Surf Taco Named Official Sponsor of Boca U23 Men’s Summer Program
May 19, 2005
The Jersey Shore Boca Soccer Club announced today that Surf Taco, a popular up and coming casual Mexican-themed restaurant chain, has been named the Official Sponsor of Boca’s U23 men’s summer soccer program and that both organizations will immediately begin conversations about the establishment of a long-term relationship into the future.
Surf Taco Named Official Sponsor of Boca U23 Men’s Summer Program
Restaurant chain and soccer club perfect together for summer at the jersey shore
TOMS RIVER, NJ (May 19, 2005) – The Jersey Shore Boca Soccer Club announced today that Surf Taco, a popular up and coming casual Mexican-themed restaurant chain, has been named the Official Sponsor of Boca’s U23 men’s summer soccer program and that both organizations will immediately begin conversations about the establishment of a long-term relationship into the future.
Under the terms of the agreement, Boca and Surf Taco will jointly promote their products, services and organizations via various means including electronic and print media, brand recognition, special events and direct marketing efforts among other sources.
Owner Rob Nagel with the help of General Manager Shaun Graul opened the first Surf Taco location on Route 35 South in Point Pleasant Beach Memorial Day weekend in 2001 and a second location on Parker Avenue in Manasquan in July 2004. Plans are also in the works to open a third Surf Taco location in Seaside Park this summer.
Graul is a former long-time member of the Jersey Shore Boca Soccer Club and one of the best goalkeepers ever to come out of the jersey shore area. The 1989 Toms River High School East graduate played his collegiate soccer at Kean University and then continued his career professionally with the NJ Stallions of the United Soccer Leagues before retiring from the sport a few years back.
“Everyone at Surf Taco is very excited and pleased to have the opportunity to help support the Jersey Shore Boca under 23 men’s soccer program and give back to the community. We look forward to working with such an outstanding organization. In addition, I’m personally thrilled we are able to help the soccer club that I grew-up with. We wish all of the team members, staff and coaches the best of success this summer” mentioned Graul.
Surf Taco offers a large selection of healthy and specialty foods normally seen in Mexico, Costa Rica and California. The menu features dishes such as quesadillas, tacos and burritos, as well as different wraps and salads.
The trademark of the restaurant chain includes a casual interior décor, dress code of flip-flops and tee-shirts, massive pictures of surfers catching monstrous waves that hang on the colorful walls and surfing videos that play through-out the day.
“We are extremely delighted and proud to partner with Surf Taco as our Official Sponsor of our U23 summer program. Their ever increasingly popularity is growing in leaps and bounds and they are rapidly becoming their own jersey shore landmark. Great food and great summer soccer….what a perfect combination here at the jersey shore” mentioned Walt Konopka, a member of the Jersey Shore Boca Board of Directors who also runs the Boca U23 summer program.
The Jersey Shore Boca Soccer Club has been a fixture in the soccer community since 1978 and is one of the most respected soccer clubs on the East Coast.
The Club is celebrating their 27-year anniversary in 2005.
The Jersey Shore Boca U23 men’s summer soccer program for 2005 consists of their U23 and U20 teams populated with some of the best young college-aged soccer talent in the shore area. Both teams will participate in the Mid-Atlantic Summer Showcase League (MSSL).
MSSL is a second year regional soccer league fostering high-level competition during the summer months at both the youth and adult ages in which Jersey Shore Boca was an inaugural member last year.
The adult level of MSSL is specifically designed for collegiate players under the age of twenty-three and is fully sanctioned by the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA), the national governing body for adult amateur soccer.
The 2005 MSSL Summer season will kick-off the first week-end in June for both teams.
“The folks at Surf Taco have a great vision and have worked very hard to get to where they are today. These traits are very similar to what we have been portraying to our players in our soccer club for the past 27 years. A partnership could not have been made any better. I look forward to heading over there after each of our home games this summer. The food is just fantastic….!” added Konopka.
For more information about Surf Taco including their locations, menu and special events, visit the restaurant’s official web site at www.surftaco.com
For more information about the Boca U23 and U20 teams and all other the Jersey Shore Boca programs visit the Club’s official web site at www.jerseyshoreboca.com
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