NEW YORK (Sunday, March 24, 2013) – The wait is over for hundreds of aspiring young
soccer standouts as registration
opens for Sueño MLS 2013
– Presented by Allstate, the premier, nationally
televised search for the best undiscovered soccer talent in North America.
Starting
today at 2 p.m. ET, hopefuls will be able to register at www.SuenoMLS.com for an opportunity to participate in one of the three open
tryouts. The competition will be chronicled in a unique “reality show within a show”
format by Univision
Network’s popular weekly sports entertainment program “República Deportiva” (Sports Republic).
Co-hosted by legendary sportscasters Fernando Fiore and Félix
Fernández, “República Deportiva” airs every Sunday at 12 p.m. ET.
Now in
its seventh year, Sueño
MLS 2013 – Presented by Allstate will be staged by three Major
League Soccer teams, including first-time host Colorado Rapids, as well as
returning hosts D.C. United and LA Galaxy. Up to 500 tryout spots will be
made available in 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.
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 an invitation to the exciting four-day National Finals that will be held in the greater Los Angeles area and be hosted by Sueño MLS Ambassador and Colombian soccer great, Carlos “El Pibe” Valderrama. The finals will include training sessions, scrimmages, guest celebrity scouts and an opportunity to meet some of the League’s biggest stars. The Sueño MLS 2013 – Presented by Allstate winner will be crowned on Sunday, May 12, live on República Deportiva (see calendar below for more information).
In
addition, the Allstate “Good Hands®” top goalkeeper award - El
Portero Allstate - will be presented for the third consecutive year. One
goalkeeper at each of the three local tryouts will be selected as a local
goalkeeper finalist and will compete in the National Finals 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 Sueño MLS 2013 – Presented by
Allstate, and will be mentored by Mexican goalkeeping legend and Republica Deportiva co-host, Felix
Fernandez.
“Allstate is excited to once again
be the presenting sponsor of Sueño MLS and be part of the search for the best
undiscovered soccer talent,” said Pam Hollander, Allstate’s senior director of
sponsorship marketing. “We look forward to honoring the winner of El Portero
Allstate as well, as ‘protection is our game,’ and goalkeepers know that
concept well!”
Since its inception in 2007, Sueño MLS has given
thousands of talented young athletes an opportunity to showcase their skills
and impress scouts. The inaugural winner, forward Jorge Villafaña
(formerly Jorge Flores), of Anaheim, Calif., is now in his seventh season with MLS’s Chivas USA. The 2008 FC Dallas Sueño MLS winner,
Gabriel Funes Mori, played with the FC Dallas Juniors U-18 team before moving
to Argentina’s legendary team River Plate, where he plays alongside his twin
brother Ramiro Jose, a Dallas Sueño MLS finalist that same year.
MLS partners participating in Sueño MLS 2013 – Presented by Allstate include
adidas, Gatorade, Pepsi and Volkswagen.
Photos, b-roll and logo from Sueño MLS – Presented by Allstate are
available for download at: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/
2013 TIMELINE
March 24
Live announcement on Univision Network’s República
Deportiva
April 13-14
April
20-21
Local market tryouts in the Denver
area, hosted by Colorado
Rapids
April
27-28
Local market tryouts in Los Angeles
area, hosted by LA
Galaxy
May
9-12
May
12
PARTICIPANT
ELIGIBILITY:
Eligible players must be males
between the ages of 14 and 18 years old (born between May 14, 1995 – April 13,
1999) with appropriate identification and have retained their amateur status.
Current collegiate student-athletes will not be permitted to attend the
National Finals in Carson, Calif. Sueño 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 National Finals in Carson, Calif.
For more information, please visit www.SuenoMLS.com.
Participation in the event is free. Players may not register for more
than one city.
SUEÑO MLS PAST
WINNERS:
Year
Name
2007 Jorge
[Flores]
Villafaña
Anaheim, Calif.
Forward
Chivas USA
2008* Gabriel
Funes
Mori
Arlington, Texas
Forward FC
Dallas
2008* Briant
Reyes
2009 Alberto
Lopez
Aurora, Ill.
Midfielder Chicago Fire
2010 Nelson
Castro
2011 Birnis
Adames
2012 Armando
Flores
*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 Soccer’s 18th 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; 2012 MLS Cup champion LA
Galaxy; Montreal Impact; 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 and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. For
more information about MLS, log on to the league’s official website at www.MLSsoccer.com.
ABOUT ALLSTATE
The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:
ALL) is the nation’s largest publicly held personal lines insurer, serving
approximately 16 million households through its Allstate, Encompass, Esurance
and Answer Financial brand names and Allstate Financial business segment.
Allstate branded insurance products (auto, home, life and retirement) and
services are offered through Allstate agencies, independent agencies, and
Allstate exclusive financial representatives, as well as via www.allstate.com, www.allstate.com/financial and 1-800 Allstate®,
and are widely known through the slogan “You’re In Good Hands With Allstate®.”
As part of Allstate’s
commitment to strengthen local communities, The Allstate Foundation,
Allstate employees, agency owners and the corporation provided $29 million in
2012 to thousands of nonprofit organizations and important causes across the United States.
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; UniMás, a leading Spanish-language broadcast
television network reaching 89% of U.S. Hispanic households; Univision Cable
Networks, including Galavisión, the country’s leading Spanish-language cable
network, as well as Univision tlnovelas, a 24-hour cable network dedicated to
novelas, Univision Deportes Network, a 24-hour cable network dedicated to
sports, ForoTV, a 24-hour Spanish-language cable network dedicated to news, and
an additional suite of six cable offerings - De Película, De Película
Clásico, Bandamax, Ritmoson, Telehit and Distrito Comedia; UVideos, the first
bilingual digital network serving Hispanic America; Univision Studios, which
produces and co-produces reality shows, dramatic series and other programming
formats for the Company’s 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 top 25 U.S. Hispanic markets and
Puerto Rico; Univision Interactive, a network of products and offerings
including Univision.com, which
continues to be the No. 1 most-visited Spanish-language website among U.S.
online Hispanics, Univision Móvil, 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 Univision.net
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