MLS club Seattle Sounders and Xbox have extended their partnership for a further 12 months.
The Sounders and Microsoft's video game console brand were set to part ways at the end of the 2013 MLS season but club general manager Adrian Hanauer has confirmed that the shirt sponsorship agreement has been lengthened until the end of next year.
"We're very happy," said Hanauer. "It's been a fantastic partnership.
"Excited to extend for a year and hopefully this leads to something even longer term, but we'll let the business groups hash it out and figure out whether we can do something for the long haul."
Hanauer added that the plan was to try and negotiate a longer term deal with Xbox if it were possible.
"We wanted to explore the marketplace, but at the same time we always wanted to be with Xbox and Microsoft," he added.
"I mean they're the perfect partner. We stayed in contact and ultimately it made sense for both parties, at least on a short-term basis. Again, hopefully we can figure something out long term from here."
