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In case you slept a bit in grade school history like I did, you probably know that England and France have a long rivalry. Goes back to at least 1066 when the Brits lost a tough home match.
Well, the two old enemies met again yesterday on a soccer field in Lisbon, Portugal as part of Euro 2004.
England grabbed a 1-0 lead just before the half on a beautiful goal. David Beckham worked his free kick magic again, sending a perfect cross in that was headed in cleanly by Frank Lampard. Beckham had a penalty kick in the second half that should have put England up 2-0, but French goalie Fabien Barthez made an absolutely gorgeous save to keep the one goal differential. That save proved critical as France scored two late goals in injury time to win 2-1. The first goal was a stunning blast on a free kick by 1998 World Cup hero Zinedine Zidane. Just moments later, French star Thierry Henry (have you seen his cool commercial?) was taken down in the box for a penalty kick. Zidane converted it to give France the win.
A great game really, but none of that above is what amazed me the most. No, what I found most incredible about the match is that I saw all of those highlights on this morning’s SportsCenter. That’s right, ESPN showed a series of highlights from a soccer game that was featured neither an MLS team or team USA. Not only was USA not in the match, they aren’t in the tournament, and can never be (it is Euro 2004, of course).
You know ESPN would only choose to show highlights of this match if they’d done research that says that there are lots of viewers who are interested. Yes, soccer is becoming important in the US. Times are changing.


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