[ Contact Info ] • Web Site: www.greatLVsoccer.com • Telephone #: 607-432-4365 • Fax #: 607-432-4430 • E-mail: greatLVsoccer@colassoc.com • E-mail: tournaments@colassoc.com • Mail: Great Lehigh Valley Soccer Festival % Lehigh Valley Sports Commission PO Box 20785, Lehigh Valley, PA 18002-0785		[ Press Releases ] August 27, 2004 To: Regional Media Subject: Great Lehigh Valley Soccer Festival 2004; 65 teams coming to play The 2nd annual Great Lehigh Valley Soccer Festival kicks-off over the Labor Day Weekend, September 4-5 on 10 soccer fields at the Sports Fields of Lehigh County Park, off of Cedar Creek Parkway, West in Whitehall/Lehigh County, PA. Sixty five youth soccer teams will be participating, 41 girls' teams and 24 boys' teams in 17 competitive age group brackets. While most of the participating teams are from Pennsylvania, others will be coming in from communities from Virginia to Canada. The FC Revolution from Sinking Springs, PA enrolled the most teams from one club, 7. Over the course of the weekend tournament play, 144 soccer matches will be played, 64 on Saturday the 4th with 80 matches, to include the championship games, being played on Sunday the 5th. Championship awards will be presented to first and second place teams in each event bracket. Pre registration will be held Friday evening fro 5 PM to 9 PM inside the Dick's Clothing and Sporting Goods store, 2631 MacArthur Road, Whitehall, PA 18052 The tournament is officially hosted by the Lehigh Valley Soccer Club, promoted by Colone Associates of Oneonta, NY and endorsed and supported by the Lehigh Valley Sport Commission. Service Electric is cable media partner provides the tournament in market advertising and web access, the Morning Call as print media partner produced the event program, coop partners include the Great Allentown Fair, Dorney Park-Wildwater Kingdom, Crayola and adidas USA is the supplier of soccer equipment. Matches will be played throughout both days, Saturday and Sunday. The tournament is free to the public. Food concessions will be programmed by the Lehigh County Soccer Club. Other concessionaires, to include soccer suppliers and Crayola will be on site with special products throughout the weekend. For more information refer to the event website at: www.greatLVsoccer.com You may also contact Colone Associates, event promoters, by e-mail at: greatLVsoccer@colassoc.com or call 607/432-4365