Yesterday's potential celebrity soccer owner was Drew Carey. Today it's Steve Nash. The Canadian orange-baller's love for the game is as known as Carey's but runs much deeper. Nash was a soccer player well before he got balls-deep into hoops, and it's somewhat of a family business; his brother is on the Canadian national team and the Vancouver Whitecaps while his father played professionally in South Africa.
There's a load of great footie-related bits in this piece from the New York Times magazine Play, the tongue in the kiss being that he's flying to England soon to discuss business opportunities. “I’d like to be an owner,” he says. “It’s something I could do for the rest of my life after my little window of popularity dies.”
You should do it Steve. Or better yet don’t do it and buy 2 MLS franchises…one in your native Vancouver and one in the states (cough, Portland, cough). Why not give a little something back to the country that made you a rich, rich bastard?
8 comments:
I'm a Tottenham and MLS fan but I wish he'd just invest in MLS and not the Premier League. Hopefully someone over there just slaps him up and he gets some sense knocked into him.
But I still like more popular soccer lovers.
This guy looks remarkably like Alan Hansen!
Guess there is something just a bit more romantic about owning a European soccer team.
Can't see Steven Gerrard investing in a Merseyside baseball team!
Dude, I just want to tell you how much I enjoy your blog. I played soccer for 13 years, and after almost 10 years spent largely away from the game, I have started getting back into it in the last couple of years. Your blog is informative, entertaining and insightful. Please keep up the good work.
--Ned
Thanks Ned and don't be afriad to tell a friend about TOR.
Brothers and sisters, open your arms for Brother Ned...welcome him back to this wonderful world of passion, tragedy, joy, betting scandals, WAGS, half-wit refs, and beer.
That's cute. Ned just got a gold star!
You want one too TBE? I got a whole pack of 'em in my desk right next to the scratch and sniff stickers.
I'll be happy if Nash owns Tony Parker and the Spurs this season.
"Brothers and sisters, open your arms for Brother Ned...welcome him back to this wonderful world of passion, tragedy, joy, betting scandals, WAGS, half-wit refs, and beer."
This place sells beer too? What? What's wrong with me, where have I been?
Regardless, put me down for one of those scratch-and-sniffs; the one that smells like a car engine.
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