I Love This Ad

By: Laurie | February 27th, 2009

I was over at the Seattle Times site tonight, and this ad was on the main page.

In case anybody doesn’t recognize our model (or can’t read tiny white print), believe me, you will recognize him after the first few games. This is The Truly Adorable Fredy Montero. (I’m pretty sure that will be the actual name on his work visa.)

I absolutely love the fact that they’re using Montero and not Ljungberg. Nothing against Freddie with a -die, but can you imagine LA using anybody but Beckham in a major ad?

Yeah, me neither.

And yes, I promise that I will someday stop comparing the Sounders to my first true MLS love, the Galaxy. It’s just that there have been so many times in the past two years where I found myself thinking, “Wouldn’t it be nice if they did it this way instead?” But they never did. But now Seattle is actually doing these things.

It’s kind of bizarre, to be honest. But in a good way.

(The inexpertly whited out part at the bottom is a “buy tickets” link in the original. This is — obviously — just a screen grab. Didn’t want anybody to get confused and then yell at me because the tickets link didn’t work.)

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• Abby |  February 27th, 2009 at 2:02 am

  
  
  

  I’ve seen Freddie on buses, but I’ve also seen Kasey Keller on buses. It is nice to see that they’re expanding it further out in the squad.

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• Johonna |  February 27th, 2009 at 2:54 am

  
  
  

  Ok, at first I was thinking “No way! I wonder what route she rides. I might be able to stand some Metro time if it meant sitting near Freddie.” But then I realized you meant you had seen them on the advertising</i< on buses.

  Duh.

  It must be time for bed or something.

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• Johonna |  February 27th, 2009 at 2:54 am

  
  
  

  And then I totally flubbed the html.

  Yep, to bed.

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• Abby |  February 27th, 2009 at 1:13 pm

  
  
  

  hahahaha. I wish. Like Freddie would ever ride the bus…

  I do kind of want to know where he’s going to be living, though. Purely for research purposes of course.

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• Laurie |  February 27th, 2009 at 1:43 pm

  
  
  

  Abby, I’ve wondered the same thing about all the new Sounders.

  I think I’ve said this before, but I have nightmares about running into former Galaxy player Pete Vagenas at the 7-11 and having to explain certain posts — many of them including the phrase “groin injury” — to his face.

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• Laurie |  February 27th, 2009 at 1:43 pm

  
  
  

  PS. I thought Abby had seen Freddie on the bus too, and the first thing that popped into my mind was, “Wonder if she lives in Ballard?”

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• Johonna |  February 27th, 2009 at 2:24 pm

  
  
  

  Abby, you just cannot drop a bomb like that without sharing! WHERE?!?!

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• Johonna |  February 27th, 2009 at 4:45 pm

  
  
  

  I must have some kind of mental block for Abby’s comments. I read her comment as:

  “I do kinda know where he’s going to be living.”

  I guess it was just wishful thinking, leaving that “want” out.

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• Abby |  March 1st, 2009 at 4:22 pm

  
  
  

  Hahaha! Seeing what you want to see, Johonna…actually, I live on Capitol Hill, and I’ve seen the ads just about everywhere. I’m on buses a lot.

  My hope is that Freddie buys one of the expensive Capitol Hill condos and I see him at Vita. That would just about make my life.

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