The 2008 Texas Pro Soccer Festival held in San Antonio, Texas, was a four-team round robin pre-season competition hosted by th

(SAMYS

a 501 (c)3 nonprofit charity cofounded b
Dr. Edward P. Sakiewicz
The event was organized in cooperation and assistance with the

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under the leadership o
Chris Canetti
President of Business Operations. The Dynamo were a large part of assisting SAMYS as a week-long pre-season training camp. 2008 marked the first year that the Dynamo hosted a pre-season tournament in cooperation with SAMYS. The participating MLS teams trained daily at Pepsi Soccer, TX, the facility developed by SAMYS in Schertz, Texas. The teams competed amongst each other in double-header exhibition matches at Steele Stadium in Cibolo, Texas. The 2008 Texas Pro Soccer Festival also featured a celebrity game, played during the day between the 2nd and 3rd matchdays. The celebrities who appeared included

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and

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fame, as well as

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and

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.,''Source: http://texasprosoccerfest.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=41'' Thoma Rongen, Carlos and Gabe Garcia (formerly D.C. United). and other players such as Marcello Balboa, Preki and others.

Participating teams and Results

Matches

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Scorers

;2 goals * Cezar (D.C. United) *

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(Houston Dynamo) *

Jeff Cunningham Jeff Cunningham (born August 21, 1976) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. He is Major League Soccer's third-all-time leader in regular-season goals scored with 134. Youth and college Cunningham was born ...

(Toronto FC) ;1 goal *

Martin Brittain Martin Brittain (born 29 December 1984) is an English former footballer who played as a winger. A boyhood Newcastle United supporter, Brittain progressed through the club's academy to make his senior debut for Newcastle United under Sir Bobby R ...

(Toronto FC) * Franco Caraccio (Houston Dynamo) *

Dwayne DeRosario Dwayne Anthony De Rosario OOnt (born May 15, 1978) is a Canadian former professional soccer player, who played as a forward or as an attacking midfielder. De Rosario last played for the Mississauga MetroStars of the Major Arena Soccer League. ...

(Houston Dynamo) *

Danny Dichio Daniele Salvatore Ernest Dichio (born 19 October 1974) is an English retired professional footballer and coach. Dichio scored the first goal in Toronto FC history against the Chicago Fire on 12 May 2007. Later in that same game he became the ...

(Toronto FC) * Jorge Flores (Chivas USA) * Josh Gardner (D.C. United) * Quavas Kirk (D.C. United) *

Kiki Musampa Kizito Musampa (born 20 July 1977) is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), left winger. Musampa had a journeyman career, taking in notable spells at AFC Ajax, FC Girondins de Borde ...

(Toronto FC) *

Ante Razov Ante Razov (born March 2, 1974) is an American soccer coach and former player who is an assistant coach for Los Angeles FC. One of the leading goal scorers in the history of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the all-time leading goal scorer for t ...

(Chivas USA) *

Erik Ustruck Erik John Ustruck (born January 4, 1985 in St. Louis, Missouri) is former soccer player for the Guam national football team. He played for Orlando City in the USL Professional Division before his retirement from club soccer in 2013. Ustruck was ...

(Houston Dynamo) *

Tony Vairelles Tony Vairelles (born 10 April 1973) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career A much-travelled centre-forward, the talented Vairelles started his professional career with hometown club AS Nancy before movin ...

(Toronto FC) *

Chris Wondolowski Christopher Elliott "Chris" Wondolowski (born January 28, 1983) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Nicknamed Wondo, he scored 171 career goals, the most in Major League Soccer history, and he was MLS's t ...

(Houston Dynamo) ;Own Goals *

(Toronto FC, playing against Chivas USA)

References

External links

Official Tournament Website
{{Houston Dynamo 2008 in American soccer Sports competitions in San Antonio Soccer in Texas Houston Dynamo FC 2008 in sports in Texas