Winners of TopDrawerSoccer.com's Soccer Products of the Year Awards Announced
Online, January 22, 2010 (Newswire.com) - Dozens of executives from the soccer industry's most in-demand brands like, Adidas, Puma, Under Armour, S1 Sport and CALLE, descended on Philadelphia for the National Soccer Coaches Association of American (NSCAA) Convention to attend TopDrawerSoccer.com's first annual Soccer Products of the Year (SPYTM) Awards last Friday night.
The SPY Awards, emceed by Mike Jerrick, host of Good Day Philadelphia morning news program, were developed to celebrate the best and most innovative soccer products available. Winners of the first annual SPY Awards include:
Awards & Trophies: Skillzys(r), Tagzyz(tm) & Bragzys(tm)
Coach/Team Equipment & Training Aids: Kixsports America, Kixkube
Web & Software Services: iSoccer
Soccer Balls: Adidas, 2010 Official World Cup Match Ball
Goalkeeper Gear:Under Armour, Eliminate MPZ Goalkeeping Top
Goals: GOLME, Golme Professional Training Goal
Field Maintenance & Equipment: Expand-A-Sign, Horizontal A-Frame pop-up
Player & Team Apparel: CALLE, Herrin Windbreaker
Protective Gear: S1 Sport, Revolutionary Shin/Ankle/Achilles Protection
Boots Category: Adidas, Predator_X Boot
Best Product of the Year: Adidas, Predator_X Boot
Additionally, the SPY Awards featured a few of soccer's most notable names, including:
- Bill Nuttall, President of Diadora
- Caleb Porter, Head Men's Soccer Coach, University of Akron
- Dani Collins, Philadelphia Independence 2010 draft pick
- Becky Burliegh, Head Women's Soccer Coach, University of Florida
There was worldwide coverage of the event in the United Kingdom, Romania, Italy, Germany, Canada, France, Spain, Mexico, Norway, and the United States among other. The awards were watched by thousands of viewers, and you can join them by visiting the Livestream replay at www.topdrawersoccer.com/live.
About TopDrawerSoccer.Com
Founded in 2006, TopDrawerSoccer.com is a division of Advanced Soccer Media, a full-service media group for youth soccer. TopDrawerSoccer.com is a first-of-its-kind web portal designed to converge all players, coaches, parents, scouts, soccer camps and training facilities involved with SuperElite® and Elite youth soccer markets in one convenient place. To reflect the community nature the game of soccer generates, the site also offers social networking with commentaries, blogs, forums and original in-action game video footage. To learn more about Advanced Soccer Media and TopDrawerSoccer.com, please visit www.TopDrawerSoccer.com.