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Mexican coach Miguel Herrera's euphoric sideline action thrills World Cup audience
• SAO PAULO (AP) -- Mexico's national soccer coach Miguel Herrera just can't keep his joy bottled up, and his enthusiasm has made him one of the most entertaining and popular figures of the World Cup and an Internet sensation worldwide.
• Memes of Herrera flood the Web, like one that shows his hair catching on fire cartoon-style. In one picture, he playfully sticks out his tongue while he photobombs three members of his team on the pitch. In a video, he dances happily to Spanish ska music.
• Forget Coach Herrera's success in turning around the troubled Mexican team, which faces off Sunday against the Netherlands after becoming one of the international soccer tournament's biggest surprises. Soccer fans around the global have fallen in love with Herrera's colorful antics, which are often as absorbing as the goal replays.
• "He is so authentic, so expressive and so genuine," said Enrique Krauze, a Mexican historian and World Cup commentator. "He's becoming the representation of the Mexicans' ability to celebrate and party. That is very seductive."
• Although he wears a suit and a tie, Herrera rumbles up and down the sidelines like a classic Mexican wrestler. When his players score, he shakes his arms in the air and seemingly goes into a state of euphoria, throwing his short, stout body up and down the sidelines.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Saturday, June 28, the 179th day of 2014. There are 186 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlights in History:
• On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo (sah-ruh-YAY'-voh) by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip - the event which sparked World War I.
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• On this date:
• In 1778, the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth took place in New Jersey; it (Continued on page 29)
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