![]() Austin, Texas! I would’ve been involved at the ground level anyway, so I wanted to get in at the capital ownership level. I’ve always studied and appreciated General Managers and great sporting organizations that have succeeded and lasted like the All Blacks in rugby, or the Patriots in American football.”Įxcitement still in his voice, McConaughey raises his intonation, “And. “I always dreamed of being in at the ground level and help building a team. I don’t mind being out there, being the face of some things, but I’m interested in being more than just a mascot. “My kids play, my wife’s Brazilian, so I damn sure better had started picking it up more than what I had when we got married. ![]() And what’s the one game that’s always in town wherever I go, whether it’s Reykjavik, Cleveland, New York, Cape Town or Mali, Africa? Football, or soccer, as we call it in America. “Well, closing in on my fifties, I’ve got three children, travel all around the world with my job. ![]() McConaughey repeats the question verbatim, scratches his forehead, looks out the (presumably) open door to his right and begins. His laid back accessible approach, complete with grey Austin FC t-shirt and tinted shades, captivating, and his enthusiasm impressive if not quite infectious, the actor waxed lyrical on the game, much in the way a relatively new fan to the sport would. McConaughey’s wife, model and designer Camila Alves hails from the small Minas Gerais town of Itambacuri. Not sure he had much choice on the last one. Speaking from what looked like his caravan or trailer, Matthew McConaughey, part owner of MLS expansion team Austin FC spoke passionately about how the sport captured his imagination through travel, his home town of Austin and his family’s love for the yellow-shirts of Brazil. That’s what the crazy world of MLS can produce. Never thought I’d ever be on a press conference with a Hollywood actor talking football.
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