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Our very own Coach Administrators , Vince Neale and Ali Diba were lauded as Nike Deveopment Co-Coaches - see the full article on CALSOUTH in the news area.  Extract below:

February 27, 2009 (Los Angeles, CA) – It seems last weekend was a busy one for award shows in Los Angeles. One day before a series of shiny, gold statuettes were handed out to the Hollywood set, over five hundred attendees packed into the main ballroom of the L.A. Wilshire Grand on Saturday, February 21 for the 2009 Nike Awards Banquet.

Produced annually in conjunction with Soccer Nation Expo, the Nike Awards Banquet is Cal South’s opportunity to say “thank you” to its best and brightest, from players to coaches to administrators to, in a first this year, a pair of Cal South alumni who have gone on to great professional and international success and renown.

Scanning the crowd would have brought glimpses of several soccer world luminaries amongst the mix of Cal South board members, staff, volunteers and award winners: United States Adult Soccer Association Chairman Brooks McCormick, US Futsal Chairman and CEO Alex Para, LA84 Foundation Vice-President of Education Wayne Wilson, US Youth Soccer Assistant National Coaching Director Dr. John Thomas, International President of Youth for Human Rights Dr. Mary Shuttleworth, California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce Chairman Joel Ayala, and Raul de Quesada, Fox Soccer Channel’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and On-Air Promotions. Representatives from Cal South sponsors and partners such as Nike, Northwestern Mutual, Chivas USA, Los Angeles Galaxy and Velocity Sports Performance filled the tables of the happily dining crowd as well.