The West Windsor Plainsboro Soccer Association (WWPSA) and New Jersey Wildcats are pleased to announce a strategic partnership combining one of New Jersey’s largest recreational and travel soccer programs with the semi-professional Wildcats women’s soccer team.  An alliance with one of the top women’s teams in North America enables WWPSA to create learning and training opportunities for all girls participating in its recreational and travel soccer programs, to develop interest in attending high quality soccer games, and to enhance the profile of the Club in the wider soccer community. The NJ Wildcats will participate directly in the development of girls youth soccer, developing potential future team players while creating a local fan base at the same time. WWPSA will also offer practical support hosting some Wildcats practices and providing operational staff for Wildcats home games. WWPSA and the Wildcats plan to work together to seek Corporate sponsorship for future development initiatives.

About the New Jersey Wildcats
The New Jersey Wildcats women’s soccer team plays in the W-League, the premier women’s soccer league in North America with 37 teams. Established in 1995, the team achieved its first major success in 2004 completing a perfect regular season (14-0). In the following year the team won the W-League Championship and in 2006 once again achieved a 14-0 season. Each year the team combines leading international and American players to form a multi-national All-Star team. At this year’s World Cup in China, ten (10) former Wildcats represented the USA, Canada, England and Brazil. The Wildcats play a 14-game schedule between May and July each year. Home games are held at Mercer County Community College Stadium.

About West Windsor Plainsboro Soccer Association
The mission of the West Windsor Plainsboro Soccer Association (WWPSA) is to provide youth and adults the opportunity to play instructional and competitive soccer at the highest level commensurate with their ability, potential and interest. WWPSA is one of the largest soccer clubs in New Jersey offering a number of programs including Youth Recreational Soccer (1,600 players), Youth Travel Soccer (550 players on 41 teams), Adult Recreational Soccer (120 players) and Adult Competitive Soccer (80 players).

Basis for Partnership
The close proximity of WWPSA to a leading women’s soccer team presented a tremendous opportunity to develop girls soccer in WWPSA. Several top international female players have played for the Wildcats within just a few miles of the Club providing the local community with a chance to attend games of the highest level. More importantly, young female players have the opportunity to expand their soccer development by playing and training with leading soccer athletes and coaches.

The Partnership
The WWPSA and NJ Wildcats will partner in the following key areas:

• Player Development
• Fanclub
• Sunburst
• Sponsorship

Player Development

a) Open Training Sessions (Mondays)
The NJ Wildcats will practice on Mondays and Wednesdays in May, June and July on WWPSA fields. All girls, parents, coaches and trainers from WWPSA will be invited to attend and watch these open practices.  Prior to the Monday sessions, the Wildcats will host open training sessions for all girls from WWPSA. These 90-minute sessions will be delivered by Wildcats players and coaches and will feature age-appropriate technical training "stations" with fun activities and skills challenges. There will also be a separate specialty Goalkeeper training session. Evenings will be designated as appropriate for recreational or travel players and will continue every Monday during the Wildcats season. All girls registered for any 2007-08 recreational or travel program will be eligible to participate and all sessions will be complimentary. Prior to the beginning of the season, there will be some introductory training sessions on Mondays in April.  Details will be posted at www.wwpsa.org.

b) Summer Camp of Champions (July 7-11, 2008)
WWPSA and the Wildcats are excited to announce that US National Team Captain Christie Pearce Rampone and Olympic Gold Medalist Shannon Boxx will participate in the 1st Annual WWPSA / New Jersey Wildcats Girls Camp in West Windsor, July 7-11, 2008. Christie and Shannon will be in camp on July 7th and 8th only a few weeks before they travel to Beijing China for the 2008 Olympic Games. In addition to soccer skills training, the camp will include individual Speed and Agility testing and an ACL injury prevention DVD from the G.O.A.L.S. (Girls Opting Against Ligament Surgery) Training Series. The camp will be led by Socrates Nicolaidis, the youngest Australian player ever to play in a National League game at the age of 16 and former Australian National Youth Team player.

c) Future Initiatives
WWPSA and the Wildcats will explore the potential to field summer tournament teams; these teams would be select teams attending summer tournaments only and would complement regular team and Club commitments. The Wildcats would contribute Wildcats players and trainers to manage and train these teams. The Wildcats may also make players available during the Wildcats season to any WWPSA team that might want special training.

Wildcats Fanclub

All registered WWPSA players will receive free entry to all New Jersey Wildcats homegames provided they are accompanied by an adult (18+). For accompanying adults, there will be a 50% discount from the normal $10 ticket price, enabling entry to games for only $5. WWPSA teams and groups may also be interested to participate in team fundraisers. Details available upon request.  All WWPSA girls will be registered in the Wildcats Fan Club.  WWPSA girls will help out at Wildcats home games in various volunteer capacities including operations manager, kiosk, ball girls, merchandise, visiting team coordinator, 4th official, writer, and more. Adults affiliated with the volunteer teams and players will receive free entrance to the games.  WWPSA website will feature the Wildcats and present West Windsor Plainsboro as the "Home of the Cats" while the Wildcats website will feature WWPSA as the Wildcat’s Club.

Sunburst

The Wildcats will host two games at Robbinsville High School on the WWPSA Sunburst Tournament weekend, May 31-June 1, 2008.  Over 200 teams are expected to participate in the 14th Annual Sunburst event.  The Wildcats will have a visible presence at the Sunburst Tournament while WWPSA will promote the Wildcats games to all Sunburst attending teams and players. All participating Sunburst players will receive free entry to the Wildcats during the weekend, provided they are accompanied by an adult (18+).  Sunburst registered team coaches and parents will also enjoy 50% off the normal ticket price and will pay only $5 per adult.  Prior to the Saturday evening game, the Wildcats will host a pre-game program of fun socer activities for WWPSA recreational players who are not participating at Sunburst.  There will be some surprises added to events that evening.

Sponsorship

WWPSA and the Wildcats will market the partnership venture to large corporate sponsors. Funds raised will be shared equally between the two organizations and be used primarily for facilities initiatives.

For more information or questions regarding the WWPSA/ NJ Wildcats partnership, please contact execdirector@wwpsa.org.