AS Roma and ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Create Italian Pro Soccer Presence for America’s Youth Athletes

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  • Disney Sports Developmen​t Manager Patrick Dicks (far left), Disney Sports Director of Business Developmen​t Mike Millay (middle left), Co-Managing Director RaptorAccelerator Sean Barror (inside left), A.S. Roma Director General of Football Operation Franco Baldini (right) and A.S. Roma Chief Executive Officer Mark Pannes (far right) pose with Mickey Mouse to announce that famed Italian football club A.S. Roma will become the official profession​al football club of ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The new multi-year agreement will bring elite European profession​al football to youth athletes at Disney, along with establishi​ng the sports complex as the official winter training home of the three-time Serie A champion football club. (Phelan Ebenhack, Disney)
  • Disney Sports Development Manager Patrick Dicks (far left), Disney Sports Director of Business Development Mike Millay (left), A.S. Roma Director General of Football Operation Franco Baldini (right) and A.S. Roma Chief Executive Officer Mark Pannes (far right) pose with Mickey Mouse to announce that famed Italian football club A.S. Roma will become the official professional football club of ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The new multi-year agreement will bring elite European professional football to youth athletes at Disney, along with establishing the sports complex as the official winter training home of the three-time Serie A champion football club. (Phelan Ebenhack, Disney)
  • Disney Sports Developmen​t Manager Patrick Dicks (far left), Disney Sports Director of Business Developmen​t Mike Millay (left), A.S. Roma Director General of Football Operation Franco Baldini (right) and A.S. Roma Chief Executive Officer Mark Pannes (far right) pose with Mickey Mouse to announce that famed Italian football club A.S. Roma will become the official profession​al football club of ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The new multi-year agreement will bring elite European profession​al football to youth athletes at Disney, along with establishi​ng the sports complex as the official winter training home of the three-time Serie A champion football club. (Phelan Ebenhack, Disney)
  • A.S. Roma Chief Executive Officer Mark Pannes (left), and A.S. Roma Director General of Football Operation Franco Baldini (right) pose with Mickey Mouse to announce that famed Italian football club A.S. Roma will become the official professional football club of ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The new multi-year agreement will bring elite European professional football to youth athletes at Disney, along with establishing the sports complex as the official winter training home of the three-time Serie A champion football club. (Phelan Ebenhack, Disney)
  • Disney Sports Developmen​t Manager Patrick Dicks (far left), Disney Sports Director of Business Developmen​t Mike Millay (left), A.S. Roma Director General of Football Operation Franco Baldini (right) and A.S. Roma Chief Executive Officer Mark Pannes (far right) pose together to announce that famed Italian football club A.S. Roma will become the official profession​al football club of ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The new multi-year agreement will bring elite European profession​al football to youth athletes at Disney, along with establishi​ng the sports complex as the official winter training home of the three-time Serie A champion football club. (Phelan Ebenhack, Disney)
  • Disney Sports Developmen​​t Manager Patrick Dicks (far left), Disney Sports Director of Business Developmen​​t Mike Millay (left), A.S. Roma Director General of Football Operation Franco Baldini (right) and A.S. Roma Chief Executive Officer Mark Pannes (far right) pose together to announce that famed Italian football club A.S. Roma will become the official profession​​al football club of ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The new multi-year agreement will bring elite European profession​​al football to youth athletes at Disney, along with establishi​​ng the sports complex as the official winter training home of the three-time Serie A champion football club. (Phelan Ebenhack, Disney)