Last night marked the first really relevant futbol match in the history of the city of Atlanta. Some may say that the Mexico/Venezuela game was, but that was only relevant in the Mexican and Hispanic communities. Over 53,000 fans packed into the Georgia Dome to witness AC Milan take on Club América.
This game was highly enjoyable and the Mexican outfit did not fail to impress. With some amazing footskill, they made some Milan players look childish. Their two goals came from immaculate crosses and sublime finishing. Milan had their moments, but this night was for Las Aguilas. Ronaldinho was confirmed as a player past his prime who is incredibly lazy, and Oguchi Onyewu got a rough introduction to life with the rossoneri on Club América's first goal, but played an overall decent game.
One thing that Atlanta did with this game was prove their capability of hosting a World Cup match or two if the USA gets one of the Cups that they are currently in the running for. The stadium was rockin and the field looked great. Aside from a frakus that went on in front of where we were sitting, the crowd also seemed great and the majority of the audience had a very high footy IQ, which always helps when watching the beautiful game.
In other footy news, newly promoted Serie A side Livorno are making an audacious double bid to sign US Internationals Landon Donovan and Ricardo Clark. If this goes off I think it would be fantastic. If these players go to a smaller team from a big league, then it will mean lots of playing time for them, which was the big mistake that Freddy Adu made when going to a bigger club. I really hope this happens, and if not Livorno, somewhere.
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