About Free Kick Masters
The Free Kick Masters is a skills-based international soccer competition featuring some of the world’s
top rated free kickers competing against some of the world’s
top rated goalkeepers in a free kick shootout to declare the world’s “Free Kick Master” and “Golden Goalkeeper”. The last Free Kick Masters event held in Marbella, Spain was sold out and broadcast to over 30 countries and an estimated 110 million viewers.
The Free Kick Masters 2008 will be held July 5, 2008 at
Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The player crowned “Free Kick Master” will receive $1 million in prize money, and the “Golden Goalkeeper” title winner will receive $0.5 million in prize money.
The Free Kick Masters panel of judges includes former players and distinguished coaches from around the world.
Professional referees will be keeping score to the official standards and regulations as set by the professional football association. The referees will be chosen by draw and distributed amongst the groups in the qualifying phase and final.