RAMSEY, Isle of Man and BOSTON, Oct. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Mondogoal, the leader in global daily fantasy soccer, is proud to announce West Ham United Football Club as its latest team partnership. West Ham joins fellow Premier League clubs Manchester City F.C., and Liverpool F.C., as well as Italian Serie A side A.S. Roma as team partners promoting Mondogoal's club-branded version to its fans around the world. The West Ham version of Mondogoal is live at http://www.mondogoal.com/westham
Mondogoal is the only daily fantasy soccer site available for cash play in the United Kingdom, United States and Canada, and offers free play worldwide. With Mondogoal, every match day there is the chance to win money by building a formidable starting 11 and competing in a Head-to-Head battle or Multi-User-Tournament against fans from around the world. Stats are compiled in real time by Perform's Opta Sports. Points are awarded for goals, assist, tackles won or lost, shots on goal, passes completed, shutouts and much more. Mondogoal runs daily contests whenever there are at least two soccer games being played, and has contests for the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga, Major League Soccer, Ligue 1, and the prestigious Champions League and Europa League.
With celebrity fans such as Russell Brand, Kiera Knightley and even Dean Thomas of Harry Potter lore, West Ham United is one of England's biggest clubs, and will soon be moving to the Olympic Stadium. Via Mondogoal, West Ham is expected to activate thousands of fans around to world to play daily fantasy football, and Mondogoal will be regularly featured online and offline for West Ham United.
"We are excited to add one of England's most historic teams, West Ham United, to our roster of clubs in partnership with Mondogoal," says Mondogoal CEO & Founder, Shergul Arshad. "West Ham has embraced the true Mondogoal experience and is excited to take this to its passionate fans in ways that we think will be creative and ground breaking."
Felicity Croft, Head of Commercial for West Ham United F.C., states: "Gaming has been an extremely popular category for West Ham fans and we believe this innovative platform that combines the fun of fantasy football with a daily format for free or cash play will catch on with our fans. We also believe that with the upcoming move to the Olympic Stadium, Mondogoal will be a perfect partner to be showcased at the Boleyn Ground and our future new home."
The daily fantasy sports space has been red-hot of late. U.S. companies Fanduel and DraftKings have each received major press, valuations and fundraisers, but only Mondogoal focuses exclusively on soccer and allows gameplay in both the United Kingdom and the United States & Canada. Mondogoal is live right now. For a full set of contests and to sign-up today please visit: www.mondogoal.com.
About Mondogoal:
Mondogoal, incorporated in the Isle of Man, is the best place to play daily fantasy soccer online. Challenge your friends or play against fellow fans from around the world either head to head or in leagues or tournaments. Play for free or for real cash in select markets, where winners take home real money. Mondogoal uses the best stats service in the soccer business, Opta, and has a compelling and unique scoring system to enable fans to have many ways for their players to earn points. Stats for players are updated live, so fans can enjoy a true second screen experience as they watch their favorite footy matches on TV or at the stadium, while checking in on their Mondogoal team stats. While many sites can offer fantasy sports or even fantasy soccer, no one brings the excitement of real-time scoring, multi-league competition and large cash competitions to soccer the way we do. We have management team experience in soccer like few other businesses in the world. Our founder and CEO was the Head of Digital at AS Roma, and has assembled a team with deep technical expertise and a strong legal/finance background. The management team has management experience with Italian Serie A Soccer teams and the World Cup Organizing Committee, and has attended six World Cups, multiple Champions League Finals and thousands of matches around the world. Mondogoal has an impressive roster of investors with backgrounds at Google, eBay, Morgan Stanley, Bingham Dana & Gould, and JBoss. Mondogoal has equity advisors who were in the eGaming space and others who worked at soccer clubs. We are working cooperatively with soccer teams and leagues around the world to bring fans the very best in daily fantasy sports.
Contact info:
Shergul Arshad, CEO
(781) 772 2136
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