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The WSL Comes to Mexico, Soccer Marketing News

The WSL Comes to Mexico after securing its first overseas broadcast rights deal. Here you'll find a weekly summary of the most exciting news in soccer marketing. If you're trying to keep up, consider this your one-stop-shop.

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The WSL Comes to Mexico after securing its first overseas broadcast rights deal. Here you’ll find a weekly summary of the most exciting news in soccer marketing. If you’re trying to keep up, consider this your one-stop-shop.

European Soccer

WSL
Foto via the University of Reading.

England’s top female soccer league, the Women’s Super League (WSL), secured its first overseas broadcast rights deals. As a result, Sky Mexico and Scandinavian broadcast group NENT have both signed three-year deals with the Football Association (FA). Most importantly, Sky Mexico’s deal covers Mexican rights, including those in Central American territories and the Dominican Republic.

English soccer’s governing body locked a partnership with Deliveroo. The food delivery platform will become an official partner of the England national teams and the FA Cup. Also, Deliveroo becomes the national team’s first sleeve sponsor, with branding on the training kit.

FC Barcelona named Cupra official automotive and mobility partner for the next five seasons. Hence Barca will work with Cupra developing new projects aimed at improving urban mobility. Also, the team will collaborate on different marketing and sponsorship activations.

MLS

Atlanta United is looking to secure an expansion franchise in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), US media reported. In this context, Merritt Paulson, owner of NWSL’s Portland Thorns and part of the league’s expansion committee, told an open forum with supporters that as many as three new teams could join the nine-team division by 2021.

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Movie star Matthew McConaughey has joined as one of four new minority owners of expansion franchise Austin FC. Therefore he’ll join Austin FC’s majority owner and CEO Anthony Precourt, who will continue to represent the club as governor on the MLS board.

USL

The USL and ESPN locked a new three-year rights agreement to showcase the USL Championship and League One matches through the 2022 season. The new deal includes a higher number of games televised annually on ESPN’s networks. Also, the deal includes the addition of Spanish-language telecasts on ESPN Deportes.

Premier Partnerships has become the USL commercial-rights and sponsorship-deals handler for the USL Championship and USL League One men’s professional soccer leagues. The agreement puts the US-based consultancy firm in charge of negotiations and rights management for North American soccer’s second and third tiers.

Mediapro has secured Canadian broadcast rights to Concacaf’s inaugural Nations League competition. The Spanish agency will cover every match played by the confederation’s 41 member associations across North and Central America and the Caribbean.

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