All Is Both Right And Wrong In The Footcer World
Yesterday was truly a beautiful day for footcer in the United States. Oddly enough, the Real Madrid/Chivas match here in Chicago got more media coverage than the United States/England match back in May. And, for the thousands of people who showed up just to see footcer Elvis, hopefully the exciting 3-1 victory by his Real Madrid team, in which he got an assist, was enough to draw them back for non-celebrity filled matches.
And of course David Beckham didn't let down his legions of Cosmopolitan reading teenage fans. He prettied himself up quite nicely for this match.
You can almost hear him saying to his teammates, "don't mess up the hair lads, I've got magazines to sell" (or however you'd say that in Spanish).
Despite trying to maintain picture perfect fashion form on the pitch, he also played a spectacular match, including getting an assist off a free kick on the tying goal. So, I can't knock him too much.
But thank you Footcer Elvis and the footcer dream team for coming to Chicago (although after the Bayern Munich/Manchester United C-Team fiasco that happened last year, the match didn't sell out) and putting footcer on the map - at least for one day.
The rest of my pictures from Real Madrid/Chivas are at http://home.ripway.com/2003-8/22463/realchivas/.
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In related news, Real Madrid is now the richest club in the world, passing Manchester United.
Or at least their President, Florentino Perez, is making that claim. *nudge, nudge, wink, wink, trying to scare Chelsea and Barcelona much* ;)
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It was good news all around as far as the general viewership of footcer in the United States was concerned. The numbers for Univision's Gold Cup coverage were announced on Thursday.
And according to Nielsen, the Mexico/Jamaica match in the qualifying rounds set viewing records in Hispanic household in the United States drawing in 2.2 million Hispanic households. Included in this number were 3 million Hispanic adults between 18 and 49.
And the bigger Mexico/Colombia quarterfinal match today could continue this trend.
The whole thing leaves me in the awkward position of thinking I want the Mexico MNT to go on in this tournament to keep footcer viewing at record highs.
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Of course not all is rosy in the footcer world. I leave for a few days and a lot of stories go to crap.
- Chelsea bought Shaun Wright-Phillips from Manchester City - in another example of golliath kicking the snot out of David.
- Sao Paulo fans went bezerk and rioted after their win in the Copa Libertadores.
- Jared Borgetti joined Bolton. I think that team is trying to make me into a fan, but it won't happen.
- Finland's, of all countries, top league is now in a huge crisis due to cheating (and the world sighs a huge, "who cares.").
And MLS' All-Star team was named and the world nearly came to an end with the imbalance. Frankly, I'd rather just see FC Dallas and New England Revolution combine to face Fulham. Now that would be a match!
Especially if Fulham doesn't have Luis Boa Morte anymore if he goes to Newcastle United. Coca Cola Championship, say hello to the Cottagers. They might have a long little meet-and-greet with you.
And of course David Beckham didn't let down his legions of Cosmopolitan reading teenage fans. He prettied himself up quite nicely for this match.
You can almost hear him saying to his teammates, "don't mess up the hair lads, I've got magazines to sell" (or however you'd say that in Spanish).
Despite trying to maintain picture perfect fashion form on the pitch, he also played a spectacular match, including getting an assist off a free kick on the tying goal. So, I can't knock him too much.
But thank you Footcer Elvis and the footcer dream team for coming to Chicago (although after the Bayern Munich/Manchester United C-Team fiasco that happened last year, the match didn't sell out) and putting footcer on the map - at least for one day.
The rest of my pictures from Real Madrid/Chivas are at http://home.ripway.com/2003-8/22463/realchivas/.
---
In related news, Real Madrid is now the richest club in the world, passing Manchester United.
Or at least their President, Florentino Perez, is making that claim. *nudge, nudge, wink, wink, trying to scare Chelsea and Barcelona much* ;)
---
It was good news all around as far as the general viewership of footcer in the United States was concerned. The numbers for Univision's Gold Cup coverage were announced on Thursday.
And according to Nielsen, the Mexico/Jamaica match in the qualifying rounds set viewing records in Hispanic household in the United States drawing in 2.2 million Hispanic households. Included in this number were 3 million Hispanic adults between 18 and 49.
And the bigger Mexico/Colombia quarterfinal match today could continue this trend.
The whole thing leaves me in the awkward position of thinking I want the Mexico MNT to go on in this tournament to keep footcer viewing at record highs.
---
Of course not all is rosy in the footcer world. I leave for a few days and a lot of stories go to crap.
- Chelsea bought Shaun Wright-Phillips from Manchester City - in another example of golliath kicking the snot out of David.
- Sao Paulo fans went bezerk and rioted after their win in the Copa Libertadores.
- Jared Borgetti joined Bolton. I think that team is trying to make me into a fan, but it won't happen.
- Finland's, of all countries, top league is now in a huge crisis due to cheating (and the world sighs a huge, "who cares.").
And MLS' All-Star team was named and the world nearly came to an end with the imbalance. Frankly, I'd rather just see FC Dallas and New England Revolution combine to face Fulham. Now that would be a match!
Especially if Fulham doesn't have Luis Boa Morte anymore if he goes to Newcastle United. Coca Cola Championship, say hello to the Cottagers. They might have a long little meet-and-greet with you.
posted by incendiarymind at 8:03 AM
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