The Setanta Cup

 

Setanta Cup 2009 at Chelsea Piers – A Huge Success!

On April 11th Setanta Sports held its first annual Setanta Cup tournament at the Chelsea Piers Field house in New York City. The tournament ran from 8:30 AM to 11 PM with youth teams playing in the morning and adults teams playing in the afternoon and evening. The middle of the day featured games by Hollywood United, a California based team of soccer stars and famous actors. Twenty seven adult teams and 10 youth teams entered the tournament. Division winners and youth runner ups received a Setanta Cup trophy. The winners by division were as follows:

 

All proceeds generated from team registrations, raffles, and merchandise sales went to Hollywood Unites for Haiti, a non-profit organization, and the Chelsea Piers scholarship fund.

 

A special thanks goes to our event sponsors: Colour of Sports, DIRECTV, EUROSPORT, Grassroot Soccer, Hollywood United, Hollywood Unites for Haiti, Marriott Renaissance New York, JetBlue, Opia, POWERADE, RCN, Football Partnerships, Verizon FiOS and VisitBritain.

 

Just some of the press received from the Setanta Cup 2009 at Chelsea Piers

 

On the Field With Hollywood United (Jack Bell, New York Times)

Eye on Entertainment (Washington Post)

Dancing With the Stars (courtesy YouTube)

More “Sex” for Gilles Marini? (E! News – TV and Online)

2009 Setanta Cup: Hollywood United Soccer Club Exhibition Game (Star Pulse)

Gilles Marini Plays Ball (The Insider)

Socialite Life

In Touch Weekly - April 10, 2009

 

 

 

Setanta Sports would like to thank the participating Setanta Cup sponsors: Chipotle, Colour of Sports, EUROSPORT, Grassroot Soccer, JetBlue, Opia, POWERADE, RCN, WorldDirect, Football Partnerships, and VisitBritain:  

 

 

 

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