The official automotive partner of Major League Soccer Volkswagen of America has launched international youth soccer tournament The Volkswagen Junior Masters. The international competition will select a team and will represent the U.S at the Volkswagen Junior World Master Finals in May 2010 prior to the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. The Volkswagen Junior Masters tournament started on July 20th runs through October 2009.
The Volkswagen Junior Masters continues on across the East Coast to: Fort Dix, NJ; Downingtown, PA; Winston Salem, NC; Lancaster, PA; Richmond, VA; and, Parsippany, NJ will select 12 teams from the preliminary tournaments to compete in the U.S. finals in Washington, D.C. on October 17 – 18.
The winning U.S. team will then go on to compete in the Volkswagen Junior World Master Finals against 19 other teams in Cape Town, South Africa May 26 – 30, 2010.
Tim Ellis, Vice President of Marketing for Volkswagen of America, Inc. said, “As a long-time global supporter of soccer, Volkswagen is taking its U.S. soccer presence to new heights by giving young soccer players the chance to compete on the world stage. The Volkswagen Junior Masters extends our growing commitment to soccer in the U.S. and complements our existing U.S. soccer initiatives including our sponsorship of MLS, D.C. United and The Footballers’ Clubhaus youth soccer tour.”
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