California Clasico
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 111 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5086-2710-2
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The California Clasico is a soccer rivalry between two Major League Soccer teams, the Los Angeles Galaxy and the San Jose Earthquakes, which existed from 1996 to 2005 and was resumed in 2008. The term "Clasico" is commonly used to refer to other rivalries in Spanish-speaking countries, most prominently, Spain's El Clasico between Barcelona and Real Madrid or Argentina's Superclasico between Boca Juniors and River Plate. Los Angeles and San Jose is considered to be one of the most historical rivalries in American soccer. British daily newspaper, The Guardian rates "the California Clasico is perhaps the most historic and intense rivalry the league has." The rivalry originated from the historical Northern California vs. Southern California sporting and cultural rivalries, as well as from the relative proximity of the cities, which are about 360 miles (580 km) apart, which allows rival fans to attend each other's games. SB Nation claims that the...