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Microsoft and Xbox sponsor new Seattle Sounders FC MLS team

by Dustin Burg on May 29th 2008 3:00PM

Whether you call it soccer, football or "that game where people kick a ball around a large field", it isn't important. What is important is that you'll be seeing green Xbox 360 jerseys like the one pictured above on Major League Soccer (MLS) players next year, because Microsoft just announced their corporate sponsorship of a new Seattle Sounders FC team.

In a deal that has Microsoft shelling out an estimated $20 million, the Seattle Sounders FC will make their MLS debut Spring 2009 in Xbox 360 style. The team's jerseys will be plastered with Xbox 360 and Xbox Live logos across the front, which instantly makes the Seattle Sounders FC our absolute favorite MLS team evar! (Sorry Beckham and the LA Galaxy, Xbox 360 jerseys are just too cool.) And, if you're as excited as us to wear a corporate sponsored jersey of your own, be sure to add your name to their mailing list to be informed when Seattle Sounders FC apparel will be going on sale. Delectable!

[Thanks, Jason (Indiana Hoosier)]

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Tags: microsoft, mls, seattle-sounders-fc, xbox-360

Reader Comments (24)

Could of at least done it on a popular team world wide, not to bash the Americans but football isn't the biggest sport out there, till this point I'd not even heard of them.

Makes more sense to pick out a big name team, still if it cost them $20mill for them I can't imagine how much it'd cost for the other teams.

@SadisticHam-

It's an MLS soccer team. The MLS is the only league in America that allows sponsors on jerseys.

FYI -this team didn't exist before now...

MS moneys clearly mattered to be the final push

Well the idea of sponsoring a team or paying big contracts for big players is to try to increase the popularity of football on USA (you know foot+ball without hands), someone at MS must really love the "international football"

@Rasputin

SaddisticHam is talking about a socccer team NOT in USA, for example Manchester United or Inter or Chelsea or Boca Juniors or any other team which will be followed internationally not JUST in the USA.

"Sounders" sounds WNBA worthy. What, was Sprinkletits already taken? No, I rescind that statement: as the Seattle Sprinkletits sounds better.

It's called that because of the Puget Sound you ignorant punk. It's all about location.

If the team is sponsored by Xbox Live does that mean any non white Americans on the team will be constantly abused?

Sorre, I laughed. Really didn't want to, but I did.

Sounders? Isn't sounding a fetish where you stick... nevermind. I prefer to not be banhammered. =P

banhammer? i didn't know x3f banned people, at least not for gross vulgarity or incivility... maybe spamming.

True, but I'm trying to be(for some bizarre reason) courteous and not destroy anyone. =P Because yeah, sounding is the kind of thing that you hear about and grab your junk instinctively and wince.

please sirs, do not tempt me or my banhammer'ing abilities ...

Can hardly wait til 2009 when the team first takes the pitch.

I'll have my jersey on and be screaming for the Sounders to kick some ass.

It makes sense that Microsoft would sponsor the local Seattle team.

Can't wait! w00t!

Considering I am from and live in Seattle...this is awesome for me!

I'll be getting one of these jerseys as soon as I can!

Thanks Microsoft for sponsoring an already awesome thing! Makes it only better! Seattle Sounders FC w00t!

As ridiculous as this may sound, I've been interested in the sport for the longest time, yet because I had no one to root for, I rarely made an effort to watch. Being a massive Microsoft fanboy (please God, forgive me for purchasing an iPhone), I have now had my interest piqued enough to root for this team. So...thanks Microsoft!

I'm kinda with Zac LaCombe here. I love soccer, try to catch the World Cup when I can every year and I don't have a MLS team to root for in America. Now I do! Very cool! I'm on the jersey waiting list. (I've wanted a goalie jersey for a while..maybe those will look cool!)

Awww...soccer? I thought these were our new Major League Gaming jerseys...someone needs to make an official "MLG" jersey...

Seattle Sounders have existed in 1 form or another since 1974 ... they just weren't an MLS team until this year.

Rasputin, you're incorrect on MLS being the only league in the US that allows jersey sponsors. ALL USSF affiliated mens senior leagues, outdoor AND indoor, allow jersey sponsors. As a matter of fact, MLS is the last soccer league, here, to allow it, having just started last season. Of the 35 (36, counting SEA, next year) teams in the top three divisions in the US, only 6 (1 in USL1, 5 MLS) don't have one.

Sorry, I should've specified MAJOR league.

Sheesh. Pedant.

"I love soccer, try to catch the World Cup when I can every year"

The World Cup is every 4 years... yeah, you really love Soccer!

Shame the USA are crap at football, sorry, Soccer.

England 2 USA 0

Mwuhahahah....

We need a sponsor for xboxlive times are rugh. We need microsoft points and xbox live. Are team is Kings of Victory (KoV o). Any amount of support would awsome. Thank you very much.
-Blake Birdsong

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