Merchandise sales are an enormous component of revenue for professional sports leagues. At the same time, apparel provides an outstanding free source of league exposure and advertising. Over the next few weeks, we thought we would take a look at how various domestic soccer leagues and franchises sell their clothes and gear.

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The folks at SoccerPro.com, one of the sponsors of this Web site, and I recently conducted a fun experiment. We wondered what it would be like to have a soccer-based Christmas celebration. So I ran rampant through their online soccer store and picked out some gifts for my family.

My wife has all the Rapids gear and U.

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As part of our ongoing series looking at marketing soccer products in the United States, we recently had a chat with Trevor Bolliger of SoccerPro.com. Among other titles, Mr. Bolliger is the Online Marketing Ambassador for SoccerPro.com and has been with the company for more than 1.5 years.

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On the move for the next couple of days, so here is our quick take on a recent article about the sale of soccer merchandise in the United States and around the world. OregonLive presents an interesting article on Adidas marketing efforts for the 2010 World Cup. The article provides in depth analysis on the soccer apparel industry and efforts to sell sporting goods in the current market.

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As you will see, this is a special post that is also related to Arsenal but not in the normal way that I've usually go about. The good people at SoccerPro asked if I wanted to write a review of one of their products, to which I happily obliged. Bear in mind, although I've done numerous reviews of Arsenal matches and performances, this is my virgin try at product review.

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We've teamed up with Excellent Soccer Merchandise Outlet Soccer Pro to offer you the chance to win an excellent prizes.

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is join our Facebook Fanpage and then get ready for a very easy question that will be posted the correct answer to which could lead you to some very nice footballing garments indeed.

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I recently got hold of Full Zip Barcelona Jacket from SoccerPro. I already have received the FC Barcelona navy Blue Jacket but this one has a better Bluagrana identity than the other one. The jacket has a bold red stripe across it's front and back midsection and two thin red stripes on the center of left sleeve. Click to continue reading...

No this isn't an article for all you plastic Mancs who live in Slough or some other far flung part of the Universe and think you are a Man Utd fan! It is for the hard core traveling fans who are lucky enough to get a ticket for the away section, which is a nightmare based on Manchester United's very poor ticket allocation.

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The 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal in Miami featured a rematch of a Confederations Cup group game from a month earlier. Brazil and the United States had varying approaches to this tournament: The USA wanted to win the event and again qualify for the Confederations Cup while Brazil was bloodletting a promising group of youngsters who have since become household names.

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