The David Beckham USA Tour has begun. Count me among those who say, yeah so what’s the big deal? Soccer (or “Futbol” as non-Americans call it) is not, after all, America’s passion, American Football is.
Americans just can’t seem to get on board the “Futbol” bandwagon. Heaven knows they have tried, just ask any haggard soccer mom. The closest I’ve come to getting on that bandwagon was when Brandi Chastain tossed off her jersey and ran around in her sports bra. Now that was a real moment in “Futbol” history. But I guess I’m like so many other Football fans, “Futbol” just doesn’t float my boat. But, there are many who are bent on making Beckham the next American idol.
I asked my husband why he thought “Futbol” wasn’t popular in the USA. He is often the object of my probing questions, much to his annoyance. He said the reason Americans don’t like “Futbol” is because there aren’t enough points scored and it’s slow. I pointed out that baseball could fit that description, yes, he agreed, but baseball is “our game”. Ah, now there’s a smart man!
In other words Futbol/Soccer isn’t America’s game and there’s the rub. But the brilliants minds of this world, those same brilliant minds that have millions of dollars to throw at a Field of “Futbol” Dream, have identified their poster boy for indoctrinating the US of A to “Futbol”, his name is David Beckham and he comes with a sexy former Spice Girl wife by the name of Victoria. I know next to nada about the sport but even I could pick David Beckham out of a crowd. He is a very hot number. And, I’m told, he is one helluva “Futbol” player.
There has been so much hype, so much press coverage, that it’s virtually impossible to not notice the Beckhams arrival in LA. It also happens to be a dead time in American sports. It’s the perfect time to crown the new “Futbol” King and his Queen upon their arrival in La-La Land.
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