National Soccer Coaches Association Of America To Hold 63rd Annual Convention In Philadelphia January 13-17

MLS and Women’s Professional Soccer drafts among the highlights

WHAT:     The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) convention will provide opportunities for soccer coaches    at all levels of the game to learn more about coaching their sport. Attendees will have socialization and networking opportunities and access to vendors with the newest advances in goods and services related to the soccer industry.

Among the highlights: Major League Soccer (MLS) will hold its SuperDraft on Thursday, January 14, from 1-5:30 p.m. in the Pennsylvania Convention Center Ballroom. Philadelphia Union begins MLS play this spring. On Friday, January 15, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., the Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) holds its draft in the Ballroom. This spring, the Philadelphia Independence will compete in the WPS for this first time.

Former University of Pennsylvania men’s soccer coach and athletic director Charlie Scott, who is the lone surviving founder of the NSCAA, will receive his 70-year membership pin at the awards banquet at 7 p.m. on Friday, January 15, in the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown’s Grand Ballroom. The Walt Chyzowych Memorial Fund will be present its 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award to former Temple and Penn State coach Walter Bahr on Saturday, January 16, at noon in the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown’s Grand Ballroom.

In addition, there will be information booths about Philadelphia’s bid to host World Cup Soccer FIFA World Cup™ in 2018 or 2022.  Philadelphia learned on January 12 it was one of 18 finalist U.S. cities.

WHEN:      Wednesday, January 13 through Sunday, January 17
                 (Visit www.nscaa.com for more information)

WHERE:     Pennsylvania Convention Center, 12th and Arch streets
                  Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 12th and Market streets        

IMPACT:   According to the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau:
                  Projected Attendance – 7,000
                  Total Hotel Room Nights – 2,798
                  Total Economic Impact for Philadelphia – $12,699,725


About the National Soccer Coaches Association of America
The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) helps its members excel in their coaching careers as well as advances the coaching of soccer, thereby improving players, through a commitment to provide the best coaching education, convention, and member services and benefits to the soccer community. Founded in 1941, the NSCAA has grown into the largest single=sport coaching organization in the world.