Sky Blue Soccer earned another honor from United Soccer Leagues this past weekend when Jersey Sky Blue was presented with the W-League Communications Award at the USL Annual General Meetings in Tampa, FL.
Sky Blue Soccer has operated Jersey Sky Blue in the W-League the past two seasons with success both on and off the field. Jersey Sky Blue reached the playoffs in 2007 before earning the W-League Rookie Franchise of the Year Award. The Somerset, NJ based organization will seek to maintain this success in 2009 when it introduces Sky Blue FC - the NJ/NY franchise for Women's Professional Soccer.
"We're proud of this award because we've always put an emphasis on a strong communications plan," said Sky Blue Soccer President and CEO Thomas Hofstetter. "We had a communications plan before we even had a team and we plan to continue this effort forward into the WPS season in 2009."
Sky Blue FC will kick off the inaugural season of WPS in April of 2009 and will play its home games at Yurcak Field on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ. Season tickets and holiday gift packages are on sale now at the Sky Blue Soccer website www.SkyBlueSoccer.com.
USWNT captain and Point Pleasant, NJ native Christie Rampone talks about her preference for playing for Sky Blue in WPS.
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The Daily Record of Morristown had an article on Sunday about minor league teams making their home in Morris County. Part of the story talks about Sky Blue and its time at Drew University as well as future plans for the upcoming professional season.
The final W-League home game for Jersey Sky Blue will be this Sunday. Support the team, see great soccer, and have fun (especially because you WON'T be sitting in homebound Jersey Shore traffic). In addition, this game benefits "Goals for Life," (with a portion of each ticket sale), a great organization that supports women's health initiatives, specifically in its annual women's soccer tournament. We are proud to partner with "Goals for Life," and look forward to celebrating together with them this Sunday.
It's also a great day to begin your focus on our pro team and the WPS inagural season. A special pre-season ticket package is available at the game (and on our website). Trust me, the goodies that come along with this pre-season ticket package are worth the early purchase.
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Jersey Sky Blue training officially kicked off last Thursday (May 1). Among the earlybirds to camp--fresh off the plane in fact--are a virtual "United Nations" of players: 2 from Australia (via Canada and South Carolina); one from Ireland (via England); and 2 from Canada. When they aren't creating what coaches Denise Reddy and Dave Hodgson note is an "instant bond" on the field, they are working on it off the field. That camaraderie is taking place at the elegant housing acommodations several miles from training--apartments which include great meals and services.
Assistant coach Hodgson reports that coach Reddy starts each practice with a getting-to-know-you question session. One day it was nicknames, another day favorite bands (There's even a country music fan in the group. How'd she find her way to New Jersey?!). When Reddy asked for a favorite number, it turned out to clue the team on how like-minded the three coaches, including new goalkeeper coach Ryan Hayward, are. Stange as it seems, all three coaches answered #17.
The excitement players feel to get going is no joke. Hodgson relates that goalkeeper Jillian Lloyden was so pumped, she couldn't sleep the night before the first session. That mirrors the staff, especially our own Kristin Lettiere, stressed from orchestrating our move to the new office.
No more caffeine for you guys, although that's going to be tough to avoid when Sky Blue COO Francesco Prandoni finally moves his espresso machine to the new digs.
COME OUT AND SEE JERSEY SKY BLUE AT TRYOUTS THIS SUNDAY (MAY 4), RIVER ROAD FIELDS IN BEDMINSTER STARTING AT 1 PM.
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