Texas Pro Soccer Festival 2008
The Texas Pro Soccer Festival is a four-team round robin pre-season competition hosted by the Houston Dynamo, held in San Antonio, Texas.
The Dynamo have made San Antonio its annual home for a week-long pre-season training camp. 2008 marks the first year that the Dynamo will host a pre-season tournament in cooperation with San Antonio Metropolitan Youth Soccer Institute (SAMYS) and Ziga-Zoga Sports & Entertainment, Inc. The participating teams will train daily at Soccer International in Schertz, Texas and will compete amongst one another in double-header exhibition matches at Steele Stadium in Cibolo, Texas.
The Texas Pro Soccer Festival also features a celebrity game, played during the day between the 2nd and 3rd matchdays. The celebrities slated to appear include Ethan Zohn and Jenna Morasca of Survivor fame, as well as Anthony LaPaglia and Eric Wynalda.
Read more about Texas Pro Soccer Festival 2008: Participating Teams and Results, Matches, Scorers
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