HALL OF FAME BANQUET TICKETS AVAILABLE

Hall of Fame Banquet Tickets Available

ONEONTA, NY (July 17, 2008) – The annual President's Reception and Hall of Fame Banquet, scheduled for Saturday, August 2^nd at 6:00, is open to the public at the modest charge of $75 per person. The reception takes place in the Museum's atrium and the dinner is in the Museum itself. The evening will conclude with the Big 3 Enshrinement Ceremony in the atrium.

"We are very pleased to be able to open the Hall of Fame Banquet to the general public," Hall of Fame President Steve Baumann said. "The opportunity for the local community to meet Hall of Famers and visiting soccer dignitaries is unique to our sport. We're still an unpretentious group and invite the community to join us in celebrating the many individuals who will be honored this year."

The dinner is a sit down style catered by Classé Catering of Albany. "The menu and service Classé provides is always exquisite," Hall of Fame Events Manager Pamela Frutiger said. "We have hosted dinners for guests from large metropolitan areas used to the finest of food and service. Their impressions of the dinners we have hosted have been universally positive, stressing both the excellence of the food and the graciousness of the service."

For a complete schedule of the Induction 2008 weekend events and to make reservations for the Hall of Fame Banquet, visit the Hall's web site, www.soccerhall.org, or by calling the Hall of Fame at 607/432-3351.

The Hall of Fame will honor the University of North Carolina and U.S. National Team women's coach Anson Dorrance, playmaker extraordinaire Hugo Perez of the NASL, MISL, and the U.S. Men's National Team, and Ivan 'Ike" Kuhns, retired from the Newark Star-Ledger, as the Colin Jose Media Award honoree. Big 3 honorees include 6-time NCAA champion Jerry Yeagley, retired from Indiana University, and Paul Sanderson of the NSCAA; Marilyn MacDonald and Joel Mark of the AYSO, and John Buckley and Donald Dennison of NISOA.

About the Hall of Fame

The Mission of the National Soccer Hall of Fame is to Celebrate the History, Honor the Heroes,

Inspire the Youth and Preserve the Legacy of Soccer in the United States.

Located in Oneonta, NY, the National Soccer Hall of Fame opened a new 30,000 sq.ft., state-of-the-art multimedia museum in 1999. The Hall of Fame tells the story of soccer in America through artifacts, photographs, video and written narratives. The main VideoWall portrays some of the greatest moments and the greatest goals in soccer history as well as live soccer action from the World Cup, MLS, and U.S. Soccer matches. The Hall features an extensive interactive, youth oriented Kicks Zone, including a kid-sized indoor field, where visitors have fun kicking, heading and playing video soccer games. Unique and rare artifacts on exhibit range from The Dewar Cup, the oldest team trophy in U.S. Sport, to the Women's World Cup won by the USA in 1999, the uniforms of Pele and Mia Hamm's, Kristine Lilly's golden shoes, NASL championship rings, and MLS championship trophies. That and so much more are all at the National Soccer Hall of Fame. In addition to the interactive Museum, the National Soccer Hall of Fame's 61-acre complex boasts the Kicks Hall of Fame Museum Store, a research library, four world-class soccer fields and office/meeting facilities. Visit the Hall of Fame at www.soccerhall.org

Jack Huckel

Director of Museum and Archives

National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum

18 Stadium Circle

Oneonta, NY 13820

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