At the end of the competition, SC Heerenveen player Ugur Yıldırım emerged as a surprise standout with near perfection, having amassed 25 points en route to claiming the title.
[citation needed] On 26 April 2007, at a joint news conference in Barcelona, Spain, the organizers of the Free Kick Masters announced that the competition would once again take place, and that Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho would be one of the primary participants.
[6][7] Archived 30 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine Free Kick Master 2007 was scheduled to take place on 22 December 2007 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, United States.
[8] Archived 30 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine The full list of competitors in the Event has yet to be announced, [9] but there is speculation that Rafael Márquez and Roberto Carlos, among others, will challenge Ronaldinho for the title.
A similar move by the Lega Nazionale Professionisti provided conflicts for many of the world's top footballers who had previously agreed to participate in the Free Kick Masters 2007 event.
With a format similar to the National Basketball Association's Slam Dunk Contest and Major League Baseball's Home Run Derby, the Free Kick Masters is a skills-based international football competition.
The list of goalkeepers included Francesco Toldo (Internazionale), Kasey Keller (Fulham), David James (Portsmouth), Vojislav Dragović (free agent), and Jorge Campos (retired from professional football at the time).