Adidas Makes Mash-ups to Go for Soccer Playoffs

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NEW YORK Adidas has kicked off an interactive-centered campaign to reach young soccer fans, tying together local alternative bands with Major League Soccer playoff teams in “mash-up” videos.

Kicking off last weekend, the Adidas push looks to appeal to a young soccer audience by tapping the hot area of mash-ups, the combining of two elements to create a new execution. Adidas agency EVB recruited video mash-up artists Eclectic Method and C-trl Labs to create executions using music videos from the alternative bands and footage and photos of the MLS teams that are playing each other.

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