I leave you with this inspiration for the weekend. Randy Pausch, a former professor at Carnegie Mellon passed away from pancreatic cancer. If you haven’t’ had a chance to catch his viral “Last Lecture” on You Tube, I encourage you to check it out. It’s an hour and 16 minutes long, but worth it. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and really feel that each day is a gift and that we all have the power to choose how we participate happily in our lives every day. And, most importantly, you’ll be reminded to have FUN every day of your life and appreciate everyone around you.
MLS All-Stars take a 3-2 victory over West Ham United!
BUT, more importantly, there was a jersey swap at the end of the game. A big thank you to ESPN for capturing it! Hey MLS, if you wanna increase your female fan base, start promoting the traditional jersey swap at the end of a match!
Ahhh, poor guy.
Seriously, it was a great game, great crowd, great Nash announcement. Yes, I mean Steve Nash of the NBA. And no, he’s not pulling a Michael Jordan and playing another professional sport, but he’ll be involved with the MLS expansion team out of Vancouver…in three years!
Yes there is a MLS All-Star match! And I’ll be damned, it’s on tonight!
I know, I know, you may have not heard about it either! I’ve been a fan of MLS since 2000 and even as a fan, I really have to be paying attention to get all the gets. Yeah, I get it - the League is still young and has its challenges with budget restrictions, but there needs to be more buzz and promos other than what’s on MLSnet.com, especially when you’ve got Donovan and Becks leading MLS vs. West Ham United.
I do think the international match-up instead of the traditional East vs. West was a good move by the League, showing how MLS talent measures up globally. But, if fans don’t know the match is being played, what does it matter?! So, tune in tonight, especially you ladies! I can’t guarantee the guys will do a jersey exchange when it ends, but how will you know if you don’t tune in?
Watch it live or set your DVRs: 7pm ET on ESPN, Telefutura and ESPN360.com.
It wasn’t just the 90+ degree temperature in the NYC area that was making things hot this weekend, clearly it was Becks who was in town with the LA Galaxy. For the Red Bulls, it meant attendance over 40,000 and for the local gals, high hopes to get a glimpse of Becks shirtless!
With Giants Stadium, the Red Bulls home turf (but not for long!), being a stone’s throw from my Weehawken, NJ apartment, I couldn’t help but brave the sweltering heat for a glimpse. And, truthfully, as a soccer fan, I knew it’d be a great match and there was a part of me that wanted to see the home team take the victory against the Galaxy again this year!
Even though Becks was on the field, the hometown team received the lion share of support. And, that’s what you gotta love about New Yorkers - - always cheering for their home team! Not to be forgotten, Landon Donovan was also in town, arguably one of the best player’s in the league drawing many of his own fans to the game as there was no shortage of kids and adults donning the Donovan jersey! And, hey, he lived up to his own hype by knocking one into the back of the net in the 92nd minute saving the Galaxy from a loss, the game ending in a 2-2 draw.
So, look, yeah, I’m a chick and Becks is easy on the eyes, but more than thanking his parents for their incredible gift to women (and some men!), if you’re a MLS fan, you’ve gotta thank MLS for this move and thank him kicking the sport up a notch in the U.S. As they would say across the pond, “Cheers mate…”
