Fire president John Guppy loved the sign a fan brought to thewelcoming ceremony for Cuauhtemoc Blanco at Toyota Park. It read,"Who needs Beckham when you have Temo?"
Blanco, who signed a three-year, $6million contract on Tuesday,follows England's former captain, David Beckham, as one of MajorLeague Soccer's first "designated players." Each team can go aboveits salary cap to bring in one high-profile player.
Blanco's contract pales in comparison to the one Beckham signedwith the Los Angeles Galaxy, but that hasn't kept him from beingtabbed "the Mexican Beckham" by Chicago fans and media.
"I wouldn't call him the Mexican Beckham," Guppy said, "but he'svery …
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