We're always checking Alexa.com, you know - the web information company that gives websites traffic rankings. We use it for fun and as a rough guide to how our company is progressing (or indeed regressing !)and how we stack up against other online soccer retailers. So with that in mind I thought it would be interesting to see how MLS teams official website addresses fared against each other.
The results pretty much confirmed my suspicions, the teams with the most fans are at the top of the tree. Although it would have been interesting to see the data for Chicago Fire and Toronto FC as we're sure both clubs would have fared well. The one surprise for us, other than just how bad the rankings are overall, would have to be how poor the LA Galaxy number was, surely it can't be that bad ?.
Seattle Sounders: 106,268 Philadelphia Union: 172,215 The Onion Bag: 200,315 DC United: 335,270 NE Revolution: 548,589 Colorado Rapids: 899,075 NY Red Bulls: 3,958,312 LA Galaxy: 10,154,426 SJ Earthquakes: 13,928,304 KC Wizards: 26,888,697
No Data Available: Chicago Fire, CD Chivas USA, Columbus Crew, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Real Salt Lake and Toronto FC.
Everyone knows The Onion Bag is the place to get your soccer jersey customized, but not everyone knows what the most popular customizations are at our shop and at OnionBag.com. This is a list of the top sellers since the beginning of the 2009/2010 season. Some of the names might surprise you, some are on the list because of the hood the shop is in (Antonio and Jozy) and the others are well, the usual suspects.
Here is our Top 10 print requests during August and September; the jerseys depicted are not necessarily the top sellers but are a combination of sales across home, away and third kits.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Kaka' (Real Madrid) Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) Antonio Valencia (Manchester United) Jozy Altidore (Hull City) Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) Fernando Torres (Liverpool) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (FC Barcelona) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal)
Let us know what you think of the list and we'll do another one in a few months after more of the new jerseys become available.
Joma presents the new Honduras Home jersey (launched with a new Away jersey as well), which has some nice details which are worth mentioning. To start with, the shirt is a bit of a throwback to a few decades ago when Honduras wore a big H as part of their federation logo. This shirt incorporate both an embroidered H as well as the modern official federation logo, also embroidered.On the left
Palmeiras is one of the biggest clubs in Brazil, and some would argue it's one of the biggest clubs in the world. In 1951 Brazil hosted the Copa Rio, considered to be the first ever intercontinental club tournament. Palmeiras ended up beating Juventus of Italy in the two-legged final, therefore claiming to be the first ever world club champion. New from adidas, 2008/2009 Palmeiras Hooded Jacket.
