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National Women’s Soccer League 2023 Championship


The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) is a 12-team women’s professional soccer league featuring national team players from around the world. The league hosted its 11th NWSL championship in San Diego, CA and hired SGS to lead and implement their paid media strategy and buys.

25k

Fans broke League’s attendance record at Championship Game

Services

Paid Media, Marketing Strategy

THE CHALLENGE

Stomping Ground Strategies designed and executed the NWSL’s first paid media ticketing campaign in advance of the league’s Championship game, helping to break NWSL attendance records.

THE SOLUTION

With a modest budget, SGS developed a multi-market, multi-media marketing campaign and partnered with the NWSL to help guide creative assets.

We used a strategic blend of OOH advertising, including airports, buses, trolleys, billboards, transit shelters, and street banners for a complete takeover over the city leading up to the big game.

OOH was complemented by the power of a targeted digital, which included programmatic display and video, Meta, TikTok, Google display and search, YouTube, and local media, social, email, and website banners.

SGS partnered with local TV and radio to create a comprehensive media presence.

THE IMPACT

The NWSL championship broke their attendance record with more than 25,000 fans at the championship game.

Digital

Generated over 22.9 million digital impressions with over 250,000 clicks to the NWSL championship Ticketmaster and tune-in landing page

TV/Radio

Generated over 1.86 million impressions with a streaming view rate of 98.20%.

OOH

Citywide takeover with 187 placements in San Diego