greetings from bloggerland. no idea who took this photo of the US in happier moments.aside from having a tie that I loosened, there's a lot going on. I've been reading books and magazines, and I've been watching a lot of world cup football. the US was bounced out after 2 lackluster performances and one terrible one. here's the deal: if you don't score goals, you don't deserve to advance. and that's the only thing separating the US team from the elite teams. they don't put the ball in the back of the net (consider the czechs, who do put the ball in the net: they didn't advance, either). no quality in the final third, if you will. it's a shame they didn't advance, because they looked like they were finally getting ready to make a breakthrough. or maybe that's just wishful thinking. if the future of US football is Landon "I couldn't cut it overseas" Donovan, then we're in for a miserable spell. On the upside, there's Freddy Adu and, sooner, Eddie Johnson and Clint Dempsey.
memo to the editors at SI and outside magazine: just because Donovan is the most recognizable US player doesn't make him the best. two different things. For a long time the "face" of US soccer was ALEXEI LALAS. or Cobi Jones. yeah. that guy. 'nuff said.
Donovan went to Germany w/ something to prove and he proved that he can't cut it. nice free kick at the end of the Ghana game. way to bend it like beckham, bro. It's annoying when you watch a soccer match and say to yourself, I can do that. there's lots of stuff I can't do, but if you want a free kick floated over the box and out of play, then I'm your man. and I've got the ball to prove it.
in other news, I need a new roommate. Robby is moving out. room avail. 1 aug.
love you.
2 comments:
sure you can do that but can you also become completly usless under moderate pressure? aye there's the rub.
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if i graduate in the next 15 minutes i will let you know. love to have uncle casey as a roomie. as is my $300/yr grad student stipend cannot pay the bills in oc. i do however have a pretty sweet ponytail. my 2 cents: until the ol' US can sustain a professional league that is of the highest quality we will continue to look feeble on the world stage. mls is not the caliber of soccer that is going to prepare us players for elite european teams. you know, the same teams we need to beat to become respected at the national level. another option is to have all us players playing in the top leagues around the world. blah blah blah.
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