- August 26th, 2010
Chivas de Guadalajara to Face Seattle Sounders FC on October 12
NEW YORK (Wednesday, August 25, 2010) –Soccer United Marketing (SUM), together with CD Guadalajara and Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer, announced that Chivas, Mexico’s most popular team, will face Seattle Sounders FC on Tuesday, October 12 on the Xbox Pitch at Qwest Field in Seattle, WA at 10 p.m. ET. SUM represents the marketing and promotional aspects of Chivas de Guadalajara in the United States. The game will mark the third match on U.S. soil this year for Guadalajara, after visiting Philadelphia Union on Sept.1 and Chivas USA in San Diego on Sept. 14.
Tickets will be available at www.SoundersFC.com
Chivas de Guadalajara, finalist in the renowned Copa Libertadores championship, is Mexico’s most successful team and four players who were members of the Mexican National Team during the FIFA World Cup in South Africa – forward Adolfo “Bofo” Bautista, forward Alberto “Venado” Medina, defender Jonny Magallón and goalkeeper Luis Ernesto Michel. Chivas also is known for developing young stars such as Manchester United’s Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez. Chivas offers a balanced roster with a mix of veterans and youth in defense as well as in attack. In defense, the squad is led by Magallón and Hector Reynoso. A free-flowing midfield is run by Patricio “Pato” Araujo and Edgar Mejia, while Bautista, Medina and Omar Bravo are the strikers in the attack.
Seattle Sounders FC became Major League Soccer’s 15th team in 2009. In their opening year, Sounders FC set League attendance records and adapted quickly to MLS and while qualifying for the MLS Cup Playoffs. Additionally, Sounders FC captured their first title after winning the 2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup against D.C. United. At the international level in 2010, the Sounders defeated legendary Argentinean club Boca Juniors 3-0 and earlier in the summer fell to Scottish giants, Celtic FC 2-1. Also, the Sounders are currently participating in the CONCACAF Champions League. The team is led by the experienced American goalkeeper Kasey Keller and Costa Rican defender Leonardo Gonzalez. Their attack features Colombian forward Fredy Montero and two players who compete in the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Swiss international Blaise Nkufo, and Uruguyan midfielder Alvaro Fernandez. The October 12 match will mark the first ever meeting between the Seattle Sounders FC and CD Guadalajara.
Boost Mobile, Bud Light, Jose Cuervo, Reebok and State Farm are Guadalajara’s 2010 U.S. Tour sponsors.
CD Guadalajara – 2010 U.S. Tour Schedule
Date Opponent City Stadium Time_______
Sept. 1 Philadelphia Union Chester, PA PPL Park 8:00 p.m. ET
Sept. 14 Chivas USA San Diego, CA PETCO Park 11:00 p.m. ET
Oct. 12 Seattle Sounders FC Seattle, WA Qwest Field 10:00 p.m. ET
About Soccer United Marketing
Founded in 2002, Soccer United Marketing (SUM) is the preeminent soccer business company in North America. SUM holds the exclusive rights to the most important soccer properties in the region, including: all commercial rights to Major League Soccer; the United States Soccer Federation; promotional and marketing rights to Mexican National Team games played in the United States; the marketing and promotion of the CONCACAF Gold Cup™, and marketing, promotional and broadcast rights to the prestigious eight-team Mexican club tournament – InterLiga™. SUM also manages promotional and marketing rights in the United States for Mexico’s most popular sports team, Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas).
In addition, SUM created SuperLiga, the innovative professional tournament between MLS and Mexico’s First Division clubs, as well as the Pan-Pacific Championship, an international soccer tournament that crowns the top club from the Pan Pacific region. In 2008, SUM entered into a long term partnership with FC Barcelona which includes tours of the legendary Spanish club. In early 2009, SUM announced the creation of the SUM Digital Network, the only soccer advertising network of its kind, covering all facets of the sport in the U.S., and which allows advertisers to reach millions of soccer fans via online advertising and sponsorships campaigns. These global properties are represented by SUM’s slogan: One Sport. One Company.™ For more information, please visit www.SUMworld.com