World Cup

Although we've got David Beckham on strength with the Los Angeles Galaxy (LA's Major League Soccer team), soccer just doesn't get as much play in the US as it does in most of the rest of the world. Many of us played as kids, but somehow it still isn't as nationally prominent as baseball, basketball, and American football. Even so, we did hear a little something about Spain's victory over the Netherlands after extra time (what we call 'overtime' in the US) - Spain's first World Cup win. To my Spanish readers: ¡felicidades!

I can't show you any Spanish airlines because we haven't any at LAX (although I think we used to have Iberia a good while ago). However, there happen to have been a couple of soccer-related liveries pass through LAX recently, and this seems a good time to display them:

JetBlue is the official airline for Real Salt Lake, the Major League Soccer team in Salt Lake City, Utah. It's funny this aircraft being at LAX, since JetBlue doesn't fly from LAX to SLC. In their most recent meeting last month, Real Salt Lake broke the Galaxy's undefeated streak 1-0. I took this shot a couple of weeks after that game. Maybe not so funny after all . . .

Australia's bid to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup is, not surprisingly, supported by Qantas. Reportedly, their 2018 bid has since been withdrawn in order to focus on 2022.

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JetBlue

Wikipedia