Tournament Management Functions "Get Colone Associates and teams will come!" • Negotiate field and facility use • Recruit, organize and train volunteers • Produce all certifications and authorizations • Create the special event look and theme • Produce and disseminate media information • Conduct team recruitment and registration • Generate sponsorship • Arrange team schedules and assign officials • Oversee advertising, concession and merchandising opportunities • Support facility maintenance and development • Economic Impact Survey • Team room reservation service   Facility Planning and Development Functions "If you can dream it, we can help you build it" • Site selection • Create an exciting project site plan concept • Land use and environmental review • Project and operational budgeting • Private sector fund raising • Grant writing • Prepare technical assistance proposals • Organizational leadership building • Matching public partnership support • Marketing and promotion • Licensing, sponsorship and advertising   [ SERVICES: Programs and Projects ]  Colone Associates currently has multiple sport business programs and projects underway; to include events and a facility development initiatives.     Come one, come all to the 3rd annual "Great" Lehigh Valley Soccer Festival! It's the summer family soccer vacation, of all soccer vacations! It's played every year over the Labor Day Weekend in Allentown/Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. There are both club and select team brackets, for girls in age groups from under 10 through under 19 and for boys from under 10 through under 14. Each team is guaranteed 4 matches. The actual playing dates are Saturday-Sunday, September 3-4, 2005. It has regional appeal, with teams coming in from the New England States, New York and the Mid-Atlantic States. The "Great Lehigh Valley Soccer Festival" hosted by the Lehigh Valley Soccer League, is produced by Colone Associates, creators, organizers and promoters of the prestigious Nice n Easy New York/New York Youth Summer Series held annually in beautiful upstate New York, Cool July Premier kicking-off in July ’05 in Harrisburg/Hershey, PA, as well the highly rated "B.C. Kicks" Summer Youth Soccer Tournament, formerly held in Binghamton/Broome County, NY.. Labor Day Weekend last year, 65 youth soccer teams [ 41 girls' teams and 24 boys' teams ] took part in a fun filled second annual tournament thanks to optimum playing conditions at the Sport Fields of Lehigh County in Allentown, PA. The weather was ideal! Pete Moore, Tournament Director said, "players, referees and most importantly parents are always happier when the weather proves to be comfortable." Over the course of the weekend tournament play, 144 soccer matches were played, 64 on Saturday, with 80 more matches, to include the championship games, being played on Sunday. While most of the participating teams were from Pennsylvania, others came in from communities from Virginia to Canada. The FC Revolution from Sinking Springs, PA enrolled the most teams from one club, 7. Championship awards were formally presented to first and second place teams in each of 16 event bracket. See the results below: Girl's Divisions U12 Girls Scream from Hopewell Junction, NY defeated the Mustangs from Long Valley, NJ 3-2 in 2 OT"s U13 Girls FC Revolution from Sinking Spring, PA defeated Red Hot Rage from Lancaster, PA 2-0 U13 Girls Premier Xtreme from Schnecksville, PA defeated the Stingers from, PA 2-1 U13/14 Girls Div 1 Rockets from Topton, PA defeated Valley United From Pennsburg, PA 1-0 U13/14 Girls Div 2 Cougars from Caldwell, NJ defeated the Magic from Easton, Pa 3-1 U14/15 Girls Div 1 Blue Angels from Easton, Pa defeated the Gold Rush from Woodbridge, VA 3-0 U14/15 Girls Div 2 Elite from Etters, PA defeated the Blaze from Mount Pleasant, NY 3-0. U15 Girls Strikers From Auburndale, NY defeated the Gold Hornets from New Britain, PA 2-0 U16/17 Girls Lightning from Easton, PA defeated the Impact from York, PA 1-0 U19 Girls Shadow from Center Valley, PA defeated the Strikers from Etters, PA on PK's after 2 sudden death overtime periods. Boy's Divisions U10 Boys 4 teams competed in the everyone wins. Teams were from Reading, Dallas, Perkasie, PA and Harve De Grace, MD. U11 Boys Pride from Parkland, PA defeated the Lions >From Nazareth, PA 3-0. U12 Boys Falcons from White Marsh, MD defeated FC Revolution from Sinking Spring, PA 3-2 U13 Boys Div 1 AC Perugia Grifos from Stroudsburg, PA defeated Dragons from Maple Grove, PA U13 Boys Div 2 Blizzards Hopewell Junction, NY defeated United - 91 of Bethlehem, PA 1-0 U14 Boys Gravity from Nazareth, PA defeated the Revolution from Newtown, PA 4-0 So bring all of your players, get all of the player families together and come to Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania for a "great" soccer experience on the last summer vacation weekend of the year. Play on very good fields all at two central locations, to include the well maintained Lehigh County Park. It's in the shadows of Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, "two great parks - for the price of one!" "Imagine, explore and create" with a visit to the famed Crayola Factory. The Lehigh Valley Velodrome is close-by in Trexlertown and "is more than just bicycle racing." There's the National Canal Museum, the Martin Guitar Factory Tour and a number of historic steam railroad rides. Then you can head-off and enjoy the highly entertaining Great Allentown Fair. And there are plenty of other things to do too! Log on to the web site of the Lehigh Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau for more local information at: www.lehighvalleypa.org You may want to arrive in the Lehigh Valley on the tournament Thursday or Friday and stay through Monday so that you, your team and your soccer families can enjoy all the area has to offer. There are a lot of fun things to do, abundant commercial lodging, a wide variety of quality restaurants, and all kinds of shopping opportunities. Please let us know if we can package an entertaining and memorable soccer vacation for you and your team travel party. Accommodations:     The Nice n Easy/New York-New York Summer Soccer Series, a 6 weekend summer tournament series, provides players and fans a relaxing rural setting in close proximity to Syracuse, Binghamton, Utica, Rochester, Albany, the Hudson Valley and New York City. NY/NY is rapidly becoming New York State's most important youth soccer event. The David L. Emerson Soccer Farm located near Norwich-Oxford/Chenango County, New York is conveniently situated on NYS-Route #12; "in the Southern Hills of New York State"; 40 minutes north of Binghamton, 1hr south of Syracuse; and only 40 minutes from both Soccer and Baseball Halls' of Fame. NY/NY is sponsored by Nice n Easy Grocery Shoppes, a regionally based convenience store chain.. In 2005, the Woodbridge "Strikers" headed the field over this Mother's Day Weekend in the Boys U17/18 premier bracket. Two years ago, this same Strikers' team won the U15B Canadian National Championship. The U17/18 Boys bracket also included the CNY Siege-Homer, NY; the Syracuse Blitz-Liverpool, NY; East Greenbush-Castleton, NY; Arsenal Academy–Marcellus, NY and TC United-Ithaca, NY. Despite the Strikers high billing, other teams in the field were eager to compete and challenge the favored team; and they did. Twelve teams from all across New York State took part in the U14/15 boys' and six U14 girls' brackets. The Chenango Chargers U14/15 boy's team and the Lady Chargers U14 girl's team held the home field advantage. The U14/15 Boys bracket also included Coliseum Milan-Barneveld, NY; the Horseheads Dynamo-Horseheads, NY; Salt City Stampede-Liverpool, NY; Dansville Mustangs–Dansville, NY and the Cooper City Titans-Rome, NY. The U14 Girls bracket also included the Edmeston Inferno-Edmeston, NY; the Oneonta Kickers-Oneonta, NY; BC United Comets-Endwell, NY; Schuyler Scorpions-Schuyler, NY and Capital United-Ballston Lake, NY. Each age group was divided into two divisions. The tournament series continued over the Father's Day Weekend [Series Weekend #4] with Premier action in the Boys Under 14/15 Division. Teams are coming in from BC United [Binghamton area], TC United [Ithaca], the East Hudson SC. Fans were treated to some of the very best youth soccer ever played at the Emerson Soccer Farm. The Boys Premier bracket featured the Clifton Park"Vortex" in a 1-0 championship victory over the East Hudson ODP Premier. East Hudson had beaten the Vortex 1-0 in a preliminary round match. There were exciting scoring chances created throughout both matches with players demonstrating excellent touch on the ball and wonderful combination passes. Fans in attendance were highly entertained by the competition. NY/NY Tournament Director, Pete Moore noted, "both teams showed a maturity in play that isn't seen too often at this age level." Norwich native and Voorhesville HS boys head soccer coach, Bob Crandal coached the Vortex. George Vizvary, internationally recognized soccer clinician and long time men's head soccer coach at Ulster Community College coached East Hudson. Crandal commented that "the Emerson Soccer Farm was a soccer dream in the making." Vizvary said; "it's an honor to be able to play on such wonderful fields." Three girls' brackets and 1 boys' division closed out play in the final weekend of tournament play. The girls competition took place in Under 11, Under 12 and Under 13 brackets, while the boys teams were grouped in an Under 11 bracket. "We got to see some top quality play this weekend from all of the teams," noted Julian Drelich, a member of the Chenango Soccer Club Board. He continued, "you can see that these young players are growing up with the sport and you can see it in their touch on the ball, how they read the game, team speed and more; they can play!" East Hudson Select took the U 11 Girls bracket with a 4-0 championship win over the Deep Run "Charge" from the Philadelphia, PA area. Team X-treme from Clinton, New Jersey defeated Hudson Valley 4-0 to win the Girls Under 12 bracket, and the Under 13 Girls bracket was won by Gloucester Emeralds, from Orleans, Ontario, Canada over the Syracuse "Blitz 2-0." Middlepath from the Hudson Valley defeated the Syracuse Blitz "Magic" 3-1 to win the Boys Under 11 Division. The weekend tournament featured 14 premier teams, 11 coming from out of the area. Five were from out of state, to include 2 teams out of New Jersey, 2 teams from Orlean, Ontario, Canada and 1 team from Pennsylvania.     Colone Associates has also been working with the Chenango "Chargers" Soccer Club [CSC] towards the development of the "David L. Emerson Soccer Farm in Oxford/Chenango County, New York. When complete, the 3 field-21 acre soccer park will have a total capital cost projected to exceed $750,000. The Emerson Soccer Farm is located 5 miles south of Norwich on NYS Route #12 in the Town of Oxford in Chenango County, NY. Phase #1 was completed in 2001. The soccer farm now features a 500'x500' playing surface; the very best soccer surfaces anywhere! It is called the quad-use soccer field system. It provides a multi directional field alignment option, allowing the flexibility to stripe two regulation soccer fields either in a north/south or east/west orientation. It maximizes the use of available space, play-ability and turf maintenance. The CSC is now advancing Phase #2 in sequence, starting this year with restoration of an old barn on site into a central service and storage facility. The barn, when fully restored will become “the hub,” the headquarters center at the Emerson Soccer Farm and will contain a food concession area with outside deck, restrooms, equipment storage area and more. The second part of Phase #2 is the construction of the principal terraced soccer field to showcase championship matches and special events. Field construction should be completed in 2006. As project/program management consultant, Colone Associates has offered advice and guidance to the CSC beginning in the earliest planning phase that included site selection, while advancing an exciting site plan concept. Colone Associates has also supported the "Chargers" efforts in the area of land use and environmental review, grant writing and more. Colone Associates, in its consultant capacity, created and coordinates special soccer programs to include the Nice n Easy-NY/NY Summer Youth Soccer Series and the collegiate soccer preview pre season exhibition matches. They also provide input on issues ranging from programming of CSC in-house activities and events, facility use, monitoring a field maintenance plan, securing event and facility sponsorships, organizational leadership building, and others.