ONEONTA – The annual President’s Reception and Hall of Fame Banquet, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 2 at 6 p.m. at the National Soccer Hall of Fame, is open to the public at $75 per person. The reception will take place in the museum’s atrium and the dinner is in the museum itself. The evening will conclude with the Big 3 Enshrinement Ceremony in the atrium. “We are very pleased to be able to open the Hall of Fame Banquet to the general public,” Hall of Fame President Steve Baumann said. “The opportunity for the local community to meet Hall of Famers and visiting soccer dignitaries is unique to our sport. We’re still an unpretentious group and invite the community to join us in celebrating the many individuals who will be honored this year.” For a complete schedule of the Induction 2008 weekend events and to make reservations for the Hall of Fame Banquet, visit soccerhall.org, or call 607-432-3351. The Hall of Fame will honor the University of North Carolina and U.S. National Team women’s coach Anson Dorrance, play maker extraordinaire Hugo Perez of the NASL, MISL, and the U.S. Men’s National Team, and Ivan ‘Ike” Kuhns, retired from the Newark Star-Ledger, as the Colin Jose Media Award honoree. Big 3 honorees include six-time NCAA champion Jerry Yeagley, retired from Indiana University, and Paul Sanderson of the NSCAA; Marilyn MacDonald and Joel Mark of AYSO, and John Buckley and Donald Dennison of NISOA.
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