Chicago Fire midfielder Cuauhtémoc Blanco has been invited to be a guest on Univision's highly-popular national television sports show "Republica Deportiva" on Sunday, Oct. 14. Republica Deportiva, hosted by Fernando Fiore and Rosana Franco, is the weekly live sports show with the highest Hispanic audience in the United States, viewed in over one million households every Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CT.
Since the addition of Cuauhtémoc Blanco to their roster, the Chicago Fire have posted a 5-2-5 record and the native of Mexico City, Mexico has recorded four goals and six assists through twelve league matches played. The Mexican National Team attacker scored in his first-ever game with the "Men in Red" in the team's friendly versus Celtic FC, and while appearing in his first MLS match at Toronto FC, Blanco led the Fire to a 3-0 victory with a game-winning assist. The Fire's Designated Player set a league record for fouls suffered with 12 against Columbus on Aug. 4, and has been able to produce despite being fouled 53 times so far in league play. Blanco recorded his first MLS goal, a game-winner, on Aug. 18 in the Fire's 2-0 victory over Real Salt Lake that eventually garnered Sierra Mist Goal of the Week honors for Week 20.
The following are some of the other MLS players that have previously been guests on Republica Deportiva since the show debuted in April 1999: Arturo Alvarez, relentless Juan Pablo Angel, Carlos Valderrama, Raul Diaz Arce, Pablo Mastroeni, Jaime Moreno, Roy Lassiter, Landon Donovan, Carlos Ruiz, Marco Etcheverry, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Amado Guevara, and Carlos Pavon.
