Miami Soccer Festival, Miami Ultras and the Food Truck Invasion!

The Miami Soccer Festival will be this weekend Saturday July 30th and Sunday July 31st. It's a non profit soccer event. All net proceeds are distributed jointly by co-organizers ‘Soccer 5 Foundation’ and ‘Miami Dade Parks Foundation’ to promote more spaces to play soccer and more places to learn soccer within our community. We hope a lot of people will get behind it. www.miamisoccerfestival.org

Here is what you will be able to see and do:

*Meet Women's World Cup star and magicjack player Abby Wambach! She will be appearing at the festival, doing a coaching clinic with The Soccer 5 Academy and taking photos with fans on Sunday.
*Win a GoPro by taking part in the Miami Soccer Festival Crossbar Challenge
*The Fort Lauderdale Strikers will be present over the weekend. (They also play Saturday night at 7:30 PM at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale)
*There will be a FIFA video game tournament on Saturday July 30th
*Listen out for us on Y100 where we have radio sports between 2pm-6pm over the next few days
*Tournament registration closes Thursday July 27 at 5pm - so REGISTER before it's too late
*Passback Initiative - They will be gathering used soccer gear and donating to places around the world - http://www.ussoccerfoundation.org/site/c.ipIQKXOvFoG/b.5438455/k.CCC2/Passback.htm
*Club Donations - All youth teams that enter 5v5 are eligible to receive club donations. For every team a club registers, they will receive a $35 donation back to assist with their own programs / running costs or however they would like to utilize it.

Be sure to check out the schedule of games so you don't miss out. The format is similar to World Cup style. Group stages are mostly on Saturday, Knockout Rounds and Finals Sunday.

Miami Food Trucks

To add to all the soccer fun there will be tons of food trucks for your eating pleasure!
Time: 9AM – 11PM
Location: Kendall Soccer Park 8011 SW 127th Avenue Miami, Florida 33183
Parking: Plenty of Free Parking
Here is a list of all the Food trucks that will be there: 

Saturday July 30th:

Churro Mania
Cold Stone Creamery
Divan Bakery & Coffee
Dolci Peccati Gelato
Frita Man
gastroPod
Guiseppe’s Italian Sausage
Kitchen Kabab
Kona Ice
Latin House Grill
Mac’n Food Truck
Meatballs & ETC
The MexZican Gourmet
Miami Angels Roasted Corn
Okay! Burgers
Perros Express
The Red Koi
El Rey de La Paella
El Rincon del Coqui
Sir Pizza Mobile
Snow Caps

Sunday July 31st:

Chamo’s on Wheels
Che Grill
Chef on Wheels
Daddy’s Grill
gastroPod
Kitchen Kabab
Kona Ice
Latin House Grill
Mac’n Food Truck
Meatballs & ETC
Metro Deli Express
Miami Angels
Nacho Mama’s Mexican Grill
Papa’s Tapas
Perros Express
The Red Koi
El Rey de la Paella
Sir Pizza Mobile
Snow Caps

Miami Ultras at the Miami Soccer Festival

South Florida's soccer supporters group the Miami Ultras will be at the Miami Soccer Festival and some of the members will play in the soccer tournament. Be sure to stop by the Ultras Tent to sign up for future soccer events. The Miami Ultras want you to join and be part of the South Florida soccer scene. We will also be promoting the NASL's Fort lauderdale Strikers, Womens Proffesional Soccer team magicJack and MLS Miami Bid which is our quest for a Major League Soccer team in South Florida.
Join our facebook page and check out our website www.mlsmiamibid.com
Don't forget to listen to Miami Ultras Alive on Blog Talk Radio every monday night at 10PM. Ultras President Pieter Brown and his sidekick Uncle Ed talk about the South Florida and world soccer scene. Be sure to listen to these two soccer nerds and call in or join us on the live chat!  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/miamiultras

Copa America Trophy in Miami - Play Guru del Futbol Copa America

COPA AMERICA TROPHY ON DISPLAY AT AVENTURA MALL THIS WEEKEND
AVENTURA, Fla. – June 30, 2011 – Copa America kicks off in Argentina on Friday, but South Florida residents and visitors will have a unique opportunity to view the soccer tournament’s prestigious trophy this weekend at Aventura Mall. MasterCard Worldwide, Copa America’s official card and preferred payment method, will display the trophy in Aventura Mall’s Center Court from noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 2, and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 3. Guests will receive a complimentary photo with the trophy. Following a seven-month, 14-city journey throughout Latin America, the Copa America Trophy Tour, sponsored by MasterCard, will make its only U.S. stop at Aventura Mall. Since December, more than 130,000 people in countries such as Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru have viewed and been able to take photos with the trophy. The trophy will return to Argentina Monday in time for the kickoff of the long-awaited tournament, which runs through July 24. The Copa America Trophy was originally donated to the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) in 1916 by Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The trophy, which was crafted by a Buenos Aires jewelry shop at a cost of 3,000 Swiss francs, is silver with a wooden base and contains small plaques of each Copa America winning team. Twelve national teams from South America (plus Costa Rica and Mexico) will compete for Copa America. Soccer powerhouse Brazil is the two-time defending champion.For more information, visit www.ca2011.com.

Guru del Futbol - Copa America game
From the makers of NASLGuru comes the latest Guru game. This time, its the Copa America version. 12 teams compete for the trophy of the oldest running soccer championship in the world and you can prognosticate the results in this fun game. You can even log in using your facebook account.
The game is catered to the South American crowd and in Spanish but it's easy to figure out. After logging in go to "Predicciones" to make your predictions. You have 3 options Local (Home team) Empate (Tie) and Visitante (Visitor) click on your desired winner and below predict the goal diffrence. It's that simple! You can even go to the "Estadisticas" tab for statistics. If you're not sure about your predictions and want to see what everyone else predicted then use this tool.
Be sure to visit and play Guru del Futbol - Copa America.

Don't forget to also play NASLGuru and win a North American Soccer League team jersey every month!
Check out April and May's winners: Puerto Rico Islanders fans José Alvarado and Francisco Díaz.

Find the Guru in you!