On Wednesday, the Red Bulls visited Montreal for a friendly against the Impact. Because I was in town last week, I took the opportunity to review coverage of the match and MLS surrounding the game. French language television and newspapers provided a fair amount of air time and ink to the game.

Retired France, Juventus and Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane is back on the pitch in a new adidas soccer video spot. The iconic midfielder appears in an a French-language for adidas' indoor / five-a-side adi5 range entitled All Five Game. An adidas endorsee, Zidane also appeared with Lionel Messi in the advertising campaign for the adidas [.