Meh: USA Soccer Wins Best Upset at the 2009 ESPYs
by Jake Bertalotto on Jul 20, 2009 11:00 AM PDT
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If you're like me, you're impressed when you tune into the ESPYs and see so many of the world's top athletes in one place. Kobe in the front row. T.O. in the house. Chad Ocho Cinco... not in the house, as according to Samuel L. Jackson.
But the mere fact that Oregon State was nominated for "Best Upset", and the fact that James, Jacquizz, and Riley were in the house (although they didn't get much face time) was enough for me. The nominees montage still gave me chills. As we've discussed in the comments, USA Soccer is a National team. I'll bet that most of us aren't huge fans of soccer, and that the USC/OSU game meant a lot more to all of us. Heck, I didn't have a voice for the following two days-- and that doesn't happen very often.
Our game was on ESPN. Erin Andrews was there. SkyCam was there. But it wasn't a game that any US citizen could relate too. USA Soccer? A lot more people can relate to that.
Congratulations to Landon Donovan and the USA Soccer team, as well as the Tampa Bay Rays and Mine that Bird.
Like Landon Donovan said when he was accepting the award, "we can't wait until other people are winning this award for upsetting us."
--Jake (jake.buildingthedam@gmail.com)
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"I'll bet that most of us aren't huge fans of soccer"
Yep, I guess what I was after really is that many of us were not at the time and are not big hockey fans but when the USA team beat the Soviets it was a huge deal to fans and non-fans of the sport. In many ways it just meant something a bit bigger than the sport itself. Like the USA’s struggle to respected on the global soccer stage, so it makes perfect sense to me.
But yes indeed the USC win did mean much more to me too! And I’m pretty happy for the press too,and looking forward to making some more nation wide press noise this upcoming season!
-RVM
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