subject: Registration Opens Today For Sueo Mls 2012 - Presented By Allstate [print this page] Now in its sixth year, Sueo MLS 2012 presented by Allstate will be staged by three MLS teams, including first-time host, Seattle Sounders FC, as well as returning hosts FC Dallas and Chivas USA. Up to 500 tryout spots will be made available at each city on a first come, first served basis. In past years, spots have filled up in only a few hours following the start of registration. A waiting list will be available for those who are not able to register for the initial spots.
In each city, field players will be battling for one of five invitations to a week-long trial with their respective youth development host club and a ticket to the exciting four-day Final Event which will be staged in the greater Los Angeles area and be hosted by MLS and Argentina soccer legend Guillermo Barros Schelotto. The finals will include training sessions, scrimmages, guest celebrity scouts, and an opportunity to meet some of the Leagues biggest stars. The ultimate champion will be crowned on Sunday, May 13, live on Repblica Deportiva (see calendar below for more information).
Returning to Sueo MLS for a second year is the Allstate Good Hands top goalkeeper award El Portero Allstate. One goalkeeper at each of the three local tryouts will be selected as the top goalkeeper and will compete in the finals on Univisions Republica Deportiva on Sunday, May 13th for the opportunity to be named El Portero Allstate and train with an MLS team. El Portero Allstate will be selected in conjunction with the winner of the Sueo MLS 2012 presented by Allstate, and mentored by Mexican goalkeeping legend Adolfo Rios. For more information on El Portero Allstate, go to www.suenomls.com.
As a proud MLS supporter, Allstate is pleased to be the presenting sponsor of Sueo MLS and part of the search for the best undiscovered soccer talent said Lisa Cochrane, Allstates senior vice president of marketing. "We are also excited to bring back El Portero Allstate, our Good Hands award presented to the top goalkeeper, the one who protects his teams goal from the opponents. At Allstate, we celebrate protection in soccer and in life because were committed to protecting people to put them in Good Hands."
Airing nationally every Sunday at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. CT/12 p.m. PT, Univision Networks Repblica Deportiva, the highest-rated weekly sports show on Spanish-language television, will follow the action weekly in a unique reality show within a show format.
Since its inception in 2007, Sueo MLS has given thousands of talented young athletes a chance to showcase their skills and impress youth development scouts. The original winner, forward Jorge Villafaa (formerly Jorge Flores) of Anaheim, Calif., is now in his sixth year with MLS Chivas USA. He is also part of the current roster for the United States Under-23 National Team. The 2008 FC Dallas Sueo MLS winner, Gabriel Funes Mori, played with the FC Dallas Juniors U-18 team before moving on to Argentinas legendary side River Plate, where he plays alongside his twin brother Jose, a Dallas Sueo MLS finalist that same year.
Tryouts for Sueo MLS 2012 presented by Allstate, kick-off the weekend of Saturday, April 14, with two days of open tryouts in Frisco, TX, home of FC Dallas. The program then moves to Seattle on April 21-22 and on to LA-based Chivas USA April 28-29. Specific tryout locations will be announced at a later date. The Final Event will take place May 9-13, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA, where League scouts and celebrity guests, including Barros Schelotto and Rios, will be on hand to provide guidance and select the ultimate winner in front of a live Univision national television audience on Sunday, May 13.
MLS partners participating in Sueo MLS 2012- presented by Allstate, also include adidas, Degree Men, Gatorade, Pepsi and Volkswagen.
2012 TIMELINE
March 25Live announcement on Repblica Deportiva
April 14-15Local market tryouts (FC Dallas)
April 21-22Local market tryouts (Seattle Sounders FC)
April 28-29Local market tryouts (Chivas USA)
May 9-13National Finals in Los Angeles
May 13Announcement of winner on Repblica Deportiva
PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY:
Eligible players must be males between the ages of 14 and 18 years old (born between dates of April 13, 1998 and May 14, 1994) with appropriate identification and retain their amateur status. Current collegiate student athletes will not be permitted to attend the final event in Carson, CA. Sueo MLS participants will be responsible for all personal expenses associated with the local market tryout, including travel to local tryouts, lodging, food, soccer equipment (shoes, training gear, etc.), etc. Program sponsors will cover all expenses for eighteen (18) participants selected to attend the final event in Carson, CA. For more information, please visit www.SuenoMLS.com. Participation in the event is free. Players may not register for more than one city.
2009Alberto LopezAurora, IllMidfielderChicago Fire
2010Nelson CastroHouston, TXDefenderHouston Dynamo
2011Birnis AdamesCamden, NJForwardPhiladelphia Union
*Co-winners in 2008
ABOUT MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Headquartered in New York City, Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. MLS features many stars from the U.S., Canada, and around the world. Major League Soccers 17th season will feature 19 clubs each playing 34 regular-season matches. Those clubs include the Chicago Fire; Chivas USA; Colorado Rapids; Columbus Crew; D.C. United; FC Dallas; Houston Dynamo; 2011 MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy; New York Red Bulls; New England Revolution; Philadelphia Union; Portland Timbers; Real Salt Lake; San Jose Earthquakes; Seattle Sounders FC; Sporting Kansas City; Toronto FC; Vancouver Whitecaps FC; and, in their inaugural season, Montreal Impact. For more information about MLS, log on to the leagues official website at www.MLSsoccer.com.
About Univision Communications Inc.
Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) is the leading media company serving Hispanic America. Its assets include Univision Network, one of the top five networks in the U.S. regardless of language and the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the country reaching 96% of U.S. Hispanic households; TeleFutura Network, a general-interest Spanish-language broadcast television network reaching 88% of U.S. Hispanic households; Univision Cable Networks, including Galavisin, the countrys leading Spanish-language cable network, as well as Univision tlnovelas, a new 24-hour cable network dedicated to novelas, and a suite of six cable offerings De Pelcula, De Pelcula Clsico, Bandamax, Ritmoson, Telehit and Clsico TV; Univision Studios, which produces and co-produces reality shows, dramatic series and other programming formats for the Companys platforms; Univision Television Group, which owns and/or operates 62 television stations in major U.S. Hispanic markets and Puerto Rico; Univision Radio, the leading Hispanic radio group which owns and/or operates 69 radio stations in 16 of the top25 U.S. Hispanic markets and 5 stations in Puerto Rico; Univision Interactive Media, a network of national and local online and mobile sites including Univision.com, which continues to be the #1 most-visited Spanish-language website among U.S. online Hispanics, Univision Mvil, a longstanding industry-leader with unique, relevant mobile products and services, and Univision Partner Group, a specialized advertising and publisher network. Headquartered in New York City, UCI has television network operations in Miami and television and radio stations and sales offices in major cities throughout the United States. For more information, please visit www.univision.net.
