Orlando City Lions and Defending Champion Montreal Impact Return for
Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic
Lions and Impact among first to
commit to the February soccer event
at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex; Additional teams expected to
be announced soon
Major League Soccer’s Montreal Impact and local favorite Orlando City
Soccer Club will compete in the Walt
Disney World Pro Soccer Classic at
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex this spring. Additional teams
will be announced in the next several weeks.
Montreal, which returns for its third
straight appearance in the tournament (Feb. 19 – Mar. 1), is back to
defend the Disney Pro Soccer Classic
title it won over the Columbus Crew
a year ago when it blazed through the
event undefeated. Montreal is led by
Marco Di Vaio, who was third in the
league in goals scored last year with
20.
against the very best teams in North
America and preparing our players
for the season ahead.”
“We’re excited to have two marquee
teams to be among the first to participate in the Pro Soccer Classic.
We fully expect this to be the best
field in the Pro Soccer Classic’s history. This tournament further shows
we are committed to the sport of soccer and now recognized as one of the
top training and competition facilities in the world,” said Mike Millay,
Director of Sports Development at
ESPN Wide World of Sports.
Entering its fifth year, the Disney
Pro Soccer Classic is designed to
boost interest in soccer throughout
Central Florida and establish the
area as a prime training and competition destination for pro soccer
clubs. Last year, the event at Disney
attracted fans from across the U.S.
and Canada and gave them a unique
In just three USL-Pro seasons, the opportunity for an intimate fan exOrlando City Lions have won two perience at a world-class facility.
regular-season titles and two postseason championships, including The tournament is just one of more
last year’s championship. This will than a dozen popular soccer events
be the club’s fourth straight ap- held annually at ESPN Wide World
pearance in the Disney Pro Soccer of Sports Complex, which is the l