OVERLAND PARK, Kan.,
June 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- There have never been more reasons to fall in love with
Sprint (NYSE: S)! Marking its seventh year as the official wireless
sponsor of the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup, Sprint is getting into the
Fútbol Mode spirit and sharing the excitement with consumers
through their Fútbol Mode Rewards program, Fútbol Fiesta
Experience, soccer legend meet-and-greets, Gold Cup ticket
giveaways, and giving users the ability to watch the game from
practically anywhere with unlimited plans.
"Helping consumers connect with their passion for soccer and
expressing their cultural duality is what Sprint is all about,"
said Alberto Lorente, Sprint
director of Multicultural and Marketing. "This season, our
Unlimited plan will ensure everyone celebrates their love for
soccer while streaming the games and share with others their
favorite moments and pride for their team without limitations."
Fútbol Mode Rewards
Sprint has created the Fútbol Mode
Rewards platform, allowing users to get into Fútbol Mode by
completing challenges to earn coupons for over 500,000 items on
Amazon1. With Amazon Moments, winners can redeem their
rewards fast and make sure they arrive right at their doorsteps. To
have the chance to earn rewards, simply download the Fútbol Mode
Rewards platform at futbolmode.com from your mobile device and get
started!
Sprint Onsite Fútbol Fiesta Experience and soccer
legends
Sprint is bringing the passion of fútbol to Gold Cup
matches in select cities as a participant of the Fútbol Fiesta
Experience. Sprint's partnership with former soccer legends gives
credence to this extraordinary event, giving people a chance to
meet former Mexican All Star Oswaldo
Sánchez and former USA
legends Clint Dempsey and
Taylor Twellman. In addition, Fútbol
Fiesta guests will have the opportunity to customize a Gold Cup
shirt of their own, refresh in a charging lounge, score with a
"futbowl" interactive game, and rock out to a live DJ spinning
Latin hits.
Sprint is also putting the Gold Cup Trophy on tour, making
appearances alongside soccer legend meet-and-greets at select
Sprint stores around the country leading up to the games.
"I am excited to partner with Sprint. They are the carrier that
best supports the sport that I and so many others love," said
soccer legend, Clint Dempsey.
"Together we will bring fans closer to their passion and get into
Fútbol Mode!"
Sprint's deep and longstanding commitment to the game of soccer
has been extended as the company announced it will partner with
Concacaf for the 2019 Gold Cup. The agreement, which will mark
Sprints seventh year as a Gold Cup partner, was facilitated by
Soccer United Marketing, Concacaf's agency of record.
2019 Concacaf Gold Cup
The 2019 Gold Cup will be the
biggest-ever edition of the event, with more participating nations
(16 up from 12 in 2017), more host countries (three, including
first-time matches in Costa Rica
and Jamaica), and more stadiums
(17 up from 14 in 2017, eight of which are in contention to become
a 2026 FIFA World Cup venue).
The 15th edition of the competition will be held in 15 venues
across 13 U.S. cities, including Denver, Kansas
City, Los Angeles,
Minneapolis-St. Paul (a sold-out
game at state-of-the art Allianz
Field), and New York. The
knockout rounds will be played in Houston, Nashville, Philadelphia and Phoenix, with the championship match set for
Soldier Field in Chicago on
July 7.
The 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup will be broadcast nationally on the
Univision and FOX family of networks and transmitted on radio in
Spanish by Fútbol de Primera Radio Network, and broadcast by
television partners in countries around the world. The Valvoline
and Concacaf agreement was facilitated by Soccer United Marketing,
Concacaf's agency of record.
For more information on how to get into Fútbol Mode with Sprint
and how you can score big with incredible offers, visit
FutbolMode.com.
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications
services company that creates more and better ways to connect
its customers to the things they care about most. Sprint
served 54.5 million connections as of March
31, 2019, and is widely recognized for developing,
engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including the
first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in the United States; leading no-contract brands
including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost
Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national and international
push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone.
Today, Sprint's legacy of innovation and service continues with an
increased investment to dramatically improve coverage, reliability,
and speed across its nationwide network and commitment to launching
the first 5G mobile network in the U.S. You can learn more and
visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and
www.twitter.com/sprint.
About Concacaf
The Confederation of North,
Central America and Caribbean
Association Football (Concacaf) is the governing body for football
in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, and one of the six continental
confederations that comprise FIFA. Concacaf is composed of 41
Member Associations, including nations and territories from
Canada in the north, south through
Central America and across the
Caribbean to Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana on the South American continent.
Concacaf provides and manages a network of unified
competitions and development activities to unite this diverse
region in football, with the goals of actively promoting universal
access to our sport, and raising the quality of football across the
Confederation.
About Soccer United Marketing
Soccer United Marketing
(SUM) has become the preeminent commercial soccer enterprise in
North America overseeing
commercialization, marketing, promotion and operational execution
of the region's most successful soccer entities. SUM holds
exclusive rights to Major League Soccer, the United States Soccer
Federation, the Mexican National Team (for the U.S. market) and
Concacaf properties.
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