Soccer Nostalgia: January 2025

Sunday, January 5, 2025

Soccernostalgia Talk Podcast-Episode 158 (Interview with Sports Public Relations & Media Operations Consultant, Mr. Steven Torres, discussing the historic match between the New York Cosmos and the Cuban National Team on June 2, 2015.)

This is the 158^th episode of my podcast with Mr. Paul Whittle of https://the1888letter.com/, @1888letter.

For this episode, we interview Sports Public Relations & Media Operations Consultant, Mr. Steven Torres, as we discuss the historic match between the New York Cosmos and the Cuban National Team on June 2, 2015.

Mr. Torres has over two decades of national/international experience in the field of sports communications/media relations after having worked with several soccer (football) organizations.

The New York City native had worked in two world cups (Men '94, Women '99) and Goodwill Games ('98) prior to his arrival at U.S. Soccer (1999-2003) in Chicago where he mainly dealt with the Hispanic and International media.

He then arrived at Concacaf where he spent the next decade as mostly the sole press officer for the Confederation holding a tenure record of most consecutive days (3,675) as member of the
communications department in the first 60 years over the organization.

Torres also worked as FIFA Media Officer in many tournaments and events (including World Cups '06, '10; Olympics '08, '12).

At the modern era version of North American Soccer League, Torres once again oversaw Hispanic and International media, and was instrumental in the first U.S. sports professional club (New York Cosmos) to visit Cuba following the end of the embargo in 2015.

During his 20-plus year work span, Torres has also been a soccer historian for the region (North, Central America & Caribbean) since the turn of the century with extensive knowledge of tournaments involving national teams, clubs, futsal and beach soccer.

Torres is currently assisting Data Sports Group as Futsal Editor Director.

He is also a founding member and first elected president of Asociación Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Investigadores de Fútbol (English – Association of North, Central America and the Caribbean of Football Investigators).