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Building the Bay Area Women’s Professional Soccer Team
By Amanda | July 3, 2008
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Scott Kucirek is a driving force in bringing a Women’s Pro Soccer team to the Bay Area. His blog can be found at http://norcalwomensoccer.wordpress.com/.
This morning, Scott’s pingback made me a bit homesick so I wanted to share the paragraph he wrote about our friendship - I echo his sentiments. In the short time I’ve known Scott, his ambitions in business, organization (you should see his excel spreadsheets!), openness to new ideas, friendliness, honesty, transparency and drive to succeed have sincerely inspired me in so many ways.
“On a sad note, I said goodbye to a new friend, Amanda Vandervort. Amanda was hired by the Chicago Red Stars to head their online marketing. She started her job on July 1st and we weren’t able to connect for one last lunch before her departure. I met Amanda early in my project by e-mailing her after reading her blog. We had a couple lunches and e-mailed each other constantly about the league. She even agreed to be a guest coach for our Thunder girls and did a great job. I am happy for her, because Peter Wilt and his group in Chicago are doing things right. From hiring great people to using new media (see Peter’s blog), I feel this team will be the leader in the league.”
Here’s some info from the NorCal Women’s Soccer Blog.
Hello NorCal soccer community. My name is Scott Kucirek and I and a few friends are on a mission to bring a Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) team to Northern California for the 2009 season. Our journey started March 1, 2009, when after nearly a year of talking about how Northern California would be the ideal location for a professional women’s soccer team, I decided to dedicate my full time attention (i.e. not work at a paying job) to make this dream become a reality. It had been almost a decade since I started a company (ZipRealty) , so I knew what needed to be done. However, before I start any adventure, I check to make sure it passes the Edwin Land test:
“Don’t undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.”
Well, with 7 teams already signed on for the 2009 season and just one year to kick-off, this project met the nearly impossible criterion. As for manifestly important, it goes without saying that establishing a team that will unite the entire female soccer community and provide positive role models for girls of all ages seemed extremely socially responsible. With the Land test passed and support from friends and family, the journey began.
Topics: Women's Soccer |
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:01 pm
[…] sometimes commenter on this site and Red Stars new hire, Amanda Vandervort, clued us in on her blog that a guy named Scott Kucirek is working really really hard to bring a WPS team to the Bay Area. […]