goalnetwork.com Launches Commerce Section; Inks Deals With TSI Soccer & Toffs.Sports Editors/Soccer Writers & Columnists NEW YORK--(BW SportsWire)--Dec. 21, 1999 goalnetwork.com today announced separate agreements with leading soccer retailers TSI TSI Total Solar Irradiance (sum solar light in energy per unit of time) TSI Trading Standards Institute (UK) TSI Transportation Safety Institute (US DOT) Soccer and the TOFFS Company to offer their soccer merchandise on www.goalnetwork.com. Selected products will be available on every page of the site through thumbnail images, banners and links in context with related stories about teams and players. www.goalnetwork.com, the online network for the world's billions of soccer fans, launched on November 10, 1999. www.goalnetwork.com offers match results, news, exclusive stories and feature coverage from a worldwide network of top international soccer journalists. In the coming months, goalnetwork.com will also feature the world's largest online store for soccer merchandise, online auctions of soccer memorabilia, community services, including message boards, chat, free home pages and free email accounts. Under the agreement, goalnetwork.com will offer an assortment of footwear, apparel and equipment from TSI Soccer, the leading multi-channel retailer of soccer merchandise in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . TOFFS, the world leader in vintage replica soccer jerseys, will provide their extensive line of classic football shirts that teams have worn throughout the century. "TSI Soccer and TOFFS' quality soccer products are the perfect complements to all of goalnetwork.com's offerings. We are thrilled to be able to provide soccer fans with a vast array of unique soccer merchandise, the ease of buying online, the flexibility of shopping around the clock and reliable and timely delivery from our e-commerce partners," said Craig Stoehr, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of goalnetwork.com. John Pinto, President of TSI Soccer commented, "We are confident that with their experienced management team, goalnetwork.com will be a unique online environment for the committed soccer enthusiast. As such, we believe this agreement gives TSI Soccer another great outlet for our products and we're especially happy with the creative marketing placements goalnetwork.com has developed for us." "What attracted us to goalnetwork.com was their passion for soccer and their ideas that soccer enthusiasts can not only learn about the history of soccer, but are also able to buy a piece of it, too," said Michele Finch, Director of TOFFS.Co. About goalnetwork.com Goal Media Group, the parent company of goalnetwork.com, was founded by Craig Stoehr and Clive Toye. Mr. Stoehr is a former attorney at Latham & Watkins, counsel to the 1994 World Cup and Major League Soccer. Mr. Toye was formerly President of the New York Cosmos For the South African club, see . The New York Cosmos (1971–1985), known simply as the Cosmos for the 1977 and 1978 seasons, was a soccer franchise based in New York City and its suburbs that operated in the North American Soccer League from 1971 to 1984. and headed up the 1994 World Cup New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Host Committee. Alan Rothenberg, Chairman of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup The FIFA Women's World Cup is recognized as the most important International competition in women's football and is played amongst women's national football teams of the member states of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. and Chairman and CEO of the 1994 FIFA FIFA International Association Football Federation [French Fédération Internationale de Football Association] FIFA n abbr (= Fédération Internationale de Football Association) → FIFA f World Cup, serves as Chairman of Goal Media Group. The company is headquartered in New York with executive and editorial offices in London, Paris, and Montreal and eight news bureaus around the world. About TSI Soccer TSI Soccer is a leading multi-channel retailer of soccer footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories, which it markets through the TSI Soccer catalog, TSI Soccer retail stores and tsisoccer.com, a property of iTurf Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : TURF), a network of Internet commerce and content sites for teens. TSI Soccer is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of dELiA*s Inc. (NASDAQ: DLIA DLIA Discover Life in America ). About TOFFS.Co. Toffs, The Old Fashioned Football Shirt Company, designs, manufactures and distributes classic soccer shirts from around the world. The U.K.-based company recreates over 600 nostalgic soccer shirts and is the official license holder for FIFA, the English Football Association, Scottish Football Association and many other premiership, football league and international clubs. |
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