with the first reported game in 1875, the book details the teams, the players, and the organizers who brought home national championships at every level of soccer. Longtime St. Louis soccer writer Dave Lange tells the stories of those who took the game from the sandlots of St. Louis to soccer’s biggest stage, the World Cup.
From Harry Ratican, the first St. Louisan to gain nationwide soccer fame; to the six St. Louisans who led the United States to the biggest upset in World Cup history; to Lori Chalupny, who helped the U.S. Women’s National Team to Olympic gold; the book covers the rich heritage of soccer in St. Louis and shows how the sport is woven into the fabric of the city’s makeup

Dave Lange has covered soccer in St. Louis since the1970s, primarily for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Beginning in 1997, he also coached club soccer in St. Louis for a dozen years .He holds a USSF D national license and a certificate from the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB).
He and his wife, Janet, and their son, Will, live in the St. Louis area.

Available: August 2011 SSBN: 9781933370668 Price: $35.00

Format: 11 x 8.5; 208 pages hardcover

Reedy Press | Phone 866-809-9420 | Fax 866-999-6916 | books@reedypress.com

Booksigning and Discussion Panel with

Dan Flynn, Bill McDermott, Pat McBride and Al Trost

September 7, 2011 History Museum

Watch for details