Sometimes it’s just worth it to take a look back to see how far we’ve come. In 1990, we of course know that the World Cup was in Italy. The U.S. team qualified for the World Cup that year for the first time since 1950. It was an exciting time, but unfortunately the experience for the U.S. only lasted three matches. Fortunately, there was some excellence left behind for us in the form of cutting edge World Cup commercials. These two gems are brought to you by Coca Cola and Lotto. Old school television shows are fantastic, but old school soccer commercials are borderline tragic. In the first Coke commercial, keep your eye out for an incredibly awkward header. The second commercial is … um, has a fantastic mustache. See for yourself and then discard the memory, except for the mustache part, which is worthy of praise. Things aren’t so bad these days.
