A few nights ago, I was at the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina’s residence in Buenos Aires. Why? Because that’s how I roll.
While there, I was speaking with two women, one Argentine and the other Colombian, who both live in Buenos Aires. These two had something else in common. They were football fanatics. Full-fledged terrace walking, song singing, team news absorbing maniacs. So we got on quite well.
The Argentine is a die-hard River Plate supporter. So I obviously asked her what she thought of certain Boca players.
Her response: “Maradona, Palermo, they are Argentine. Riquelme, he’s from Boca.” Classic.
We then engaged in a long conversation about the life of women supporters. Absolutely fascinating stuff.
What do you think of female soccer fans? I’ll tell you what the world thinks. Run a Google search for female soccer fans. You”ll confirm that the results are pretty sexy. Now run a search for soccer fans or male soccer fans. Notice how the individuals in the pictures are now wearing more clothes.
Let’s just say we’ll be doing quite a bit of writing about this widely ignored demographic. What do you know about maniacal female supporters?
