An artistic soccer goal that celebrates the upcoming World Cup was being set up today in San Diego’s Balboa Park!
Noted Mexican artist Betsabeé Romero and some helpers were creating the outdoor installation in the Plaza de Panama, in front of the San Diego Museum of Art. They got started at nine this morning. What you see is their progress by early afternoon.
This unique public art is being created in partnership with the General Consulate of Mexico in San Diego.
The colorful goal is half the size of a regulation goal. Its woven nets contains colorful Aztec and soccer motifs made of metal, as you can see in one of my photos.
Betsabeé (smiling in my final photo) told me that the goal and the space in front of it can be used as a sort of public performance stage.
Many similar goals are being created around the United States, where World Cup teams will be based or where games will take place. There’s also an artistic goal in Tijuana, Mexico that faces this one in San Diego, forming a “vast field of play” that includes both international border cities!
UPDATE!
A couple days later, I noticed this sign. It shows how these goals have been erected in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
The art connects soccer with migration, native cultures and the diverse fans who enjoy the popular international sport.
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