Soccer Silicon Valley Launches Website, Plans Major Rally Volunteer group gaining momentum in effort to build soccer-specific stadium in Bay Area

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San Jose, CA July 30, 2004 -- Soccer Silicon Valley (SSV), a grassroots group formed to support construction of a new soccer stadium in the Bay Area, has launched its website at http://www.SoccerSiliconValley.com and has announced a major rally to be held in downtown San Jose on August 20.



The group's web site features news on stadium negotiations, market and demographic information on Major League Soccer and the Bay Area, and a petition which will demonstrate to local governments that an investment in soccer is an investment in the community at large.

Northern California since 1974. Major League Soccer's inaugural game was held in downtown San Jose from noon-1:00 p.m., will celebrate the past, present, and future of soccer fans, soccer players, business leaders, and political leaders that aims to create a permanent home for professional and recreational soccer in the Bay Area. Contact: Colin McCarthy, president and founding member Soccer Silicon Valley: Soccer Silicon Valley 408 792-5924 http://www.SoccerSiliconValley.com/ Soccer effort and to Chicago.

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