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The Monument Sports Group congratulates Don Shapero
and USIndoor for passionately serving the needs of the Indoor
Sports Industry for 20 years.
Monument Sports is so proud to be a part of USIndoor's success
and looks forward to another 20 years of managing the best
association sports program anywhere.
It was over 20 years ago that I met Don Shapero, and he explained to me his idea for the creation of an association that
would serve the needs of indoor soccer and sport facility owners, players, referees, and business partners. I remember
taking notes on a napkin at a restaurant after we went to a women's pro indoor game at The Anaheim Pond. Said
Sanhoury was a referee, and remember meeting Tom Higginson of Lets Play, David Walsh of Bladium, Gordon Jago the
commissioner of the WISL, and many others. The energy of that night became a "thing", and USIndoor was born. Our
insurance program became an integral part of pulling people from all over the country together, but most importantly
it acted as the jumping off point for meeting so many people that started as business associates, and have become
close friends. There are too many to name, but Said Sanhoury, Hank Aldrich, Jim Cline, Arnold Zirkes, Pete Spanos, Don
Crowe, Mike Weis, Jan Nordmo, Afrim Nezaj were there from the beginning. I can't thank Don enough for providing the
platform that allowed so many of us to make this association a major part of our businesses. I also can't think all the
board members, and others who have worked a lot of hours making USIndoor conventions a place where we can all get
together annually and lie to each other about our businesses!
So for me personally, and I'm sure many many others; THANK YOU DON! "1998 - 2018"
–Mark Grossman, President, The Monument Sports Group
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