Major League Soccer ends talks with San Antonio

Tobias-Reiper · 12-17-2005, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by saintswhodi

.. your wife Boricua? .. doubt that she's of Mexican descent if no one in her family plays Futbol....

She is of Mexican descent. Her grandfather and grandmother came from Mexico. And noone on her mom's or dad's side plays soccer, and none of the relatives by marriage play soccer. They play football. They are from Laredo now. How much closer to Mexico do they have to be?

BTW, Basketball's been popular in Argentina for years, but it will never ever come even close to Soccer as the national pastime, because Italians prefer Soccer . Too much passion, history...

I think you will be surprised. ABC did a report on the increase in popularity of basketball in Argentina due to their gold medal, and Manu playing in the NBA, as well as now Uberto, and hopefully soon Luis Scola. IT may not overtake soccer tomorrow, but the number of kids picking up a basketball instead of kicking a soccer ball has increased dramatically.

Just quickly so no one gets the wrong impression, Boricua is someone from Borinquen (bore--in-ken), better known as Puerto Rico (although, calling some people Puerto Rican in itself may be an insult,

) .. and no one plays soccer in P.R.

... I have to say, I'm really surprised that no one in your wife's family plays soccer at all... next you are going to tell me they don't eat picante

... I wouldn''t take that ABC report too seriously.. if an Argentinian news crew would visit the U.S. and saw how many kids, both male and female, play soccer as compared to football, they'd probably go back to Argentina and declare soccer the new U.S. pastime.

...in any case, your Governor sucks

12-17-2005, 04:11 PM	#1
Tobias-Reiper Merces Letifer Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,161	Originally Posted by saintswhodi .. your wife Boricua? .. doubt that she's of Mexican descent if no one in her family plays Futbol.... She is of Mexican descent. Her grandfather and grandmother came from Mexico. And noone on her mom's or dad's side plays soccer, and none of the relatives by marriage play soccer. They play football. They are from Laredo now. How much closer to Mexico do they have to be? BTW, Basketball's been popular in Argentina for years, but it will never ever come even close to Soccer as the national pastime, because Italians prefer Soccer . Too much passion, history... I think you will be surprised. ABC did a report on the increase in popularity of basketball in Argentina due to their gold medal, and Manu playing in the NBA, as well as now Uberto, and hopefully soon Luis Scola. IT may not overtake soccer tomorrow, but the number of kids picking up a basketball instead of kicking a soccer ball has increased dramatically. Just quickly so no one gets the wrong impression, Boricua is someone from Borinquen (bore--in-ken), better known as Puerto Rico (although, calling some people Puerto Rican in itself may be an insult, ) .. and no one plays soccer in P.R. ... I have to say, I'm really surprised that no one in your wife's family plays soccer at all... next you are going to tell me they don't eat picante ... I wouldn''t take that ABC report too seriously.. if an Argentinian news crew would visit the U.S. and saw how many kids, both male and female, play soccer as compared to football, they'd probably go back to Argentina and declare soccer the new U.S. pastime. ...in any case, your Governor sucks
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