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Nike to outfit men's national soccer team

03 May '06

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As US Men's National Team Manager Bruce Arena prepares to announce the 23-player roster tonight for this summer's world championships, Nike is ready to outfit the team in its national team uniforms.

This year's team kit displays the breadth and depth of Nike's most innovative soccer product line ever and highlights its growth momentum in becoming the leading soccer brand, dedicated to the joy of playing the world's most beautiful game.

"Great soccer is inspiring, on the street and in the stadium, and Nike today celebrates brilliant soccer with the announcement of the perhaps the strongest side ever to represent the United States on the global football stage," said Charlie Denson, President of the Nike brand.

Nike has shown dramatic growth in soccer in just over a decade, from roughly a $40 million business in 1994 to one that is approaching $1.5 billion today. Globally, this year Nike expects to sell a record 23 million pairs of soccer footwear, more than 10 million balls and more than 2.4 million of team replica uniforms. In the US, it expects a 300 percent increase in uniform sales over 2002.

Nike US Men's National Team jerseys went on sale around the world in April at retail locations, as well as on ussoccer.com and nikesoccer.com. The US Team's No. 5 FIFA world ranking, combined with Nike's classic design for the US home and away jerseys, continues to fuel anticipation among soccer fans and consumers.

"Nike soccer represents one of our top three businesses today, an incredible achievement from where we started in 1994," Denson said.

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