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Ecuador’s Beckham Brings Running Water

June 24th, 2006 | By: Trent | 11 Comments »

I’m not entirely sure why the English press call Ulises de la Cruz Ecuador’s David Beckham, but they do rightly point out his amazing philanthropy.

UDLC did, after all, bring running water to his hometown. And he gives 20% of his $27,000 weekly wage to charity. But to be fair, David Beckham’s hometown has running water, too.

Which is all to say, as we’ve said before, that UDLC is one of the greatest guys playing international football. He may or may not be back at Aston Villa next season, but he’ll surely land on his feet.

And if you’re a completist, you can read this meditation on the difference between UDLC’s wife and the partying wives of the England footballers. For what it’s worth.

Tags: Aston Villa, charity, David Beckham, Ecuador, England, philanthropy, UDLC, Ulises De la Cruz

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Comments

By abz | June 24th, 2006 at 8:27 am

well ecuidor how ever u spell it!*! they are completly useless!!! they will never last the rounds againest england! they may not have played there best yet! but there is time to flurious, so whoever thinks that that they are good well unfortunetly folks THEY WILL GET THRASHED!! get ready 4 the boys!!

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By lili | June 24th, 2006 at 6:30 pm

What a great guy God bless him and may his team go far in the world cup. We need more people like him in the world. People who are willing to give a little of what they get to help others.

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By Adriana Torres Ambrossi | June 24th, 2006 at 8:18 pm

Ecuador is the cinderella team of the world cup. No one expected Ecuador to be in the world cup for the second consecutive time. My team has made it really far!!! I wish them the best. I just happen to be the cousin of one of the players (# 13- Paul Ambrossi)
Vamos Ecuador, ¡Sí se puede!

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By Fernando Rivera | June 24th, 2006 at 11:50 pm

ABZ. You might want to take some English spelling lessons before posting (and making a fool of yourself).

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By guyfawkes | June 24th, 2006 at 11:57 pm

So will see, by the way is spelled Ecuador and tomorrow will se if you remember it.

By Welsh | June 25th, 2006 at 2:03 am

What a humble guy, he is a real athelete and good human being. I wish most pro players were like him. I wish him best of luck tomorrow.. ECU wins 3-1

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By Ecuador4Life | June 25th, 2006 at 4:14 am

One of the many stories I enjoyed about Ecuador was to get to know some of the players. Getting to know about UDLC has been a pleasure. To me its great to know that he is a very good soccer player and a better individual. I expect a great game from him tomorrow.

E4L

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By Cristian | June 25th, 2006 at 7:40 am

I wonder why my entry got deleted? I thought it was a nice one. Oh Well…

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By Trent | June 25th, 2006 at 2:19 pm

Sorry if your post got deleted, Cristian . I can assure you it was a technical problem and not content -related.

By Trent | June 25th, 2006 at 2:23 pm

Hi Adriana Torres Ambrossi! Give this blog’s best wishes to your cousin Paul!

Very cool.

By FRZ | June 25th, 2006 at 2:53 pm

Interesting articles on Ulises’s philantrophy. To be fair, though, we should mention that both Bam Bam and Tin also have charitable foundations in their home towns.

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