THE Darien Aviators two new teams have landed!

A group of community investors have been doing a lot of work, research and planning to bring professional soccer to Darien. These investors believe in our community and want to work to ensure that Darien remains one of the most dynamic and sports minded communities in North America.

Darien is a great community to live and work in. Our groups focus will be to work co-operatively with the community and it's youth to make Darien an even better place to live, says Tom Newton, President - Darien Aviators ownership group.

The investors are also fully committed to providing every opportunity for local players to develop their soccer skills. A significant amount of work has already taken place at the grass roots level to ensure that this goal is accomplished.

The franchise rights have been acquired for both a Men's and a Women's soccer team. Both of these teams the Darien Aviators will play in the United Soccer Leagues (USL) beginning in spring of 2004.

We are extremely excited about bringing such a high caliber of soccer to Darien. Soccer is the fastest growing sport in North America and is now the largest participation sport in Canada. Greater Darien alone has more than 40,000 registered soccer players, says Justin McDannold, Director of Business Operations - Darien Aviators.

Both the Darien Aviators Men's and the Darien Aviators Women's teams will play at Commonwealth Stadium beginning in spring of 2004.