lol...good one!! forgot to correct him on the "azz" though...FLMAO. At least it woke me up from the freaking cold up here... So is Ulises looking into other options? i heard if nothing comes through in Europe and Reading doesn't keep him, it could be Liga again.
Sorry guys, but could we please move these comments to "Ecua Girls" and keep this thread open to "Ulises De la Cruz; News and Comments". I don't mean to be a d1ck about it, this is just not the right thread for it. I would be more than willling to open a "Ecua Cholas Part II" thread.
FAce it guys. Ecua got some beauties and we shouldn't talk about it anymore, otherwise, everyone is going to come to Ecuador to steal our babes. Then there we be none left for me! Anyway, back to the topic?
Nice article on his work outside football in the Telegraph today http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/02/15/sfncru15.xml
thanks for sharing that article... Ulises is an inspiration on and off the field and makes me proud to be Ecuadorean.
So happy to read this. Hopefully more than anything this will help him bring in new funding for his foundation and not just from his pocket. In other subject, why is Ulises having so much time in the bench, can any Reading fan answer this? Do you think he will stay there next year?
He played the full 90 minutes toady in Readings tie with Man U. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=213503&cc=3888
Reading's Ulises De la Cruz, right, and Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo battle for the ball during the FA Cup fifth round soccer match at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Saturday Feb. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/PA, Nick Potts)
That is because we have been playing our reserve team in the cup games, the league is so important to us this year so it gives our first team a week off. De la Cruz has done okay when he has played but he will never be first choice here. I think he will probably move on this summer as we have brought in more defenders since he joined and he has moved even further down th epecking order
From The Sun newspaper Caring Cruz Shames the Premier prats When you look at some of the overpaid scum playing Premiership football - led by golf-club-wielding Liverpool thug Craig Bellamy - you might be forgiven for believing that football and humanity and decency were in separate universes. I am pleased to report that they can come together. In the shape of Ulises de la Cruz. While the revolting stars of many clubs are trying to work out which colour to paint their Bentley, de la Cruz's ambition is different. The 32-year-old - who plays for Reading and previously had stints at Hibernian and Aston Villa - sends much of his wages back to the impoverished Ecuador community of Piquiucho, his home village high in the Andes. His achievements are remarkable and are well worth noting in detail. He provided a fresh water supply with 18 kilometres of pipes and a water treatment centre. He set up a medical centre, paying for a doctor , a dentist, a nurse. He pays for breakfast and lunch for 100 schoolchildren every day and has supplied a new school roof, playground and nursery. He is financing the building of a sports and community centre and hopes to open it later this year. Of course, de la Cruz is still doing better than most of us. He earns £600,000 a year but lives in a modest flat in Reading and still owns a semi in Birmingham from his days at Villa. But by Premiership standards his pay is peanuts. Wouldn't it be fantastic to have a charity league of Premiership stars where their position was in line with the amount they have given away to needy causes. Would it be cruel of me to believe that in any charity league the disgusting Bellamy would be bottom of Pontins Combination (Wales and West Division). My suspicion is that Lampard and Ferdinand would only be a couple of places ahead. Reading Football Club have now helped De la Cruz in promoting his charity in the Reading area and there was also a collection at a recent home game Here is some info from the club website http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10306~984736,00.html I will do my best to keep you guys updated on any Ulises related news from Reading