SCORES Legacy Gala Reunites 1994 U.S. Men's National Team - KTVU Fox 2 news

More than three decades after a groundbreaking performance in the World Cup that helped ignite modern American soccer, members of the 1994 U.S. Men’s National Team reunited at the SCORES Legacy Gala in San Jose. The gala celebrated not only the 1994 team, but also the long tail legacy of their performance on U.S. soccer, including the widening of access to the beautiful game.

Out of that legacy, SCORES was born in 1994, empowering young people through soccer, poetry, and service learning. America SCORES Bay Area was founded in 2001, twenty-five years ago.

Celebrated too were three SCORES Poet-Athletes, recently named as winners of Telemundo’s national poetry competition, Atletas Poetas. National winner 11-year-old Santiago Corona of Watsonville performed at the Legacy Gala. His story is included in this KTVU news story.

Coca-Cola and Airbnb were the Primary and Presenting Sponsors of the gala. Telemundo was the Media Sponsor. Corporate Partners included: Adidas, Del Grande Dealer Group, The Sak, Qatar Aspire Academy, Capelli, Imagine LLC, Bloomberg, Newcastle Partners, and Snowflake. Soccer and Community Partners were the San Jose Earthquakes, Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce, Cal North Youth Soccer, US Youth Soccer, US Soccer Forward, Oakland Roots and Soul Foundation, The San Jose Sports Authority, The Bay Area Host Committee, and Bay FC.