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FC Dallas Investor-Operator Lamar Hunt to be given U.S. Soccer Federation LIfetime Achievement Award

September 15, 2005 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Dallas News Release


DALLAS, Texas - FC Dallas Investor-Operator Lamar Hunt will be honored tonight at the U.S. Soccer Foundation's 10th Anniversary Banquet. He will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Foundation's Banquet at the Wardman Park Marriott in Washington D.C.

Hunt, who in addition to being the investor-operator of FC Dallas, also founded the Columbus Crew and the Kansas City Wizards, will be honored by the Foundation for his pioneering efforts in building soccer in the United States. He and the Hunt Family became charter investors in Major League Soccer and its unique, single-entity operating structure and have helped advanced the sport of soccer in this country.

In 1999, the Hunt family established a pro soccer milestone by funding construction of the first major-league stadium built specifically for soccer in the United States as the Columbus Crew opened their facility. With the opening of Pizza Hut Park, two of the three soccer-specific stadiums in Major League Soccer have been built through the initiative of the Hunt Sports Group.

Also in 1999, Hunt was awarded the National Soccer Hall of Fame Medal of Honor (only the second ever given) and also saw the U.S. Open Cup Tournament renamed in his honor to recognize his contributions to soccer in America.

Last November, at the 2004 MLS Cup, Lamar Hunt was presented the Commissioner's Award by Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber as one of the league's founding fathers as well as a man who has championed soccer in the United States for nearly 40 years.

As far back as 1982, Hunt was honored for his efforts to help establish pro soccer in America when he was inducted into the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, N.Y. Hunt has also been inducted into both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the International Tennis Hall of Fame, as well as the state Sports Halls of Fame of both Texas and Missouri.

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