It’s a good day to live in America and be a fan of "the beautiful game." (Via For The Love Of Sports who loves soccer much more than I) Let me just say that 3 weeks ago I wouldn’t have know a soccer ball if I was free kicked in the head with one.
Then David Beckham touched down on American soil. Since that glorious afternoon, I haven’t been able to sleep, thanks to my [newfound] unhealthy obsession with Non-American-Football. Seriously though, I can’t wait for the NFL season to be over so I can get a full season of cheering for MLS! (Major League Soccer apparently)
All I know is that my love for soccer is out of this world, but still relegated to the Galaxy! That was the best 14 minutes of running time of my life! Go MLS!
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I tried to blog about the affects of the Beckham debut, but couldn't keep my attention long enough to put together 2 consecutive thoughts. The basic jist [sic?] was that I always liked soccer. As unfunny as it is, I hope that soccer catches on in America.
I hope my kids play soccer some day (I don't have any yet). I would have if our school had fielded a team instead of a shitty (American) football team.
I'll always remember watching the US women win the 1999 World Cup while I was at basketball camp. ("Where were you when Brandi Chastain took her shirt off?" I've always thought that would be a great soccer campaign.)
In high school our girls soccer team (featuring a ton of good friends) was pretty good. (Sectional title and everything) College brought female NE-10 powerhouses and NCAA births which also featured good friends. Not the mention the revered Soccer girls house where I watched the Marlins win their second World Series title. (10 South Main For Life)
What does all this have to do with David Beckham? Not too fucking much, but it makes sense to me.
I guess the point is that for most of my formative life was spent being close friends with/worshiping soccer girls.
All that combined with the fact that soccer is wicked fun to play (when I was younger obviously - If I tried to run that much right now I'd fucking die) contribute to my love ("Did he say love? I think he just said love!") of soccer.
What is the point of all of this? I'm not sure. It's late Saturday/early Sunday and I've been drinking copious amounts of beer for a while now. My best points are lost in the muck and mire at this point.
I guess I just want to stress the point that I watched Beck's debut and enjoyed it. Despite the fact that he didn't get in until the end, his team lost and he didn't do much - it was good viewing. Hearing the crowd come alive whenever he moved was fairly cool and when he actually did go in...almost goosebumps. Not because it was a real goose bump moment, but because ESPN pushed it so hard that I was afraid I would be electrocuted if His (ESPN and MLS threatened legal action if I didn't capitalize) entrance didn't elicit the correct emotion.
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I hope you're all* happy - I'm blogging on a weekend. Pretty sad isn't it?
*Yeah, all 7 of you.
You want a list? Lo, Heather, Cory (M) Mull, Whitebone, Marv, Pat, and now Justin. (If you weren't listed, then I either don't know your name or don't know you read this shit)
If you want to be added to the list of readers or have a thought about Posh or Becks, share it below (comments). Later you old booze hounds.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
I Love Soccer! Oops! I Mean Futbol!
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I was at a party at my buddies house last night while this whole Beckham mania thing was going on (ya know, the three hour pregame show, the game itself, the endless cuts to Arnold, Posh, and Jennifer Love Hewitt's boobs) I couldn't watch it all, because hell, it's fucking soccer. Apparently the 1st inning of a Phillies game was more important then the debut of Beckham into the US soccer spectrum. It's not that this moment wasn't important or anything. It's not like he's going to change the movement of soccer in this country.
No, seriously, the Phillies are more important. Fucking bitches. (I was drinking heavily as well...very heavily) Anyway, we cut in and out of the game when Beckham wasn't in (Seriously, who wants to watch Landon Donvoan suck?) and tuned in for the final 15 that he took part in. No lie, I went downstairs (because of the Phillies assholes upstairs watching stupid baseball) and there were about 20 people watching the game. 20 people! Watching soccer! No words. Just beer. And stares. And soccer. Everytime he touched the ball we collectively shot out some admirations of Beck. "That was the most beautiful touch of the ball I've ever seen!" "Another pass! Superb!" "He's soo good, look at him run."
It was hysterical. Needless to say, after the game it really didn't matter that much. We didn't talk about him anymore. We didn't talk about how LA was probably the worst team he could have went to in the MLS. We just drank more. And got drunk. And most of us tried hooking up with girls we didn't know, but cooly saying to each other as we were gaming "You think Beckham has this tough a time getting laid?" hahah. Good times. Beckham has arrived.
kudos on the weekend post. but I have no idea where I was when Beckham made his debut, but I do know I used to go to high school soccer games because the foreign exchange student Demi was a hoot in the croud... I was young. Oh, I just watched the USA white vs. blue basketball game. it was some of the best ball I've watched in years. an all-star game where they actually played with... fundamentals. Durant had 22... and we're the same age.
hey, great post and thanks for the love... Becks is great, but what he is going to do for the popularity of soccer in the US is what im excited about... we need another sport, right? I mean baseball and hockey are cool but soccer can be right up there, esp. in the summer months... by the way chelsea is my favorite european (english) club team... and they start back up in mid-augest (fox soccer channel, etc..) LA galaxy couldn't do anything against a club of that caliber.. so many international superstars (drogba, lampard, terry, shevas, etc...)... I hope mls gets more popular because of becks, but really hope people start watching soccer and international football more, other than the world cup (UEFA Euro 2008, champs league, etc...) love the blog... drinking a sam adams right now... peace
Well seeing as how I'm not listed on your list of "friends", uve once again managed to put me in a pissed off mood. Marv gets a shout out? I'm not sure he can even read let alone recognize his own name, but hell, give him a shout out. Anyways, I've got to go back to doing grown-up stuff.
and I hope it pisses you off that I'm listed as anonymous.
not to be ungreatful, but a weekend post followed by nothing monday?
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