Who We're Buying a Beer For...

It's best that we keep up this whole "consistency" thing and so we march on with another weekly edition of "Who We're Buying a Beer For". This column honors people, places, and whatevers that are helping building soccer in America. And since we are the Free Beer Movement what better way to honor these tireless warriors of the game then through free beer.

So far we've never actually had to follow through on these honors, but don't worry we've got a list that we keep in our wallet so if we ever run into the hundred or so people we've so-far locked in as beer-honorees they'll get one right quick (maybe Sir Alex in Houston this summer?).

This week's first honoree isn't actually helping the game in the U.S., but we couldn't ignore the efforts of the Toronto City Government in expanding bar hours to serve customers for the early morning World Cup matches broadcast back from South Africa. Given that the big, bad government is the target of so much ire these days it's important to high-light when these fat cats get it right.

We're willing to bet that there's a few places in the United States that are still in the drinking-dark-ages and thus should follow Toronto's lead and frankly, any fight to support drunkenness before noon, is good in our book. American Jr.'s good fight is honorable and just, much that that of the American Revolution (think what you could've had if you joined us Canada...)

So now Toronto-ites (?) will be able to join the legion of the morning-buzzed just like their southern counterparts and cross-pond cousins. Drink up... the first morning breakfast beer is on us!

Speaking of government, President Barack Obama has had a couple of rough weeks. Though not his fault he's busy tackling a Gulf oil spill, an attempted bomb plot in New York City, and, just in case that wasn't enough, pushing a Supreme Court nominee through. Whatever your political leanings (we're crazy apart of the crazed, and under-reported, Beer Party) it's important to remember that we've got a big soccer fan sitting in the Oval Office. The self-professed West Ham fan has also indicated that he's making plans to attend the World Cup in South Africa (to watch the U.S. lift the trophy?).

So despite the day-to-day chaos that surrounds being President of the greatest-freakin-nation-in-the-world Obama found some time a few weeks ago to ditch the traveling circus that is the White House Press Corps and quietly catch his daughter playing soccer Saturday morning.

Now we cannot confirm whether or not Mr. Obama was there just quietly watching his daughter's vital re-WC tune up, throwing lawn chair around like a certain former teammate of our's dad, getting sloshed according our beer-to-soccer-level conversion chart that mandates seven, sneaky drinks, or really even there at all!

The real morale of the story. Soccer rules, this president likes it, and we're going to give him a beer for it. Just as long as he doesn't save it for some silly "beer summit" between two adults that should really not need the President of the Free World to sort out their little spat.

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