The Heartland World Cup
The Guatemalans are little slower, little less organized but they are doing well. So, are the Salvadorans. But the Nigerians move the ball so well. Really well.
But here come the Serbians, pouring out of their cars and onto the field.
This is our World Cup, the Chicago is the World cup, played daily here on silky green fields and no fields and on dreams and by players who began so many years and countries ago that only blurred memories remain.
This is how you should consider covering the World Cup in the weeks to come while the other cup flows on in South Africa. This is the time for the ethnic new media to celebrate a truly global bond here in Chicago.
Pick a team. Pick a country. We have lots of both here.
Tell us the stories of how the teams started, how they are playing, how they are winning and how the crowds, who cram the sidelines, feel about futbol or soccer of whatever they call it here and back home.
Remind us how much we liked the game there and how much we are bound to it here in our new or old homes. Show us their team shirts and team celebrations. Do it now while the fever is rising.
If you have doubts, read Oscar Avila’s wonderful story in Sunday Trib. It should inspire.
And if you have pictures or stories that you would like to share here, please send them so we can compare.
Steve
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