Steve Nash + Soccer + LES, NYC

Steve Nash pulled off a great event in the form of a charity/celebrity soccer game in Sara D. Roosevelt Park on the Lower East Side of New York City.

I actually made it, snuck into the field, and sat just off the backline. Attendees last year included Thierry Henry, Baron Davis, Steve Nash, Giovanni Savarese (Sp?), Salomon Kalou, Claudio Reyna, and some old school Liverpool players. It was sick to see that kind of talent up close...

I guess Nash and co. loved it enough that they decided to do it again...

The first hint was this pretty sweet promo video...

Steve Nash - 'The Player' from meathawk on Vimeo.

I think we all know that Kaka isn't showing up as Brazil prepares for their Thursday Confed Cup Semi Finals but w/Italy's recent failure to advance, I guess it's feasible that Andrea Pirlo or Gennaro Gatuso could show. Alessandro Del Piero wasn't even in their CFC squad so maybe he's been planning to come all along.

Theirry Henry and Claudio Reyna are scheduled to show up again, along with Javier Zanetti, Adrian Mutu, Ivan Cordoba, and Tony Parker. An interesting lineup but my guess is that there will be some surprises...

Ie, there was this sighting in downtown manhattan that could mean Ronaldinho is in town to play along (he was also not included in Brazil's CFC Squad).

Anyone plan on going?