CHARLOTTE (June 11, 2003) – US Club Soccer has signed a two-year agreement with PUMA North America, Inc., naming the global athletic company as Official Ball supplier to the US Club Soccer. Moving aggressively into its third season, US Club Soccer has launched its Corporate Partner Program, connecting its members with important benefits from the country’s leading corporations, and connecting its partners with its highly desirable membership base.

The new agreement commences at the first regional tournament in Dallas Texas on June 6, 2003. PUMA® will provide special offers and benefits to US Club Soccer’s member Clubs and individual members. The agreement includes traditional grassroots sponsorship benefits, such as venue signage and direct marketing access. As the official match ball supplier of Major League Soccer, PUMA will provide MLS, professional quality balls for the US Club Soccer National Championship.

“We’re excited about our relationship with PUMA,” stated Bill Sage, CEO of US Club Soccer. “As an organization that represents the elite youth soccer players in the U.S., we are looking for the highest quality and authenticity in the soccer product relationships we create. PUMA offers that.” He added, “With our common partnerships with MLS, we seemed a natural fit.” “US Club Soccer’s roster of teams include some of the most elite youth programs in the country,” said John Stevenson, Vice President and General Manager of Teamsport, PUMA North America. “This new sponsorship deal puts our ball at the feet of players at the highest level of competition and quality play at the youth level.”

The agreement was brokered by US Club Soccer’s marketing agency, Charlotte, NC-based RMG3, Inc. US Club Soccer and RMG3 expect to announce several additional members of its Corporate Partners Program in the coming weeks, prior to the start of this year’s US Club Soccer National Cup Championship.

About U.S. Club Soccer
U.S. Club Soccer, a member of the United States Soccer Federation, the national governing body for soccer, is a non-profit organization committed exclusively to the support and development of competitive soccer clubs. It is founded on the belief that soccer clubs, which are in the business of elite player development, need an organization of their own to foster growth, address concerns, and sanction and provide programs with a minimum of rules and restrictions. US Club Soccer sanctions events from local leagues to National Championships and is the Official Grassroots Partner of Major League Soccer. For more information, visit www.usclubsoccer.org. US Club Soccer’s National Corporate Partner Program provides companies with the ability to connect to its highly desirable demographic groups of soccer families and elite teenage athletes, through venue grassroots marketing, branding assets, direct marketing, and internet elements.

About PUMA
PUMA® is the global athletic brand that successfully fuses influences from sport, lifestyle and fashion. PUMA’s unique industry perspective delivers the unexpected in sportlifestyle footwear, apparel and accessories, through technical innovation and revolutionary design. Established in Herzogenaurach, Germany in 1948, PUMA distributes products in over 80 countries. For further information please visit www.puma.com.

About RMG3
RMG3 is a full-service Media, Marketing and Merchandising agency, providing such services as web site development, e-commerce consultation, and sponsorship solicitation. RMG3 provides web site customers with its proprietary 1Touch™ Content Management Tool for self-publishing. RMG3 is a privately held corporation with its US headquarters in Charlotte, NC, and branch offices in Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles. A selection from RMG3’s client list includes: Alltel; the Arena Football League; FIFA; Ford; FoxSports.com; Masterfoods; Mazda Rev It Up; MSNBC; the National Guard; Speedway Motorsports (SMI); Speed Channel; the US Men’s National Soccer Team Players Association; the WUSA; and the West Coast Conference. For more information about RMG3, please visit www.rmg3.com or call 704-377-7477 or e-mail info@rmg3.com.