Under Armour, Sponsor of Ute Soccer, and Its Fast Rise

As many of you know, the Utes started a 5-year contract with Under Armour this fall. Under Armour is our exclusive provider of equipment and uniforms. They have been a wonderful partner so far with great looking gear and fantastic service. You can see the home whites here as worn by freshman defender, Lauren Porter.

If you don't know the story behind Under Armour and its incredibly fast rise in the sports market place, we found a great article at SI.com that talks about the company and Kevin Plank, the founder. Kevin was a walk-on at the University of Maryland football team. He started out with an idea that athletes needed a better product than just the old cotton t-shirt to wear under their uniforms. At 23 years of age, he took all of his money and started working out of his parents' house...And he has turned that into a world-wide success...what a great and inspiring story...

Check out the article by clicking here!

WPS Season Drawing Nearer

The Womens Professional Soccer League (WPS) is getting ready for its inaugural season. Teams started preseason training camp last Sunday and the opening match is scheduled for Sunday, March 29 as the Los Angeles Sol (with World Player of the Year, Marta) will host Abbie Wambach and the Washington Freedom at the Home Depot Center in California. That game and others will be shown on Fox Soccer Channel.


Seven teams will participate this year: Los Angeles Sol, FC Gold Pride (Santa Clara, CA), Boston Breakers, Washington Freedom, St. Louis Atletica, Chicago Red Stars, Sky Blue FC (New Jersey). Teams from Atlanta, Dallas and Philadelphia will join the league next year.

There is lots to talk about, but of course we are pretty shallow here, so we'll start with the uniform unveiling that was held in February in New York...the Puma uniforms look nice and all, but nothing out of the ordinary...However, we are not sure about what Puma is calling the "wrap"...somewhat of a skirt that can be worn during warm-ups supposedly. We'll see if that goes the way of the bell bottoms, alligator shirts and mullet hair cuts...


Click Here for a Brief Video of the Uniform "Fashion Show"

You can also find out more information at the WPS OFFICIAL WEB SITE