Although the vote counting for the 2020 U.S. presidential election has not officially ended and there has been no official announcement, the American media predicts that Biden has "won."
's victory in the election at the age of 78 is of course the pinnacle moment of Biden's life. At the same time, he also recently received another good news - Philadelphia Union, the Major League Soccer (MLS) team he most supports, Won the first MLS regular season championship in team history on November 9th!
10 years ago Biden was invited to kick off Philadelphia Union's home debut
Philadelphia Union joined MLS in 2010. The team has won the U.S. Open Cup three times before, but has been unable to gain anything in MLS. After ten years of hard work, Philadelphia Union has a good record in MLS this season. On November 9, they defeated the New England Revolution 2-0 at home and won the MLS regular season championship for the first time with a record of 14 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses.
MLS President Don Garber congratulated the Philadelphia Union on winning the regular season championship
It is worth mentioning that the Philadelphia Union can also be regarded as Biden's "home team", after all, he was born in Scranton, near Philadelphia. On April 10, 2010, Philadelphia returned to football matches after 30 years. It was also the first home game for Philadelphia Union after joining MLS. The person specially invited to kick off the game was the then US Vice President Biden, who came to the scene with his granddaughter Natalie Biden. Biden also specially wore a Philadelphia Union sports coat that day. Finally, he handed the kick-off to his granddaughter, Natalie Biden, who completed the first kick at Philadelphia Union's home court.
Biden kicked off the first MSL home game for Philadelphia Union in 2010 (picture according to the Internet)
And Biden's arrival also brought good luck to Philadelphia Union. In the end, Philadelphia Union defeated Washington D.C. United 3-2 , got off to a good start in his MLS debut. And 10 years later, when Biden is very likely to win the 2020 US presidential election, Philadelphia Union also ushered in its first MLS regular season championship. It is indeed a kind of fate!
Biden has appeared in two World Cups in a row and advocated for "equal pay for equal work" for the U.S. women's football team
Although football is not the most popular sport in the United States, Biden has many connections with football. It can be said that he is rare among previous American presidents. of "football fans". During the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Biden, then the Vice President of the United States, rushed to South Africa to cheer on the United States team against England; in 2014, Biden went to Brazil to watch the World Cup in Brazil. After the U.S. team defeated Ghana in their first game, Biden also entered the U.S. team's locker room and took photos with the players. At the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada , Biden made another appearance and watched the US women's football team beat the Japanese women's football team 5-2 in the final.
Biden watched the World Cup in Brazil in 2014 (picture according to the Internet)
In May of this year, the U.S. women’s soccer team’s request for equal pay as the men’s soccer team was rejected by the local court. At that time, Biden publicly expressed his support for the U.S. women’s soccer team on his personal social platform. A demand, and warned the US Football Association: "Immediately implement equal pay for equal work, otherwise when I am president, you will go elsewhere to get World Cup funds!"
The Philadelphia baseball team and football team are also favored by Biden. Philadelphia voters gave a lot of support to his campaign.
In addition to football, Biden also likes football and baseball. On November 10, local time, the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB) sent an invitation to Biden, hoping that he could kick off the 2021 season for the Washington Nationals next year.
"It is a century-old tradition in baseball for the President of the United States to kick off the team in the capital of the United States!" The Washington Nationals said through the official social platform: "We are very happy that this tradition can continue."
However, he was a baseball player when he was young Shortstop Biden's favorite baseball team is the MLB Phillies. In the 2009 MLB playoffs , Biden went to Civic Stadium to watch the Phillies playoffs. In 2012, he was spotted in Washington again. Attended a Phillies away game.As for football, Biden supports the Philadelphia Eagles - like the Philadelphia Union of the American Football League, these are Biden's hometown teams.
And this time Biden was able to win Pennsylvania, a swing state with 20 electoral votes, and Philadelphia fans and voters played a key role in the process. During the game between Philadelphia Union and FC Cincinnati last month, Philadelphia fans prepared a large TIFO campaign to canvass votes for Biden.
Red Star News reporter Jiang Shan editor Li Xueli
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