Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Reppin' 213 for the MNT

Actually, I highly doubt any Galaxy or Chivas USA players live in the 213 area code. That's old LA. Most of them live closer to the beach, which is the 310 area code. There's also 323 for those just north of downtown.

Anyway, the bottom line is, the US men's national team is following the lead of the women and playing important Gold Cup games in Los Angeles, which starts this summer after the next set of friendlies. This is a change from the norm.

I remember when I was was in the stands and looking out at hundreds of thousands of green jerseys fervently cheering for Mexico and I was thinking, "This is great. This is the way it should be." It was U.S. versus Mexico - in Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.

Great home support shouldn't be the exception for the U.S
., or who knows when LA will see a competitive match again.

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