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NEW YORK -- Barcelonas official motto is mes que un Club, or more than a club in the Catalan language.In an effort to take over the U.S. market, the Spanish soccer powerhouse is showing that its also a global, multimillion dollar business.Looking to capitalize on its biggest assets -- superstars like Lionel Messi and Neymar -- and the growing popularity of soccer in the U.S., Barcelona opened a commercial office in New York that will lead the teams efforts to expand its business, gain more fans across the Atlantic and help the sport grow in America.We are coming to open new lines of relationships with a lot of companies, Barcelona President Josep Bartomeu said Tuesday during the opening of the office. Being in the U.S., probably other brands, other companies will like to partner with us.Barcelona already has commercial deals with four American companies -- Nike, Gillette, Gatorade and Black & Decker. It also claims to be the most popular soccer team in the country with about 19 million fans, followed by Manchester United with 17 million. The Premier League club is owned by the U.S.-based Glazer family, which also owns the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFL, and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.Barcelona has played in sold-out summer tours in the U.S. in recent years, and operates soccer academies in Florida and Charlotte, North Carolina, with more planned for New York and other cities, Bartomeu said.Francesco Calvo, the clubs chief revenue officer, said Barcelona generated $680 million in revenue last year. Their target is to increase the overall revenue to $1 billion by 2021, with the U.S. market considered an important factor in that growth.The (U.S.) domestic (market) is key, said Manel Arroyo, Barcelonas vice president for marketing and communications. But its also key that American companies can discover in us a platform to be known around the world.The Spanish league, La Liga, and other European clubs like Bayern Munich already have offices in New York. Barcelona opened its first overseas post two years ago in Hong Kong to oversee its efforts in Asia.U.S. and China are the main markets, the places where football is growing faster, Arroyo said.But even if other clubs arrived first in the U.S., Barcelona has something every other team in the world desires: Messi.The five-time FIFA Player of the Year has led the team to unprecedented success on and off the field, winning the Champions League four times and the Spanish league eight times in the last 10 years. His stellar play and on-field prowess translates to financial bonanza for Barcelona.Leo Messi is basic for us, Bartomeu said. Everybody wants Leo Messi on their team, and theres a reason for that. 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Australia are bracing for a forward assault from a massive New Zealand pack, which veteran Kangaroos prop Matt Scott has labelled the best to pull on the Kiwis jersey.The Kangaroos and Kiwis clash in the first-ever Test in Perth on Saturday.New Zealand will boast a forward pack that contains some of the NRLs biggest and most in-form players in Jesse Bromwich, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Jason Taumalolo and Martin Taupau.It is an awesome pack for Scott to come up against in his 19th Test at nib Stadium.Their forward pack is probably the best we have ever seen in the Kiwis jersey, Scott said on Thursday.It is incredible the amount of big guys they have got that are in tremendous form at the moment.I think momentum is going to be the key for us.If we can limit the amount of quick play the balls and momentum they get particularly through their back five who I think are extremely underrated probably because of the forward pack they have got.ddddddddddddIf we can stop their back five momentum it just means that guys like Jase and big Jesse Bromwich arent coming off the back fence and are getting us one-on-one.Scott said his North Queensland teammate Taumalolo loomed as the key player for New Zealand.I did try and ask for a gentlemans agreement (not to run at me) before we left, I dont know how successful that was, Scott said.Big Jase had a tremendous year and he is one of many in the Kiwis side we are going to have to try and deal with.It will be a big team effort to contain these blokes and Jase is certainly an x-factor. 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