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Corporate Sponsorship

The Riverhounds offer various levels of corporate sponsorship packages. These packages are extremely affordable for companies who are looking for quality, targeted advertising opportunities in these days of economic turmoil. Sponsorship packages can be catered to fit your company’s specific wants and needs, and include year-round signage (at all 2009 home matches at CV HS during the summer and at Greentree SportsPlex during the off-season), direct marketing to all youth program participants, corporate fitness memberships for the Greentree SportsPlex workout facilities, and name recognition at all Pro Team events. For soccer clubs like the Riverhounds, sponsorship dollars help in fueling youth programs such as The Riverhounds Academy and promote the viability of professional soccer in Pittsburgh.

If you have any interest in attaining more information regarding Riverhounds Sponsorship Packages, please contact the Hounds at 412-539-1191

		Riverhounds Newsletter March 2009 / Edition #3
In this issue: • Latest News • Pittsburgh Soccer • Instructor Profile • Interesting Read • Article of the Month • Corporate Sponsorship	LATEST NEWS Who Are Ya??? STEEL ARMY!!!: We are, unabashedly, a rabid supporters group striving to create a home-field advantage for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds Football Club. This is accomplished via stadium noise (songs, chants, heckling the opposing team) and visual distractions (banners, streamers and waving flags). read more How many is 5,000?: Numbers these days seem to have lost their value. Gas prices were the thorns in our side just a year ago, when we were struggling to fill up our midsized sedans for less than $55 per tank. read more Youth Development – What Exactly Are We Talkin’ About?: The term is thrown around so frequently nowadays. We read about it in magazines. We see dvd’s that brag of contributions to it. We hear about MLS clubs who invest millions in it. But what exactly is “youth development”? read more
Soccer Changes Lives Everyday: Pittsburgh Soccer in the Community Pittsburgh Soccer in the Community (PSC) is a 501c3 organization that was formed in 2004 by James Meara and Mark Taylor. As any parent who has a kid involved in youth sports in America knows, it doesn’t come cheap. Now take a kid in the inner city’s poorer neighborhoods and imagine the chances of that kid ever being able to have that chance of making and affording to be on a team…. slim to none. read more		Instructor Profile – Eddie Hayden If you haven’t seen him yet, you have most likely heard him. If you had the opportunity to attend Pittsburgh’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, you may have juggled a soccer ball with him! And above all else, if your child has worked with him, they love him! read more Interesting Read Increase in American Soccer Players Bolsters Professional League: About 16 million people play soccer in the United States, a number that is growing as the result of increased participation of youth and women in the sport. Between 1990 and 2007, girls’ participation on high school soccer teams in the United States rose 177 percent. Increasing immigration from Latin America, where soccer is wildly popular, has also bolstered the popularity of soccer in the United States. read more
PLAYER PROFILE - William Ruschel William can be found training with the U12/13 Boys Elite 1 Group. At the beginning of the Academy he was placed into the Elite 2 tier, and from the offset dedicated himself to train and develop. Many players can seem disappointed at the prospect of not been placed in the most Elite level for his age – not William, he had something to prove! read more PLAYER PROFILE - Leah Eckman Throughout this year’s Winter Academy we were very encouraged to see every player strive to make positive changes in their individual game. However, Leah Eckman not only worked hard when she showed up for every training session with her pool group, but the instructors could tell that she was doing it on her own time as well. read more
Article of the Month The Lifelong Process of Improvement Practice makes perfect. It's a phrase that has been used for a very long time across a wide variety of sports and arts. But is this phrase outdated? Is it possible for an athlete to be perfect at their sport? read article
Corporate Sponsorship The Riverhounds offer various levels of corporate sponsorship packages. These packages are extremely affordable for companies who are looking for quality, targeted advertising opportunities in these days of economic turmoil. Sponsorship packages can be catered to fit your company’s specific wants and needs, and include year-round signage (at all 2009 home matches at CV HS during the summer and at Greentree SportsPlex during the off-season), direct marketing to all youth program participants, corporate fitness memberships for the Greentree SportsPlex workout facilities, and name recognition at all Pro Team events. For soccer clubs like the Riverhounds, sponsorship dollars help in fueling youth programs such as The Riverhounds Academy and promote the viability of professional soccer in Pittsburgh. If you have any interest in attaining more information regarding Riverhounds Sponsorship Packages, please contact the Hounds at 412-539-1191
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