Coca-Cola promotions

Coca-Cola glass 8oz 2014 FIFA World Cup commemorative bottle. A nice little green and yellow World Cup trophy imprinted on the bottle. The carrying case has a different design on each side. the side not shown features a red soccer ball Coke label amidst smiling green and yellow faces.

2014 FIFA World Cup Brasil

label form the 20oz coke plastic bottle

2012 Summer Olympics - Coca-Cola has released a set of 8 commemorative cans from the design studio Tucker Duckworth. The cans feature the silhouettes of 8 American athletes - Alex Morgan - Soccer, Henry Cejudo - wrestling, David Boudia - diving, Marlen Esparza - boxing, John Isner - tennis, Shawn Johnson - gymnastics, David Oliver - track, Jessica Long - swimming.

A new can design will hit the markets every 2 weeks, with the design also being used on bottle labels..

Coca-Cola has been issuing promotional cans for soccer and various other sports issued from various countries for many years. Coke BR News blog has an excellent display of these items...

2010 FIFA World Cup... not one of their better designs.....

originally published 2012.06.20

2012 Olympics - Kellogg's

 Kellogg's Frosted Flakes back panel featuring 8 US Olympian cards. The cards use the theme "From Great Starts Come Great Things". The card backs tell how each of these athletes got their start. The cards measure about 2.25 x 2.75 inches..

The Juan Agudelo - USMNT - the back of the card  gives Agudelo's start as "Soccer was all I grew up around. Everyone in Colombia had so much passion for it and it was all I would do after school for five or six hours. I came to the United States when I was eight and started getting serious about soccer at eleven."

It is a shame the US Men's National Team did not qualify for the 2012 Olympics. I understand the choice of Agudelo as an up and coming talent, but there are so many others from the women's team who are going and from the men's team who have participated in past olympics...

The athletes featured are Dwight Phillips - track & field, Summer Sanders - swimming, Jordyn Wieber - gumnastics, Kerri Walsh -volleyball, Michael Landers - table tennis, Rebecca Soni - swimming and Casey Tibbs - Paralympic track...

Offside Coin - London 2012

The Royal Mint has issued a 50p coin as part of a series of coins commemorating the 2012 London Olympics, that explains the offsides rule. The obverse of the coin features the Queen's profile, while the reverse  shows half the soccer pitch and offense players (triangles) in the on-side and off-side position as compared to the defender (square). Actually a great idea, this coin should be in the pocket of every parent whose child plays soccer!

US Olympic Soccer

2012.03.26 - The US Men's Olympic team failed to earn a spot in the 2012 London Olympics after El-Salvador scored on a Jaime Alas shot in the 5th minute of stoppage time to earn a 3-3 tie with the US team. This is the second time since the 1976 Olympics that the Men's team did not qualify.