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a Microsoft employee working on Zune - Microsoft's new music project.

February 13, 2007

"Redmond Zunited" Makes Soccer Debut

This week, we've got the E&D (Entertainment and Devices, the division of which Zune is a part) global sales/marketing folks in from all over the world. We get together, talk product strategy, marketing tactics, that kind of thing.

To kick off the meetings, we hold an indoor soccer tournament - a world cup. While in past years I played on the Latin American* team, this year played defense on the Zune team. Redmond Zunited:

We didn't win the tournament in our first year playing, but we made a strong debut. And we planted a solid foundation for the Zune team in the years to come. In soccer of course ;)

*Y si me entiendes - otra vez, hola! Gracias por visitar mi pagina de web! Viva Zune. Y tambien se que en realidad, se llama futbol ;)
High-five! Congratulations on finding the easter egg within this post. I'd like to reward you by sending you a size L Redmond Zunited Jersey like the ones you see in the picture. I'll send a t-shirt to the first few folks to email me (contact info after the jump, below) - until I run out. Thanks and good luck! <Update>- They're all spoken for!

 |  Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:22 PM  |  20 Comments

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pinksage

Que Viva Zune y Futbol!

I wish i got to play futbol before my meetings.

Heyzeus

How many goals did Zunited score?

Mexico in 2010!

admin

5 maybe?

Reinier

hehehe... I work at MS Costa Rica and I'll be cheering for your team Cesar! :)

Zunetastic news btw... :P

speculum fight

too bad you dont have zunited soccer jerseys!

Jivemasta

So does this take place at a sports complex or does microsoft have a soccer field?

Ryan

so I must know, did the Zune team play the Xbox team, and if you did, what was the score?

segadc

Awesome!  I got a new team to cheer for. :)

Albert

I can now share something about soccer (futbol) with my dad; that's all he watches on TV...

SpanishClash

I take it the picture was taken prior to the match, since I don't see any one bleeding or any broken limbs, right? :)

Viva el Futbol!

met

Do you mind telling us who each one of those people are? :)

LPX

http://www.zuneboards.com/content/view/48/2/

You can now make custom Zune Software skins! Check it out, it's pretty sick.

Jivemasta

LPX: Sweet, now I can maybe port my WMP11 Zune skin over(if it uses the same skin system as Media Player, that is)

Soccer is a kick in the grass

adamhoek

i wish i read this article earlier :(

Matt

Good to see the Zune FOOTBALL team made a good debut ;)

Matt Dunavant

When are you going to let people kno who got a shirt know?

Rhett

Cesar, Dude..

Why do you always look like your up to no good in every photo? Kind of like the cat that just ate the mouse.

HA-HA!

P.S.

Fix the gaps

Kristina

Hey, just got my tshirt, Thank you so much!!

Zune Insider

Long time readers will remember how the Zune Team played in a football futbol soccer tournament last

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I'm Cesar Menendez. I left the Xbox marketing world for Microsoft's new foray into music - Zune. Community, cool videos, music, discovering new music - these are things I love. In the past I wrote music reviews for RealNetworks, and before that I volunteered at KCMU (now KEXP). Get in touch w/ me using this email: AskZune (then type the at symbol) microsoft.com (please no solicitors)
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