10 Things You Need To Know About The Soccer Industry This Morning
Here’s what’s going on in the soccer industry this morning…
- The San Jose Earthquakes announced that all luxury suites and club seats for their new stadium are sold out. Additionally, the first 15 rows in all sections along the sideline as well as midline seating behind team benches are also sold out.
- FIFA is not considering changing kickoff times or adding mandatory cooling breaks during World Cup matches, despite being sued by Brazil’s players’ union because of health concerns.
- FIFA has “ordered one more test game at the stadium in São Paulo that will host the opening match of the World Cup after problems surfaced over the weekend at the venue’s inaugural match.
- Adidas has given a more precise sales growth target for 2014, amounting to a rise of up to 8 percent, as it gets a lift from the soccer World Cup that starts in Brazil next month.
- All professional players in English soccer will be banned from betting on matches anywhere in the world.
- Sports Business Journal interviews Soccer United Marketing Senior Director Of International Business Court Jeske.
- Mexico’s World Cup squad will not eat beef during their preparations for the Brazil tournament for fear of testing positive to banned drugs in contaminated meat.
- Lucozade Sport, the official sports drink of the England Football Team, is launching the ‘Conditions Zone’ as part of the Fuel to Rule campaign.
- IMG Media has announced it is supplying a host of technical and marketing services to Soccer United Marketing’s (SUM) ’2014 Road to Brazil’ series of friendly international soccer games.
- The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) is to expand its global strategy and operations with a European Head Office.