2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™
Coral Gables, FL - (June 05, 2007)
Terra Networks Official Web Partner of 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup™
Terra.com To Once Again Offer Exclusive Soccer Coverage
Coral Gables, Fla. - (June 05, 2007) -Terra Networks, the leading Spanish-language Internet portal in the U.S. and throughout Latin America, was selected by the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) to be the official website of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold CupT. The site will offer up-to-the-minute exclusive coverage of the soccer tournament, set for June 6-24th, as well as videos, extensive photo galleries, historical information and an online pro shop of official Gold Cup team merchandise.
Following on the heels of last year's successful World Cup coverage in which Terra.com leveraged the journalistic collaboration of Terra Networks' 19 regional sites to create the largest and most comprehensive World Cup 2006 tournament website with live reporting from 10 international correspondents, the 2007 CONCACAF Gold CupT, site is accessible at CopaOro.org (http://www.terra.com/copa-oro) in Spanish and GoldCup.org (http://www.terra.com/gold-cup/) in English. Matches will be held in Miami, Chicago, Houston, New York, Boston and Los Angeles providing soccer fans from across the western hemisphere with unrivalled, non-stop action online and at the stadiums.
"As the official portal of the event, we will provide soccer fans across the world play-by-play coverage of every aspect of this competition," says Fernando Rodriguez, CEO of Terra Networks. "Soccer enthusiasts will be up to date on all the tournaments anywhere, any time, any place despite time-zones by simply logging on to the comprehensive site."
In addition to the results of the games, web users have access to highlights including the most important goals and the best moments from each game on Terra.com. Historical data from previous Gold Cup tournaments, information on all your favorite players and teams and information on the stadiums will be available on the site. Fans can also experience each key moment with "See the Action" photo galleries and obtain Copa merchandise from the official Gold CupT Store.
"The 2007 CONCACAF Gold CupT promises to be the biggest and best Gold CupT yet, bringing the regions' leading soccer event to millions of more fans through the Internet," adds Rodriguez. "In 2005, more than 350,000 fans attended the game and millions more fans viewed the tournament on national broadcast television in the U.S., abroad and followed online at Terra.com."
The partnership initially launched after Terra.com was selected to host the official site of Copa America in 2004. Terra.com has gained a loyal online community as the "King of Copas" due to in-depth coverage of the Mexican League, the Latin American national leagues, European leagues, Champions League, Libertadores Cup, Panamerican Games and American Cup. Terra.com will be the only online destination where viewers n see exclusive video footage of the 2007 tournament highlights.
About Terra Networks Operations, Inc.
Terra Networks is a global Internet group with a presence in the U.S. and Latin America. The group operates some of the most popular Web sites in the United States, Spain and Latin America, and is the largest access provider in Spain and Latin America.
Terra.com (www.terra.com) is the U.S. Hispanic arm of the Terra Networks group providing portal and value-added services to Spanish speaking users in the U.S. Terra is a leader in the U.S. Hispanic online market according to comScore Media Metrix and Nielsen/NetRatings.
About CONCACAF CONCACAF
"The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football" is one of six continental confederations of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and serves as the governing body of football in this part of the world. It is composed of 40 national associations, from Canada in the north to French Guyana, Guyana and Surinam in the south. About the CONCACAF Gold CupT The CONCACAF Gold CupT is CONCACAF's showpiece event for men's national teams as it crowns the regional champion. The USA won the inaugural competition in 1991, defeating Honduras before 40,000 fans at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum in California. Mexico then won three consecutive titles, the third in 1998 before a crowd of 91,000 in Los Angeles, before Canada won its first major international honor in more than 100 years of football history in 2000. After the USA claimed the 2002 title, Mexico returned to the top of the Confederation with their fourth crown in 2003. The 2005 edition of the CONCACAF Gold CupT was won by the USA.
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