[Leica] He could change the way Americans ignore soccer!

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

Adam, et al:

I think that some have taken my comment too seriously.

I was kidding Nathan because he, (in very good humor) objected when I 
wrote "He could change the way Americans ignore soccer!" soon after the 
announcement that said player was going to move to California to play 
for some LA team.

Jim, "Cricket is really a sport?" Hemenway


Adam Bridge wrote:

> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
> 
>><snip>
>>BTW, there are a lot of various types of Latinos here, that seem to be the
>>majority of soccer lovers... so as much as the US Domestics have no idea,
>>there is a large resident population that really does care.....
>>
> 
> 
> Lots of the younger crowd know and follow soccer here also. It's
> heavily played in my town and many of the others around here by kids
> starting at age 5. High school soccer is very intense and pulls in
> good crowds.
> 
> Unless it's baseball I've sort of given up on pro team sports. I sorta
> follow American-style football. Don't do the other pro sports at all
> -- mostly I follow college and that locally. Probably I should get a
> rivalry going with Frank since UC Davis is in the same conference as
> Long Beach now....<grin>
> 
> Curiously I'm quite detached about the Olympics this year. I'd like to
> care, even about the swimming in which I was heavily involved in the
> past as an official, but the money and the corruption and the politics
> make me wretch. I wouldn't pay a dime to go to an Olympic event at
> this point even if they were around the corner...
> 
> Adam
> 
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