Hoops and Hoodies

Did you know we do more than just soccer uniforms and gear? We also provide great team and fan apparel such as hooded sweatshirts, T-shirts and more….not only for soccer teams, but other sports as well.

Case in point: the mighty Mustangs, a girls’ basketball team from Kent, WA. The players recently completed their second season together, compiling a 16-0 record along the way. Rather than go with the standard trophy, the parents decided a nice, warm customized team hoodie would make a great year-end gift. (We didn’t argue.)

So while they put it all together on the hardwood, we took care of business off the court from logo design, to printing to delivery. Way to go, Mustangs!

Another cool Code Four customer.

Darek Stuj realized a long time ago that the real route to happiness was helping other people. Over the years he’s assisted homeless people, worked in orphanages in Belarus and Poland, and sponsored several Maasai Tribe children in the Kimana Village of southern Kenya. It was in this village where he conceived the ‘Kenya Project’ to bring clean drinking water to its inhabitants.

More than a dozen workers from Darek’s company, Rainbow of Magnolia Landscaping of Seattle, WA, agreed to donate an entire week’s wages to the cause. With its initial mission accomplished, the project quickly expanded to procure property and supplies for the village’s school system. Accordingly, the local community re-named the project ‘Rainbow of Magnolia – Fountains of Life.’

Along the way, the organization helped establish track and soccer teams for the village’s youth, which is how we came to meet Darek. He recently supplied the kids with our Code Four Athletics brand of soccer uniforms.

The Fountains of Life folks continue to work tirelessly, focusing on education reform and improving local living conditions. Driven by Darek’s vision, they have singlehandedly renewed the hopes and dreams of these Maasai families. All of us at Code Four applaud them and their efforts.

What's the right height? Study says taller soccer players draw more fouls!

According to a new study by a couple of researchers out of the Netherlands, soccer referees forced to make quick decisions on questionable foul calls are more likely to rule against the taller player.

Niels van Quaquebeke and Steffen Giessner, researchers at Erasmus University's Rotterdam School of Management, reached the conclusion after studying 123,844 fouls from seven Champions League and German Bundesliga seasons, along with the last three World Cups.

Among the information presented in the full story reported by the Associated Press, the researchers surmised that human nature was to blame. "Humans throughout evolution needed to be more afraid of bigger animals because bigger animals usually have more potential to harm us," said van Quaquebeke. "We are human beings, we are not objective information processors...we are very subjective, especially if we don't have all the information available. We've got to make the best guess."

Our guess? Shorter players get the calls by being better actors!

Code 4 soccer ball car leads soccer club in parade

I'd like to thank Amanda, Justin and the rest of the friendly folks at the Cascade Foothills Soccer Club of Enumclaw, WA for allowing us to take part in their local parade this past weekend. Around 50 of the CFSC players, along with assorted parents and fans, marched through downtown to promote their Club...led by, in my slightly biased opinion, our cool company car driven by yours truly.

The players all wore their kelly green reversible jerseys, which we supplied for their program. We were right behind the local 4H club, so I had my work cut out for me in terms of making sure I didn't drive over some horse-supplied 'surprises.' I ran into several folks I know (I'd like to give another shout out to our UPS driver, Bill - yo, Bill!), and thoroughly enjoyed the festive holiday atmosphere. Weather was cool but sunny, and I had great time all the way around.

I've included a few pix here. Sorry I don't have any shots of the soccer ball car, but after all, I was driving. Gotta say I was diggin' the donkey with the Santa hat.

Code Four Athletics celebrates 10 years!

Pele. Maradona. Zidane. Number 10 has always held a special place in soccer's history. We now proudly add it to ours, as we celebrate ten years of providing our soccer specialty brand to teams and clubs nationwide since 1998.

Visit http://www.codefourathletics.com to view our entire collection of soccer jerseys, soccer uniforms, warm-ups and soccer gear.