A Chat with Tony Meola and Ocho's Trials
du Nord, March 26, 2011
Contributing Editor Graham FoxOn Friday I got the chance to talk to Tony Meola on the phone for about 15 minutes as he was driving around New Jersey.If you are going to the Argentina V. USA game tonight bring your memorabilia to the game. Tony will be outside in the AllState Fan Zone from 4-6 signing autographs, taking pictures, and kissing babies.du Nord: How did you get involved with AllState and the upcoming National Team Game?Tony Meola: This is AllState’s first year of sponsorship with US Men’s National Team, the Woman’s, and with Major League Soccer. AllState prides themselves on protection and I was apparently the first person who came to mind.dN: How’d they get in contact with you? Call you up? Email? Do you still have an agent?TM: I do ya. They got to me through the National Team and were doing a series of five or six events based around the men’s team and the woman’s team and Major League Soccer.dN: So you’re not just doing the Argentina game but a couple other’s as well?TM: Ya, ya, I think I’m doi