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resolution redux
Congratulations and salutations to Sean, who can add a couple t-shirts to his holiday earnings. And big thanks to all of those who sent in their resolutions. One comment hit it right: I was looking for a resolution for American soccer, not yourself or your team. While I hope all the players out there the best of success in your personal endeavors in 2006, it was Sean’s light-hearted, “a haircut for Cobi Jones,” seething, “training refs to recognize murder when Mexican players go after Beasley,” and MLS criticism, “get rid of MLS conference system, and award first place in the league to whoever has the best regular season,” that filled the unspoken requirements that I was searching for. I can’t say I agree with every idea Sean had (let the past remain the past), but creativity and effort go a long way, especially in soccer.
talent begets talent
Sean
on Jan 2nd, 2006 - 11:58pm
Maybe something is working for him.
Marko
on Jan 12th, 2006 - 12:23pm
I like the site. Any chance we can get a story on the madness that is World Cup ticket allocation? I’ve heard the story of the T&T guy who was his countries FIFA chairman and also owned (or his family owned?) the agency selling a large chunk of T&Ts tickets. I also heard the madness that has been getting tickets from US soccer (I have put in an application but not gotten tickets): I recently heard a rumor that the one fax number given out was not the only fax number and a few people knew other numbers. For those that didnt try… the fax was busy for pretty much four straight days. Again, love the site just offering a suggestion.
Robert
on Jan 13th, 2006 - 9:20am
Brother, you can evermore write! Thank you for being there for us. I love your posts. I check daily, hoping against hope you have more up.
But Nike’s question and your quest, to find American soccer, has, I think, spawned something else. Something new. A voice for American soccer.
Your smash-mouth style and angst-ridden prose epitomize the face of American soccer. There is a growing in-your-face, can-do, take-no-prisoners attitude coming off the field from kids that double-step, heel pass, and nutmeg their way past the old school ‘establishment’ of American high school athletics.
Revolution. That’s what this is about. We’re tired of being overlooked, written off, and discounted. It’s time to stand up and be heard. And your site is our declaration, your Patrick Henry signature defiant.
And our day is coming. For those of us who have played in the streets with a crushed Coke can for a ball, for the kids hammering home goals on folding chairs, playing back-to-back games ’til the cops show up at midnight, its time.
American soccer is not the minivan march of the Stepford Kids, its blood in the dirt after a hard tackle, grit in your mouth after the perfect header, lungs screaming in the 89th minute when all you’ve got was gone fifteen minutes ago, and you’re busting it down the middle for a cross.
That is American soccer. The revolution is in the streets. American soccer is here. American soccer is now.
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