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U.S. Volkswagen Soccer Champs Are from New Jersey

As an official automotive partner of Major League Soccer, the German manufacturer had launched the Volkswagen Junior Masters youth soccer tournament a couple of months back.

Recently, Volkswagen announced the US Champions, New Jersey's PDA Pele U12 boys soccer team, who will go Cape Town, South Africa in May 2010, in an attempt to win the finals, with all the trip expenses paid by the German carmaker.

The Fox Soccer Channel will premiere a special documentary on the Volkswagen Junior Masters Tournament at www.vwjrmasters.com, starting later this month, resuming the action from the US Finals weekend. Moreover, there will also be a special five part series highlighting the Tournament, televised nationally on Fox Soccer Channel, starting early November.

"The team has shown amazing character and perseverance throughout the entire Volkswagen Junior Masters tournament,"
said Samuel C. Nellins, head coach of the PDA Pele. "All of the other teams were nothing short of fantastic, and each player should be proud for what he has been able to do."

"The Volkswagen Junior Masters has offered youth soccer teams both in the U.S., and the world, a challenge unlike any they could have ever experienced before," said Tim Ellis, Vice President of Marketing for Volkswagen of America. "Volkswagen is proud of the PDA Pele's teamwork and determination, which not only brought them to the U.S. Finals, but will now place them into the world spotlight as they head to South Africa for the World Championships. This team represents the nation's best, and the soccer stars of tomorrow."
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