20 June 2008

Phoenix needs an MLS team

I'm watching the Croatia/Turkey match of Euro 2008 (where, as I type this, it's 0-0 at the 119th minute), and I think more and more that the Phoenix metropolitan area needs a Major League Soccer team. Here are a couple of reasons why:
  • We have a stadium that can handle the size of the football (soccer) pitch: the University of Phoenix Stadium in west Glendale.
  • Football is a big thing in all of Latin America, and people of Latin American descent are a large share of Arizona's population
  • Football seems to be on the rise in America, so Phoenix should get in on the action
Perhaps I'm just being too idealistic but seriously: Phoenix should consider this.

Cheers-
Edward Jensen

Thanks to Sam Richard for helping me word the second bullet point better than it was originally!
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2 comments:

Samuel Isaac Richard said...

I'm not accusing of insensitivity by any means, but football is fairly popular in all of Latin America, not just Mexico...

Consequently, our immigrant population is made up of people from all over Latin America, not just Mexico...

But I know you're heart was in the right place. :)

June 20, 2008 at 3:39 PM
Edward Jensen said...

Thanks for helping me word that a little bit better, Sam. I wasn't sure about my original wording...

June 20, 2008 at 4:02 PM

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