24 noiembrie 2009, LEHI, UT – Three-plus years ago, XanGo, LLC and Real Salt Lake celebrated a first in North American professional sports history, by inking a jersey-front sponsorship. Today, XanGo and Real Salt Lake (RSL) are celebrating again, as RSL has brought the state of Utah its first professional sports title in almost 40 years. XanGo staff, executives, founders and distributors will join the rest of Salt Lake City at Rio Tinto Stadium this evening at 5:00 p.m. for the MLS Cup 2009 Celebration Rally. Playing the role of underdog Real Salt Lake triumphantly defeated the star-studded, favorite Los Angeles Galaxy for the MLS Cup on Sunday evening in Seattle. “We recognize the tenacity, self-belief and hard work that contributed to Real Salt Lake’s improbable run through the playoffs and congratulate them on becoming MLS Champions,” said XanGo Founder and Chairman Aaron Garrity. “In so many ways, their playoff run mirrors XanGo’s rise to the top of the direct selling industry, and the accomplishments of our distributors, the champions of our company.” Just weeks earlier, XanGo brought thousands about 10,000 distributors to Salt Lake City to celebrate the company’s growth and success at its annual convention. The convention closed with more than 3,000 XanGo distributors attending RSL’s season finale. Donned in RSL jerseys and scarves displaying the XanGo logo proudly, they cheered on RSL to what would turn out to be their playoff clinching victory. In front of a crowd of 46,011 at Qwest Field and an overnight broadcast rating of 0.9 – both the highest in four years for an MLS Cup match – RSL fought from behind in the second half to force overtime. With the exposure from an international broadcast on ESPN, the MLS Cup and XanGo’s logo on the front of RSL’s jersey were viewed on television sets in 122 countries. “The international exposure of Real Salt Lake and XanGo in the MLS Cup final has provided a great event for our distributors – more than 1 million strong worldwide – to rally around, celebrating our partnership with RSL and XanGo’s success of this past year,” said Garrity. RSL beat the Los Angeles Galaxy, with international stars David Beckham and Landon Donovan, 5-4 in a shootout after a 1-1 tie in regulation. RSL entered the playoffs with an 11-12-7 record as the lowest seeded team. This July, XanGo renewed the pioneering jersey-front sponsorship deal – initially inked in October 2006 – for another three years ensuring the partnership will continue to grow along with the influence of soccer in North America.