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Kwik Goal Signs as Official Goal and Field Equipment Supplier
"We are very excited about our agreement with the WUSA and the potential the league has to inspire the next generation of soccer players in the United States," commented Chris Goodrich, National Promotions Director for Kwik Goal. "We feel this relationship demonstrates our continued commitment to the growth of soccer in the United States." "The WUSA and Kwik Goal are a natural partnership that will help foster the growth of soccer particularly among our younger fans," said Berke. "Their addition to our sponsorship roster is a further endorsement of the WUSA's appeal to families and children and of the league's pending success." Kwik Goal joins Johnson & Johnson and Hyundai Motor America as sponsors of the WUSA. Additional sponsors will be announced soon. The WUSA will launch in April in eight team markets: Atlanta, Bay Area, Boston, Carolina, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, and Washington, D.C. The WUSA will feature practically all of the members of the 1999 World Cup Champion team. WUSA's founding players are: Michelle Akers, Brandi Chastain, Tracy Ducar, Lorrie Fair, Joy Fawcett, Danielle Fotopoulos, Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, Shannon MacMillan, Tiffeny Milbrett, Carla Overbeck, Cindy Parlow, Christie Pearce, Tiffany Roberts, Briana Scurry, Kate Sobrero, Tisha Venturini, Saskia Webber and Sara Whalen. Information on the WUSA can be found on the league's official Web site at www.wusaleague.com. WUSA investors include John S. Hendricks, chairman and CEO of Discovery Communications, Inc., the parent company of Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, and other cable network services; Amos B. Hostetter, Jr., former chairman and CEO, Continental Cablevision, Inc., Comcast Corporation, which has majority ownership of QVC, Comcast-Spectacor, Comcast SportsNet, and The Golf Channel, and a controlling interest in E! Networks; Cox Enterprises; Cox Communications; and Time Warner Cable. Time Warner Cable's parent company is Time Warner Inc., which is the world's leading media company with an array of world-class properties that includes Turner Broadcasting, Sports Illustrated, and the Atlanta Braves. [Source: WUSA, Kwik Goal. For more information contact wusaleague.com]
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NEW YORK, NY. Kwik Goal, Ltd. has signed on as an official supplier of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) in a four-year agreement, it was announced today jointly by Chris Goodrich
, National Promotions Director for Kwik Goal, and Lee Berke, Acting President of the WUSA. Kwik Goal will be the Official Goal and Field Equipment Supplier of the WUSA for all eight WUSA teams. The WUSA will begin
play in April 2001.