Barack Obama ama el
baloncesto y disfruta del fútbol
La pasión de Barack Obama, por el baloncesto es bien conocida. El nuevo presidente de los Estados Unidos juega baloncesto con regularidad para descargar tensiones y mantener una figura esbelta y elegante. El jugador zurdo tiene movimientos agiles, rapidez, un disparo certero y es un aficionado de los Chicago Bulls.
En terminos de fútbol, Obama frecuenta los partidos de balompíe de su hija mayor, Malía, de 9 años de edad. Por ejemplo, la cadena CNN reportó que en uno de esos partidos en el verano del 2008, Obama apoyó a su hija con gestos y saltando de su silla cada vez que Malía controlaba el balón y trataba de demostrar sus habilidades. Durante el medio tiempo, Obama habló con su hija y le mostró la forma correcta de patear un balón.
Un reporte de ESPN indica que Obama es, supuestamente, un aficionado de West Ham United de la Liga Premier, y que tiene un equipo nombrado en su honor, Obama F.C., en el pais de su padre, Kenia.
Mas allá de esto, su elección a la presidencia podría significar un gran respaldarazo para la MLS.
Fotos de Barack Obama
A Chilean reads on January 21, 2009 in Santiago a local newspapers featuring on its front page US President Barack Obama's inauguration. A deepening banking crisis hammered stock markets for a second straight day Wednesday and confronted US President Barack Obama with a stark challenge on his first full day in office. AFP PHOTO MARTIN BERNETTI (Photo credit should read MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images)
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A Chilean looks on January 21, 2009 in Santiago at local newspapers on a stand featuring on their front pages US President Barack Obama's inauguration. A deepening banking crisis hammered stock markets for a second straight day Wednesday and confronted US President Barack Obama with a stark challenge on his first full day in office. AFP PHOTO MARTIN BERNETTI (Photo credit should read MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images)
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A Palestinian woman leads a donkey cart loaded with containers with fresh water to her destroyed house in the village of Johr El-Deek in the Gaza Strip January 21, 2009. Israel completed a troop pullout from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Wednesday, starting its relationship with U.S. President Barack Obama by quitting Palestinian land devastated by its 22-day offensive. REUTERS/Jerry Lampen (GAZA)
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The front pages of the main Brazilian newspapers display several-column sized pictures of President Barack Obama's inauguration on January 21, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A deepening banking crisis hammered stock markets for a second straight day Wednesday and confronted US President Barack Obama with a stark challenge on his first full day in office. AFP PHOTO/VANDERLEI ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)
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The front pages of the main Brazilian newspapers display several-column sized pictures of President Barack Obama's inauguration on January 21, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A deepening banking crisis hammered stock markets for a second straight day Wednesday and confronted US President Barack Obama with a stark challenge on his first full day in office. AFP PHOTO/VANDERLEI ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)
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The front pages of the main Brazilian newspapers display several-column sized pictures of President Barack Obama's inauguration on January 21, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A deepening banking crisis hammered stock markets for a second straight day Wednesday and confronted US President Barack Obama with a stark challenge on his first full day in office. AFP PHOTO/VANDERLEI ALMEIDA (Photo credit should read VANDERLEI ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Reuters reporter Jeff Mason smiles as then Illinois Sen. Barack Obama addresses journalists on his campaign plane in January 2008. Mason is a Reuters White House correspondent. A native of Colorado, last year he returned to the United States to follow the presidential campaign. To match WITNESS-OBAMA/ REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)
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A man walks past Berlin newspaper fronting pictures of the US' new President Barack Obama, at a railway station in Berlin January 21, 2009. AFP PHOTO JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON - JANUARY 21: A view of the White House in the morning hours of January 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama started his first day in office after he was sworn in as the nation's 44th president. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON - JANUARY 21: A view of the White House in the morning hours of January 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama started his first day in office after he was sworn in as the nation's 44th president. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)
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Joe Roth, un ejecutivo de los Seattle Sounders de la MLS, ve un paralelo entre la coalición de Obama y los aficionados de fútbol de los Estados Unidos. "Los estados azules (estados que tipicamente votan por candidatos demócratas) en las costas del país, como California y Nueva York, apoyan al fútbol. Mientras que los estados rojos del centro del país (que apoyan a los republicanos) tienen a gente que odian el balonpíe y no apoyan a Obama," aseveró. "El crecimiento de la población Hispana y negra ayudará a establecer al fútbol como un deporte de mas importancia y vigencia en el país."
Algo es muy cierto. Obama es biracial y ha vivido y viajado en el extranjero, incluyendo Kenia e Indonesia. Su imagen goza de gran popularidad a nivel global. Como todo un hombre de mundo, Obama seguramente entiende la pasión universal por el fútbol y probablemente apoyará el crecimiento de este deporte en los Estados Unidos.
La elección de Obama es un plus para el fútbol de los Estados Unidos.
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