I truly believe, with the upswing in interest from the World Cup, and the ennui the American public is feeling about basketball (James), and football (the years of arrests), and baseball (no one watched the all start game), the timing is right for someone of his stature to take soccer to the next level here in the US.
He is heading to a huge market. He is a huge star. He is attractive and well spoken. And he is _great_. I expect by mid-summer to start seeing soccer games on normal tv (at least ESPN), rather than ESPN 3 at 4:00am. We will see if I am wrong, but I have a feeling.... And if he can, and plays up to his potential, I think he changes his legacy to the stature of Pele. Or Magic Johnson. On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > *whiiiiiines* > > but Whyyyyy is he going to play in America??? > > On 14 July 2010 19:26, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > No. > > > > > > > http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/5378712/french-striker-thierry-henry-signs-deal-new-york-red-bulls > > http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/soccer/columns/story?id=5379532 > > > > Barcelona released both him and Toure. > > > > BTW, the Red Bulls used to be the MetroStars. They changed their name to > a > > stupid one. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323076 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
