Yeah it's the tag line of an incredibly irritating and unintelligible Adidas ad but it pretty much sums it up. The Prem begins Saturday, bummer that the very first match, Chelsea v Hull isn't televised here in the States. Maybe Jozy will start for Hull. It's tough being a Yank. We will get to see the amazingly expensive (2nd only to Real Madrid) Man City side go up against Rovers. Gotta say I hope Blackburn pastes them. Everton v Arsenal should be an entertaining game with big goal scoring potential. I'll have to wait until Sunday for Tottenham v Liverpool (GO REDS!). Birmingham returns to the Prem and they get to start at Old Trafford, good luck with that. Wolves joins the Prem and gets West Ham at home but we won't see it. We will get to see Burnley's debut v Stoke on FSC.
One of the reasons the friendlies between English, Spanish, and Italian clubs draw so well here is that, unlike the other major sports, the best teams in the world aren't here in the US. You can get every American throwball game (if you have DirecTV) and there are opportunities to get all baseball, basketball, hockey, and MLS games. We need a EPL package where every game is available. I'd pay for it and I know others that would as well (sorry all of you La Liga, Bundesliga, and Serie A fans, you're on your own). American footy fans are starved for top level soccer. That's why 71,000 showed up in Baltimore, Baltimore for gods sake!, to watch Chelsea play AC Milan in a friendly. We want to see the best and the best isn't here, it's over there!
I woke up at 7am starving for some footy! I have to wait until 9:30. And even then it's to root against a team (Man City). At twelve-thirty I actually get to root for a team. Go Arsenal.
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