With less than 4 weeks left until the 2010 World Cup kicks off, TSF's social committee has been hard at work ironing out the plans for a number of viewing parties around the Triangle during the month-long tournament.

Trali Irish Pub and Restaurant in the centrally located Brier Creek area (near the airport) will be our "home base" during the World Cup. You can count on TSF to be there for every 2:30pm kickoff. We will also be hosting limited viewing parties for the morning kickoff times and on special occasions, may also host an event at another location.

For instance, we'll be watching all the Germany matches at the Bavarian Brathaus in Cary.

So as not to inundate your inbox with a flood of reminder emails as the tournament approaches, you will not receive automatic emails for the daily, standing 2:30pm meetups at Trali. However, you will receive email reminders for special events (opening day, USA games, and any events not hosted at Trali).

To get started organizing your calendar for the tournament and start RSVPing now, please visit our meetup calendar at http://events.trisocc...

In addition, we'd love to know about your interest in the morning matches which occur during the work week. If we have enough interest, we will find a location to open early for those matches so we can gather for them as well. If you haven't already done so, please fill out the member survey polls below and let us know if you plan to be off work in order to join us to watch these matches:

World Cup Group Stages early matches poll (part 1 Jun 12-17)
World Cup Group Stages early matches poll (part 2 Jun 18-25)

Based on feedback from these polls and response to our already planned meetups, we may add additional official gatherings during the tournament. Check back with the events calendar regularly for the latest updates.

W. Jarrett Campbell
Chairman, Triangle Soccer Fanatics