No, we have not adopted a child. THis is a cheer sung/shouted by the futbol (soccer) crowd in Quito. We attended a game between Liga Quito and Emelec of Guayquil. Guayquil is huge city on the western coast of Ecuador. The people of Quito and Guayquil seem to be rivals in more than sports. Who has a safer city, a more beautiful city, nicer people.... We sat in Pablo and Maria Elena´s box, but could see "the cage" where most of the people sit. THere is a base drum beating the whole time - like a battle march and many songs insulting the other team and proclaiming their own greatness. It was an exciting game with some minor fights and no expulsions. Soccer players are the superstars here. They are completely idolized like many of our sports heroes. (Aaron Rodgers, Adrian Pederson, Mia Hamm. . .)Please feel free to post your own examples.
The game was a blowout 5-0 with Liga winning. THis game seemed relatively calm for mob violence, but apparently during a past game angry fans started throwing chunks of cement at rival fans. The next day the front page as well as most of the sports section was devoted to the match. I guess it would be similar to the Green Bay Press Gazette the day after a Packer Game. I had to search the sports section 4 times before I found 1 sentence telling me the U.S. Olympic men´s hockey team lost in overtime against Canada.
The kids now have Liga jerseys for the next game we attend.
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Add to your list of superstars the name of Barb Boyer, recently interviewed by Maya Lucia Boyer who had an essay assignment at GDS to interview a "Wonder Woman." To top off that honor, Barb gave the interview from the bath tub since Maya was under a time deadline.
ReplyDeleteFor another superhero, how about San Patricio, who chased all the snakes from Ireland.
On the sports hero scene, the puck drops tonight for the Green Knights in post-season NCAA III play.
Saludos del Viejo
that juego de futbol sounds great! i love any sports situation with pasion. what do the jerseys look like? pictures welcome...
ReplyDeletei'm often idolized for my superiority in the competitive sport of eating grandma's food at thanksgiving.
back to work...
please extend mi amor a mis primos
-jerod
I think Mia Hamm might be in a wheel chair by now. Didn,t she play in the 80´s. Jerod, back in my Chewbacca days, I could have eaten you under the table. The soccer jerseys are really cool and come in various colors. Max and Jane have white, but I'm thinking of getting red. ¡Su espanol es magnifico! Bruce
ReplyDeletealso, did you hear robert de niro is going to play vince lombardi in a biographical movie to be released the weekend before the superbowl in 2012?
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