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| World Football Foundation to begin operation |
12.10.2000
New Organization Sets Goals to Develop Soccer & Provide Information
Worldwide
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI, USA and REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - The World Football
Foundation (WFF), a non-profit organization designed to develop soccer
worldwide and to provide fans with soccer club and player information, will
begin operations on Monday 16 October 2000.
The joint US/Iceland-based World Football Foundation has been developing
the organization for the past year in preparation of going online and
becoming operational on Monday.
The WFF's plan of action has set two major goals to accomplish. The first
goal is to provide club and player information through a comprehensive
Internet database. The first phase will feature an international club
directory of professional and amateur teams from around the world. The next
phase to be online shortly following Phase One will be statistics from
league competitions throughout the world. A player database, including
statistics and information from matches played, will complete the first
goal. The WFF database will be online at www.worldfootball.org.
During the development period, WFF has received information from major
world soccer federations. WFF Director of Media Relations Michael Dean
Raney stated "We have been diligent in our efforts to collect information,
as we prepare to go online. The authorities have generally been very
helpful in providing us information and they seem genuinely excited about
the project. Among others, we have enjoyed assistance from the Football
Association of Ireland, French Football Federation, Belgian FA
(URBSFA/KBVB), Scottish FA, and Bermuda FA, just to name a few. We've even
had some nice response from Welsh regional associations and the Trinidad &
Tobago professional league, and we look forward to establishing further
contacts with other associations, leagues, and clubs."
The development of soccer throughout the world is the WFF's main goal and
the basis on which the organization was founded. The aim of promoting
soccer as a healthy alternative to life on the street with drugs and crime
will be achieved by the WFF by both establishing and assisting in programs
to provide funding for youth soccer programs, to renovate stadia to
international safety standards and to make proper equipment available
worldwide. Raney continues, "Soccer does not provide only physical benefit,
but also social benefit. The character-building process that soccer players
go through makes them strong individuals and reliable teammates both on the
field and off."
WFF will become a full-service organization for players, clubs and leagues
with the introduction of its Club Services department. The organization, in
partnership with a major manufacturer, will offer club equipment-uniforms,
balls, and other items-at reduced prices for clubs with financial
limitations. Club Services will also allow teams and leagues of any level
to take advantage of its Internet experience by offering free web design
and hosting. Through the generous volunteering of graphic artists, the
department can also design new logos for clubs or leagues, as well as
reworking current logos as needed.
"The WFF is not the standard soccer website; we are not just another source
of information. The organization behind the website will be working to make
soccer better throughout the world," stated Raney. "This will truly be an
interactive venture between an organization and the fans, players, coaches,
clubs, and authorities."
For more information contact:
Michael Dean Raney
+1 810 5328120 (tel)
+1 847 6281270 (fax)
m.d.raney@worldfootball.org |
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