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Less than a year after gaining their national independence, South Sudan has now been admitted to FIFA as the 209th member. South Sudan gained their independence last July, joined the CAF in February and now have joined FIFA in May. "I want to assure you that we are going to follow the statutes and regulations of Fifa and obey the law of our good ...

If you are a fan of the Mexican National Team and are in or around Chicago, then this is for you. adidas is giving fans the opportunity to meet key members of el Tricolor at the adidas Chicago Water Tower Place. Starting today, the first 150 people to purchase $75 or more at the store will get a wristband that allows them this opportunity. If you want ...

The Chicago Fire drop their second ad of the day. This time featuring goalkeeper Sean Johnson, but sticking with the grocery store theme. With Dominic Oduro it was all about speed, and with Sean Johnson we see him making sure nothing gets by him while doing his rounds in the market. Both ads are for NBC5. Sean Johnson's commercial after the ...

We all know Dominic Oduro is fast. The Chicago Fire striker has been showing that speed all season on the field. And now in this spot for NBC, we're shown just how quick this cat is off the field as well. If you ever need to hit the market and you are limited on time, Oduro is the perfect shopping companion. Check the video out after the jump. ...

In recent years Nike has been touting the manner in which they have been manufacturing soccer jerseys. Every national team jersey we see from them talks about how many plastic bottles are used to manufacture each jersey. This is a great initiative and really important for the environment, but I personally have very little understanding of how plastic ...

As part of Samsung's new campaign promoting the Galaxy phone, they have enlisted David Beckham to kick balls against a wall of drums. I'm  not entirely sure what this does to portray what the phone is really capable of. But I guess when you have David Beckham in your commercial you end up doing things like this. Hit the jump to check out Becks and ...

The off season is all about player transfers and overseas tournaments. But there are things going on at every level with clubs, and for those of you that are interested in all of that, here is an interesting story out of Liverpool. Jen Chang, who is (or was) one of the soccer writers at Sports Illustrated, and before that ESPN.com, has been hired by ...

Yesterday we introduced you to the new PUMA evoSpeed boots. The boots and the entire evoSpeed line are inspired by Usain Bolt. Today we get to check out a commercial for the evoSpeed line featuing PUMA athletes like Sergio Aguero, Rickie Fowler, Yuvraj Singh and Fernando Alonso. Directed by famed music video director Paul Hunter, the spot sees the ...