In an effort to increase breast cancer awareness, Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS), in conjunction with PUMA will outfit players in special Project Pink kits for five WPS matches. Puma has also created a range of Project Pink merchandise that will be available for purchase beginning this summer and continuing through Breast Cancer Awareness Month in [...]
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Perhaps the biggest business news from the soccer weekend was the announcement that storied Scottish club Glasgow Rangers is withdrawing from its 2010 American tour. The tour was intended to include matches against Celtic in Boston and DC United at RFK. The BBC article references the recent Boston Globe article that criticized Rangers’ fans and [...]
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Last week we took at look at various American soccer charity efforts especially those in Haiti. The charitable efforts of professional sports leagues and teams are typically overlooked by their fans, yet they are an important component of the community outreach programs in which almost all leagues are involved. In addition to providing a way [...]
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WPS expansion franchise Atlanta Beat has reached a deal to construct an 8,300 seat stadium in an Atlanta suburb about 25 miles from downtown. The stadium will cost less than $20 million to construct and will host both the Beat and Kennesaw State University Women’s soccer team. The stadium is designed to increase to 16k [...]
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The WPS completed its first full slate of games this weekend with matches in New Jersey, California and Illinois. In our interview with WPS Director of Communications, Robert Penner, Mr. Penner stated that the League was hoping for game day attendance between 4-6,000 per game. During a weekend when MLS teams disappointed at the gate, [...]
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It was a big weekend for U.S. soccer fans. The National Team was in El Salvador for a qualifier, WPS kicked off in Los Angeles and the MLS completed its second week of games. ESPN2 televised the National Team (after not showing an MLS game this week). Captain Morgan’s featured prominently as an advertisor (I [...]
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Two years before they kick off, the newly minted franchises in Vancouver and Portland are already competing off the field. As we reported earlier this week, Vancouver had already sold 5,000 season ticket deposits less than one week after the franchise announcement. Now, word comes out of Portland that within the first 48 hours of [...]
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On March 29, Women’s Professional Soccer will kick-off its inaugural season with a nationally televised match-up at the Home Depot Center. Pitting the Los Angeles Sol against the Washington Freedom, the opening match will feature Brazilian star Marta and U.S. National Team scorer Abby Wambach. Rising from the ashes of the WUSA, the WPS is [...]
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Amway International, the presenting sponsor of the San Jose Earthquakes, has signed on as the jersey sponsor of the WPS’ L.A. Sol. The sponsorship will include the Amway name on the jersey, stadium signage and placement on an array of Sol items. Perhaps most importantly for Amway, Brazilian Marta, perhaps the most recognizable star in [...]
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