On a somewhat related note (and related to another thread) apparently, the Red Bulls no longer play at the Meadowlands and have a dedicated stadium in (or maybe just outside) Newark.
For the record...I have no idea who this guy is. Never heard of him. (But I had heard of Beckham before he signed). On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:323077 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
