Ivy Funds today announced that it has extended its soccer jersey sponsorship to include the newest United Soccer League (USL) team, the Swope Park Rangers, which will take the field in 2016. The Rangers are being launched by Sporting Club, the ownership group of Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Sporting Kansas City, a team that Ivy Funds has been jersey sponsor of since 2013.

“We’re pleased to join Sporting Club in supporting the Rangers and the growth of the USL,” said Thomas W. Butch, president and CEO of Ivy Funds Distributor, Inc. “Our partnership with Sporting is built on innovation and reaching a growing audience of soccer fans, as well as our investors across the U.S. Extending our presence to the Rangers and the USL supports both of those objectives.”

The Swope Park Rangers, a name that originated with Sporting Kansas City’s reserve team in 2008 and the first in American professional team sports to feature a municipal park, will join the USL in its sixth season. A partner of MLS since 2013, the USL is one of three domestic professional men’s leagues recognized by U.S. Soccer and one of the largest professional soccer leagues in the world with 30 teams across the United States and Canada, including a total of 11 teams owned/operated by MLS clubs.

“We are excited to welcome Sporting Kansas City and the Swope Park Rangers KC to the USL for the 2016 season,” USL President Jake Edwards said. “Sporting Kansas City is consistently one of the top organizations in MLS and has a fantastic locally-based ownership group that is committed to building the soccer culture throughout the region.”

Ivy Funds became Sporting Kansas City’s original jersey sponsor in 2013, the year the team won the MLS Cup Championship. In 2014, Ivy Funds announced that an extension of the partnership, as the team’s jersey sponsor and as Sporting Club’s official investment management partner, through the 2022 season.

About Ivy Funds

Ivy Funds offers a broad fund lineup covering all major asset categories, including international and domestic equity funds, specialty funds, fixed-income funds and money market funds.

Ivy Investment Management Company (IICO) is an affiliate of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (Waddell & Reed). Through its subsidiaries, Waddell & Reed provides investment management and financial planning services to clients throughout the U.S. Waddell & Reed had approximately $121 billion in total assets under management at June 30, 2015. IICO serves as investment advisor to the Ivy Funds. Ivy Funds Distributor, Inc. is principal underwriter and distributor to the Ivy Funds. For more information, visit www.ivyfunds.com.

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