Seattle Sounders Renews Licensing Deal with Ruffneck Scarves

March 13, 2012

Ruffneck Scarves, allergy officially licensed scarf provider to Major League Soccer, is once again producing scarves for the Seattle Sounders FC season ticket holders ina new licensing agreement.

This marks the fourth year in a row that Seattle’s record-setting fans have received Ruffneck custom scarves with their season tickets. Sounders FC has established MLS attendance records in each of the club’s three seasons, averaging 38,496 in 2011.

Sounders FC hosts Toronto FC in the 2012 opener for both clubs in March 17 on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field. First kick is 7 p.m. PT.

“Scarves and passionate fan support have become synonymous with Sounders FC stadium atmosphere ,” said Ruffneck Scarves president Jeff McIntyre. “Our relationship with MLS began with those thousands of scarves for the Sounders’ inaugural season ticket holders in 2009, and like everyone else we still get chills when the scarves are raised for the team’s entrance and you see that wall of rave green throughout the stadium.”

by Ismail Uddin