Special Issue Will Only Be Available In Chicago and New York At FCB Games

NEW YORK, July 18 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Futbol Mundial, the largest Spanish language sports magazine in the U.S., will produce and distribute a special issue dedicated to FCBarcelona (FCB), one of Europe's top soccer clubs. The 16-page special issue will dedicate its entire editorial content to FCB's history, success, and 2008 U.S. tour, which will take place on August 3 versus CD Guadalajara at Chicago's Soldier Field, and August 6 against the New York Red Bulls at Giants Stadium in E. Rutherford, NJ.

The tour, recently announced between Major League Soccer (MLS) and FCB, is part of a five-year partnership -- the first-ever European club to establish a long-term agreement with MLS in the United States -- which includes the organization of a minimum of six international matches throughout the term.

Based upon the success of the 2006 tour of FCB, the publisher of Futbol Mundial Magazine decided to release another special commemorative issue since the previous tour registered the highest average attendance for any club tour in U.S. history, averaging 80,734 in three matches, and is the only one among club soccer tours in the U.S. featuring three or more games to sell out every stadium. In 2006, FCBarcelona played in front of three sold-out crowds: at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (vs. CD Guadalajara, 1-1 on Aug. 6 in front of 92,650), at Houston's Reliant Stadium (vs. Club America, 3-3 on Aug. 9, with a crowd of 70,550), and at Giants Stadium in E. Rutherford, NJ (vs. NY Red Bulls, 4-1 on Aug. 12, in front of 79,002).

In addition to the special FCB issue, Futbol Mundial magazine has also
co-produced the official 2008 bilingual InterLiga program for the Mexican-club tournament with MLS's marketing arm, Soccer United Marketing.

FCBarcelona 2008 Tour Schedule

Sun., August 3
CD Guadalajara
Chicago, IL
Soldier Field
6:00 p.m. CT

Wed., August 6
NY Red Bulls
E. Rutherford, NJ
Giants Stadium
6:45 p.m. ET

About Futbol Mundial Magazine
Published by The Mundial Group Inc, Futbol Mundial's goal is to cover soccer from a global perspective while simultaneously connecting the fastest growing sport in the U.S. (the sport of soccer) with its largest, most loyal fan base (Hispanics). Futbol Mundial is a publication that lends itself to features and analysis with strong opinions. It boasts several of the best soccer writers in the world, based from New York, Los Angeles, Miami, to Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and Rome.

Futbol Mundial is the most widely read Spanish language sports publication. Over 1,000,000 copies are distributed monthly and it has a readership of over 2.8 million. The company continues to expand with its sister publications, Beisbol Mundial and Futbol Mundial USA, an English publication and in its fifth year in business has embarked on the Read Futbol Mundial, a literacy program to get Latino kids and families to read together.

About Soccer United Marketing (SUM)
Founded in 2002, Soccer United Marketing (SUM) is the preeminent soccer company in North America. SUM holds the exclusive rights to the most important soccer properties in the region, including: all commercial rights to Major League Soccer and the United States Soccer Federation; promotional and marketing rights to all Mexican National Team games played in the United States; the marketing and promotion of the CONCACAF Gold Cup(TM), the region's premier soccer tournament for national teams; and marketing, promotional and broadcast rights to the prestigious eight-team Mexican club qualifier tournament, InterLiga(TM).

SUM manages promotional and marketing rights in the United States for two world-renowned sports teams, Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas) of Mexico and FCBarcelona of Spain. In addition, SUM has created two innovative, international club competitions in SuperLiga, an annual tournament between MLS and Mexico's First Division, and the Pan-Pacific Championship, event that crowns the top club from the Pan-Pacific region.

These global properties are represented by SUM's slogan: One Sport. One Company.(TM) For more information, please visit http://www.SUMworld.com