Experience Austin and Experience Modern Texas

Austin, the capitol of Texas is located near the center of the Lone Star State. A thriving metropolis of over one and a half million people, Austin came in 3rd in 2009 as the Best Big City to live in. Touted as the Live Music Capitol of the World, music lovers can enjoy live music every day of the week in Austin.

Special musical events are scheduled year round. Special visitor packages are available for those who are looking for quality vacations at discounted prices. The Austin City Limits Music Festival Travel package offers those interested with a three day, discounted concert pass as well as hotel accommodations.

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Olympic Influences on the World Cup

Amateurs Only

In 1908, soccer became an official event in the Summer Olympic Games, for amateur players only. However, spectators still suspected the event, planned by the Football Association which governed the sport in England, to be more of a show to promote the sport than an actual competition to be taken seriously.

Since the Olympic Games would only admit amateur soccer players, in 1909, Sir Thomas Lipton introduced the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy tournament, which would be held between individual clubs representing each nation rather than national teams. Notable professional clubs from Italy, Germany, and Switzerland participated in the event, which was held in Turin that year; but England’s Football Association declined to send a team, refusing to be associated with the tournament – haughty over being faced with new rules for a sport that they themselves had possessed such a large role in establishing in the first place – so Lipton invited a direct invitation to a West Auckland amateur club from County Durham to represent England instead. The club won that year’s competition, and returned two years later to win again.

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