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Congratulations to the Sawol Soccer T-Shirt Design Winner!

dbird729@gmail.com (Dave) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:17:16 +0000

Congratulations to the Sawol Soccer T-Shirt Design Winner!

The Sawol Team is excited to announce David Paxton from South Carolina as the winner of February 2010 Sawol Soccer T-Shirt Design Contest. For his winning entry David will receive a $50 cash card as well as a FREE shirt with the winning design.

Thank you to all of you who submitted artwork. We enjoyed seeing your creativity. Stay tuned for updates on our next contest.

We will be accepting pre orders for the new shirts. If you are interested in picking one up give us a shout.

The Sawol Team

Sawol Soccer Shirt Design Contest

dbird729@gmail.com (Dave) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:56:37 +0000

Design the Next Sawol T-shirt

Win a $50 cash card and shirt!!

Would you like to have a part in the designing of the next Sawol t-shirt? Now is your chance!

The Sawol team is calling all of our fans to submit their ideas for our next soccer t-shirt. Feel free to enter as many times as you would like. The winning entry will receive a $50 cash card as well as a free t-shirt with their design once they are printed!!

E-mail all digital submissions to: david@sawolsoccer.com

Mail hard copy submissions to:

Sawol, LLC 33 Harbor View Road, Unit 801 South Burlington, VT 05403

All of the entries will be reviewed and the winner will be announced on Saturday, February 20^th 2010.

Rules:

1. Ideas that are submitted must include artwork/drawing of your idea (does not have to be professionally done)

2. All entries must be in by February 19^th 2010

3. All entries received will become the sole property of Sawol, LLC and will not be returned

Restructuring

dbird729@gmail.com (Dave) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:51:17 +0000

It's Time to Move Forward

As a player you know how important it is to always be "on your toes." No matter where you are on the pitch it is imperative that you are always ready to strike, to make a move and to leave your defender scratching his/her head wondering what just happened.

As a growing company it is time for us to take the next step. We have been talking to you (players, coaches and fans) from around the world to get your input into how best we can move forward together. (We have also spent quite a bit of time enjoying our favorite hands on research-playing the beautiful game!). We are now taking those ideas and putting them to action.

Over the next few weeks we will be unveiling the updated face of the Sawol company. We would love to continue to hear your thoughts and feedback as to how we can better serve the global soccer community. Together we will continue to spread the soccer love.

Thank you for your continued support.

The Sawol Team.

Resourceful

dbird729@gmail.com (Dave) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:45:04 +0000

Resourceful

(on and off the pitch...)

No matter what phase of life you are in there are always going to be times when things do not go as you had planned on them going. It is during these times that we are called on to be resourceful.

The Sawol team is dedicated to enhancing the soccer culture in the United States and around the world. That being said, it is extremely important that we enhance the soccer culture in our local community.

Recently there was a large soccer tournament that was held in our area. Soccer players from all over the region came to this soccer tournament to enjoy the beautiful game.

So, being the resourceful, soccer loving brand that we are, we set up a makeshift Sawol soccer booth just down the road from where the tournament was being held.

We had a blast meeting new people in the community and sharing the Sawol soccer passion with the local community.

(check out the photos of our makeshift booth in the media section)

For Jared Montz, Soccer Truly is a Way of Life

dbird729@gmail.com (Dave) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:28:51 +0000

Soccer, a Way of Life for Jared Montz

The Sawol team is always excited to meet soccer players and fans around the World. Recently we had the privilege of meeting Jared Montz, a professional soccer player who resides in the United States and runs an online soccer academy. He was generous enough to answer a few questions below for our readers. Check out his website today:www.jmsoccer10.com

Sawol:Can you provide a brief bio about yourself?
Jared: I was born and raised in Mandeville, Louisiana outside of New Orleans. Played college soccer at Lynn University. Played professional soccer for the Chicago Fire, Vancouver Whitecaps, and Puerto Rico Islanders. Retired in March 2009 due to injury issues. Now I own and operate my two businesses, Jared Montz Pro Soccer Camps and the Jared Montz Online Soccer Academy.

Sawol: Can you provide a brief bio/description of your online soccer academy?
Jared: It is a safe online environment for players to learn new soccer smarts, skills, and techniques. Players receive 2-3 training videos a month via the Internet they can practice on their own in the backyard whenever they want. Besides learning soccer it is a place for players to get inspired to reach their dreams. Online Soccer Academy features include a message center, game review page, juggling chart, chance to win a $1,000 college scholarship and much more!

Sawol: Why did you start the academy and why should someone participate?
Jared: I started it because I felt like it would be a cool new way for players to learn soccer and get inspired. Players in America only train with their teams once or twice a week. The rest of the time they need to train on there own and don’t always know what to do; I didn’t growing up. Now I plan to fix that. Someone should participate if they want to learn new exercises and skills to improve themselves as players. Training videos are designed to teach a player on a personal level. Also I think the motivational aspects will benefit every player that joins.

Sawol: What is the best advice that you ever received from someone?
Jared: Not sure if I can give you the best advice, because I have been giving a lot by some great people. Chris Armas, Chicago Fire and US National Team legend, advised me to read a book called S.C.O.R.E Life in the Zone by Jim Fannin. The book was great for me! A good piece of advice in it talks about being in the moment. Before games and practices I used to recite a saying from it that went like this, “I have no future, I have no past, my only goal is to make the present last”. It helped me get in the Zone and not think about anything but playing at that very moment.

Sawol: What is your favorite source for inspiration?
Jared: Hard to pick a favorite on this one, I get inspired from a lot sources and even sports commercials sometimes! My biggest source of inspiration is hearing stories about my players I coach. Nothing is more motivating than hearing one of my players made the team, earned a character award, or other coaches compliment them on how hard they work. Seeing them work hard and believe in themselves is the biggest source of inspiration for me.

Sawol: How would you define success?
Jared: Good question, I would say success is setting a goal and then giving it everything you have to reach that goal. If you make it great! If you don’t, the most important thing is that you said you were going to do something and you went for it 100% and one day you can look back with no regrets. You may not reach all of your goals, but with that attitude you will reach most of them!

7. Can you provide us with a little known fact about yourself?
Soccer fact is my best goal had to be when I played for the Chicago Fire. It was a game against K.C. in the reserve league. Brian Plotkin chipped me a ball just outside the center circle, I took it off my chest, it bounced, and then I hit a half volley. By the time I looked up it was going over the goalie’s diving out reached hand and dipping under the crossbar for a goal! It was from 35-40 yards out and I just as easily could have whiffed it. I was in the Zone and didn’t even look up before I shot; just felt it in my gut to shoot, so I did!

Personal fact is I would rather be in a swamp and walk up on an Alligator than a snake; I hate snakes!!

Giving Back To Your Supporters

dbird729@gmail.com (Dave) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:54:12 +0000

GIVE BACK TO YOUR CUSTOMERS (by writing them a check??)

It is important to always say thank you to the people that support your company. In today's economy, customers have countless vendors to choose from and when they decide to do business with you, you should count the opportunity as a special privilege.

There are many ways to say thank you to your supporters and customers. It is up to you as the business owner to come up with creative ways to say thank you. I find it is helpful to visualize yourself in the shoes of the customer. What would you like a company to do for you when you have been loyal to them?

Another thought would be to look at other successful companies and see what they are doing to say thank you to their customers.

Sawol recently launched a campaign to say thank you to the people that are supporting our company.

From now until the end of April, for every new opportunity that someone refers to our company that results in a closed sale, the referring person will get a personal check from Sawol for 10% of the total sale. You can read more about this campaign on our Facebook group page.

This is just one way that we have chosen to say thank you to our valued supporters.

David Bird

President

Sawol, LLC

New Sawol Classic Match Ball

dbird729@gmail.com (Dave) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:10:55 +0000

NEW SAWOL CLASSIC MATCH BALL!

The new Sawol classic match balls are in and they are hot! Check them out today at www.sawolsoccer.com. These are match level, 32 panel, size 5 soccer balls. Right now one can be yours for only $30!!

Sawol Breaking News

dbird729@gmail.com (Dave) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:10:03 +0000

----SAWOL BREAKING NEWS----

There is no doubt that these economic times are tough. It seems like everywhere we look people are discouraged and want relief. We thought that the Sawol team should do our part to help our fellow soccer fanatics during these troubled times.

Here is something that will put a great big cheesy grin on your face. Some call us crazy, because right now we are slashing our prices until the end of February just for you. Go to the Sawol web-store today www.sawolsoccer.com and take advantage of these fantastic offers!!

Men’s short sleeve t’s normally $20.95, now $14.95!!

Men’s long sleeve t’s normally $24.95, now $19.95!!

Women’s short sleeve t’s normally $20.95, now $14.95!!

Women’s long sleeve t’s normally $24.95, now $19.95!!

Gotta be honest, we like the big cheesy grin

Sawol Store Now Open

dbird729@gmail.com (Dave) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:47:09 +0000

SAWOL STORE NOW OPEN!

We are excited to say that the Sawol web store opened today! Thank you for your patience as many of you have asked about this. Check out all of the Sawol gear. We will be adding new products and product colors based on your feedback. We are always interested in serving our customers more effectively. Become part of the Sawol family today!

Free Sawol T-shirt Winner

dbird729@gmail.com (Dave) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:00:40 +0000

CARRIE FROM VT WINS FREE T-SHIRT CONTEST!

So, we recently completed our free Sawol t-shirt contest. Jared from SC won our first t-shirt for his winning picture. The other shirt was awarded to the person that convinced the highest number of people to join the official Sawol Facebook group or register on the Sawol website.

Congratulations to Carrie from VT for winning this portion of the contest!

We had a large number of people join the Sawol family, so it was a close race.Thanks to everyone that participated in the contest!

David

President, Sawol LLC