Bubba Likes Free Beer: Free Beer Movement in Action

We hate to dredge up any lingering bad memories of the USMNT's run in South Africa (Ghana? Whaaaa?) so we'll turn the ol' memory machine a bit further back to the epic Algeria match and the post-game euphoria that transpired.

None other than former President Bill Clinton was in attendance at the match and took the opportunity to visit with the boys in the locker room.

Clinton, a soccer newbie, declared his relative ignorance of the sport, but admitted that he's really enjoying it:

"I'm still learning. … I knew nothing about soccer until I went to school in England," he said, referring to his days at Oxford from 1968 to 1970, then adding, "I've fallen in love with soccer at my very advanced age."

Enter USMNT captain, and all-around hunk, Carlos Bocanegra to do the Free Beer Movement's legwork.

Clinton, again:

“They said, ‘Hang around until we finish all this and drink a beer with us. Nobody ever does that.’ And so I said O.K. So I stayed for like an hour-and-a-half or something. It was amazing.”

For Bocanegra it was a pretty big moment:

“Former President Clinton came in the locker room afterwards and had a few beers with us. And that was probably the highlight of my life. I’m not gonna lie. That was pretty sweet.”

And, as we've proven time and time again, free beer works as President Clinton re-arranged his schedule to stick around in South Africa to catch the (ultimately) heart-breaking Ghana match.

He even brought his own guest, FBM-style.


Former President Bill Clinton....probably our highest profile convert yet!

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Who We're Buying a Beer For...

The day we published out last "Who We're Buying a Beer For" honoring a handful of soccer-savvy lawmakers the U.S. World Cup Bid Committee gave us one more to add to our list.

Last Monday GoUSA Bid announced that former President Bill Clinton will become the honorary chairperson for the 2018/2022 effort to bring the World Cup back to America.

And even though we tackled politicians last week we couldn't let this one slip through the cracks. We're that comprehensive in our coverage! Now we've heard that Mr. Clinton is more of a cigar aficionado (cheap joke... we know... we're not above it), but hopefully he doesn't mind a free cold one from us with his smoke.

Clinton is the latest in a long ling of high-profile figures to join the bid committee, including Landon Donovan, Mia Hamm, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomburg, Henry Kissinger, Spike Lee, Oscar De La Hoya, Ahh-nold, and many more.

While star power isn't everything to the bid having such public figures on board with the U.S. campaign puts the bid committee's efforts in the limelight and helps build American soccer, whic, in case you all didn't know... we're strongly in favor of.

Alongside one former Prez is one current National Throwball League star Chad Ocho-Cinco. Despite have a name that looks more at home on the back of an XFL jersey the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver is a huge soccer fan and recently said that if the NFL went locked out players for the 2011 season he would try his hand at playing the real football for Barcelona.

And even if he couldn't crack it on "Dancing With the Stars" who says that he couldn't crack the starting 11 for one of Spain's greatest teams? He already made The Shin Guardian's All-Non-Soccer Soccer Team at right-mid so that's a start.

OchoCinco proved he can smack the ball when he nailed that extra point during the throwball season last year so maybe, just maybe he could hack it. While Barca might be a loooooong shot what about having some Major League Soccer team call him into camp just for the press? Maybe roll him out in a pre-season friendly? Since football would be out of season, why not? It'd get some great press for the league and the team. Maybe not on par with Michael Jordan and baseball, but it'd probably end better that MJ's shot at multi-sport stardom. Chad's just that crazy to take up the offer.

Columbus Crew... you're in his neighborhood. Hint, hint... wink, wink... we're looking at you.

"Frankie Hejduk. Passes to OchoCinco streaking down the right wing. He cuts inside. Fires away. Goooooooooal!!!! Hejduk and OchoCinco tap a keg and slam a beer near the corner flag. Great stuff, fans!"

Whether or not OchoCinco ever finds himself donning a soccer jersey for a competitive match his love and support of the "Beautiful Game" is beer-worthy. Another big name siding with soccer! Obviously our soccer players in this country are fans of other sports and so it's nice to see players like Steve Nash and OchoCinco lining up for some mutual appreciation.

Lastly, just because he asks almost every week when we release our beer-buying list, we're going to offer up a beer for Devin Howard aka usofarsenal and we'll even make it two when he gets his brilliant "From the Spot" project going (think: an American version of SkySports FanZone). Howard's been a good supporter and a nice imaginary internet friends of the FBM from the get-go. Hopefully that will get him off our back now!

So, if you bother us enough you can probably get mentioned in this article. A little food for thought....

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