Surf Taco Renews Partnership With Boca
May 4, 2008
The Jersey Shore Boca Soccer Club announced today that Surf Taco, a popular, casual Mexican-themed restaurant chain with seven locations throughout the shore area, has renewed their Official Sponsorship of Boca’s U23 summer soccer program for 2008. This will mark the fourth consecutive year that the two organizations have renewed their partnership together. The Boca U23 men’s and women’s teams will begin their season on June 1.
Surf Taco Renews Partnership With Boca
Popular shore area restaurant chain continues Official Sponsorship of the Boca U23 summer soccer program for the fourth consecutive year
TOMS RIVER, NJ (May 4, 2008) – The Jersey Shore Boca Soccer Club announced today that Surf Taco, a popular, casual Mexican-themed restaurant chain with seven locations throughout the shore area, has renewed their Official Sponsorship of Boca’s U23 summer soccer program for 2008.
This will mark the fourth consecutive year that the two organizations have renewed their partnership.
Under the terms of the agreement, Boca and Surf Taco will continue to jointly promote their products, services and organizations via various means including electronic and print media, brand recognition, special events, player appearances 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.
Presently, Surf Taco has grown to seven locations throughout the New Jersey shore including Seaside Park, Belmar, Silverton, Jackson and their newest location in Lacey Township.
Plans are also underway for an eight Surf Taco to be opened in Long Branch.
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 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 several years back.
“Everyone at Surf Taco is very excited and pleased to renew our support of the Jersey Shore Boca U23 soccer program and to give back to the community. We look forward to working again with such an outstanding organization for a fourth straight year” mentioned Graul.
“I am also personally excited to see that the Boca U23 women did so well last summer during their first season together. This is a win-win situation for everyone. We wish all of the team members, staff and coaches the best of success this summer” Graul concluded.
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| Players from the Jersey Shore Boca U23 teams along with several representatives from Surf Taco gather at Surf Taco’s Jackson Township store last year for a Boca team event after a MSSL game. The summer of 2008 will mark the fourth consecutive year that Surf Taco and Boca have renewed their partnership together. |
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 to partner for a fourth consecutive year with Rob Nagel and all the folks at Surf Taco. They are a first-class organization and besides having some of the best food around at the shore, they are really in tune with the local community here. They are making themselves a local landmark” 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 U23 men’s and women’s teams will participate for the fifth consecutive year as one of the inaugural founding members of the Mid-Atlantic Summer Showcase League (MSSL), a regional summer soccer league, which is specifically designed for collegiate players under the age of twenty-three which is fully sanctioned by the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA), the national governing body for adult amateur soccer.
The 2008 MSSL season begins on Sunday June 1st
Team highlights from last summer included both the Boca U23 men and women being selected for the U23 USASA Regional Tournament and both teams advancing to the 2007 MSSL Cup Championships.
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 30-year anniversary in 2008.
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 program and all other the Jersey Shore Boca programs visit the Club’s official web site at www.jerseyshoreboca.com
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