Community Connects Quepasa With Over 500,000 Latino Soccer Enthusiasts Through 'Alianza De Futbol Hispano'!
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- This week Quepasa.com (http://www.quepasa.com/), one of the world's largest, bicultural, Latino online communities, launched the "Alianza de Futbol Hispano" online community as part of its sponsorship of "Copa Alianza." The community will serve as Alianza's primary internet home and gives Quepasa the unique opportunity to connect with 500,000 plus Latino soccer players, fans, and coaches across the United States through Alianza's program.
"We are proud to be providing 'Alianza de Futbol Hispano' with a home for its fans," commented Quepasa CEO John C. Abbott. "We want to harness the passion of soccer fans by giving them new tools to interact in ways that they have never been able to do before." Through the community, members can upload pictures and video footage from matches, share their tournament experiences, and stream events through the community web site. The community also features "Alianza de Futbol Hispano" tournament information and integrates Alianza participants into Quepasa's social network.
"Soccer is in the DNA of the Latino community," said Jeff Valdez, Quepasa's Chairman. "And as fans become more technologically sophisticated so do their needs for more creative ways to share their enthusiasm. We are excited about bringing Alianza into our community and giving fans more ways to connect." As an official sponsor of Copa Alianza, Quepasa will have a presence at several of the key tournaments, kicking off this weekend in Phoenix, AZ from June 14-15 at Red Mountain Soccer Complex. Other kickoff dates include Houston, TX: July 12-13, New York, NY: August 2-3, Chicago, IL: August 9-10, and Los Angeles, CA: August 23-24. Quepasa will also be on-site for the All-Star game in Los Angeles on September 20th, 2008 where the 20 best players from the Alianza tournaments will compete against Club Chivas of Guadalajara Division A in a televised game on FOX Sports en Espanol.
For more information or to visit the Alianza de Futbol Quepasa community log onto: http://www.quepasa.com/community/alianza.html About Quepasa Corporation Quepasa Corporation (NASDAQ:QPSA), headquartered in West Palm Beach, FL (with offices in Los Angeles, Scottsdale, Miami and Hermosillo, MX), owns Quepasa.com, one of the world's largest, bicultural, Latino online communities committed to providing fun, competitive, interactive, and easy to use social tools, and rich multimedia content to embrace Latinos, and empower them to connect on-line, and share their interests, ideas, and activities.
About La Alianza De Futbol Alianza de Futbol Hispano is the most important organization, dedicated to the growth and development of Hispanic amateur soccer in the United States. Since its inception in 2004, Alianza has been able to unite Hispanic communities all over the U.S., by offering young talents the opportunity to fulfill their dreams of becoming or playing against professional soccer players, through the organization of local, regional and national tournaments. Today, Alianza de Futbol Hispano has over 500,000 affiliated players, without taking their family and friends into account.
Contact: Luz Maria Castellanos
LMC Media
(323) 924-2835
DATASOURCE: Quepasa Corporation CONTACT: Luz Maria Castellanos of LMC Media, +1-323-924-2835, , for Quepasa Corporation Web site: http://www.quepasa.com/ http://www.quepasa.com/community/alianza.html
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