Futbol Mundial Magazine Premiere FCBarcelona Commemorative Special Issue for 2008 Tour

Futbol Mundial, the largest Spanish language sports magazine in the U.S., will produce and distribute a special issue dedicated to FCBarcelona (FCB), one of Europe’s top soccer clubs. The 16-page special issue will dedicate its entire editorial content to FCB’s history, success, and 2008 U.S. tour, which will take place on August 3 versus CD Guadalajara at Chicago’s Soldier Field, and August 6 against the New York Red Bulls at Giants Stadium in E. Rutherford, NJ.

The tour, recently announced between Major League Soccer (MLS) and FCB, is part of a five-year partnership — the first-ever European club to establish a long-term agreement with MLS in the United States — which includes the organization of a minimum of six international matches throughout the term.

Based upon the success of the 2006 tour of FCB, the publisher of Futbol Mundial Magazine decided to release another special commemorative issue since the previous tour registered the highest average attendance for any club tour in U.S. history, averaging 80,734 in three matches, and is the only one among club soccer tours in the U.S. featuring three or more games to sell out every stadium. In 2006, FCBarcelona played in front of three sold-out crowds: at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (vs. CD Guadalajara, 1-1 on Aug. 6 in front of 92,650), at Houston’s Reliant Stadium (vs. Club America, 3-3 on Aug. 9, with a crowd of 70,550), and at Giants Stadium in E. Rutherford, NJ (vs. NY Red Bulls, 4-1 on Aug. 12, in front of 79,002).

In addition to the special FCB issue, Futbol Mundial magazine has also
co-produced the official 2008 bilingual InterLiga program for the Mexican-club tournament with MLS’s marketing arm, Soccer United Marketing.

FCBarcelona 2008 Tour Schedule

Sun., August 3
CD Guadalajara
Chicago, IL
Soldier Field
6:00 p.m. CT

Wed., August 6
NY Red Bulls
E. Rutherford, NJ
Giants Stadium
6:45 p.m. ET “*

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