Article: Herbalife kicks in for youth soccer league sponsorship: maker of dietary supplements gets logo on AYSO jerseys.(ADVERTISING)(Herbalife International Inc. signs a four-year sponsorship agreement last week with American Youth Soccer Organization)

THE million kids who participate in youth soccer programs through AYSO are about to become walking advertisements for Herbalife supplements with all morns who attend their games as the target audience.

Los Angeles-based Herbalife Ltd. signed a four-year sponsorship agreement last week with L.A.-based national non-profit American Youth Soccer Organization to put the company's logo on the front of youth soccer jerseys. Financial terms were not disclosed.

The move puts the same logo on the chests of the kids as did the five-year $25 million sponsorship to put the company's name on the shirt of Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy star David Beckham.

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