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01.10.2025 / English,USA

„It’s exciting how the partnership has developed“

There are two soccer clubs in the US state of Texas with which SV 98 has a special connection. Since July 2024, there has been an official cooperation between SV Darmstadt 98 and San Antonio FC (SAFC) from Darmstadt's US twin city of San Antonio. In addition, there is SVD Beaumont Texas, which was founded by Texas Lilien fans with the support of SV Darmstadt 98. Last summer, both clubs, together with SV 98, hosted the first Lilien soccer camps in the US. Lilien Managing Director Martin Kowalewski also took the opportunity to meet with representatives of SAFC, Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E), and the city of San Antonio in San Antonio. We look back on the very productive visit.

Back in June, we reported on the two soccer camps in the USA, which attracted a total of around 70 children. In addition to visiting the camp in San Antonio, Lilien CEO Martin Kowalewski also met with then-Mayor Ron Nirenberg in Texas‘ oldest city. „It’s very exciting to see how the partnership between the two clubs has already developed,“ said the 48-year-old, adding: „I’m really looking forward to future projects.“

During his time in San Antonio, Kowalewski also met with members of SS&E’s management, attended an SAFC game, and gained extensive insight into the facilities and training facilities of the San Antonio Spurs, the five-time NBA champions who, like the SAFC, are part of Spurs Sports & Entertainment.

„It was an exciting exchange that taught us a great deal,“ he said after his trip: „These days once again demonstrated how valuable personal exchange is and how open everyone involved is. Looking back on our cooperation so far, we can say that we have been able to implement everything we had planned, and further special projects are already in the planning stages.“

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