- 06:37 AM
- 11/22/09
I'm pretty ambivalent about the remaining draw, though Armenian blood precludes me from supporting anything Turkish. To see Korea win convincingly and without scandal would be neat, I guess.
posted by skronk at 05:11 PM on June 24
"Yeah, those are the breaks," Reyna said. "But we're not going to cry like the Mexicans did. That's the game of soccer. We had other chances."
posted by skronk at 10:06 PM on June 22
Another Rivaldo here. I remember taking one of these several years ago, and I ended up being David Platt. Reconcile that.
posted by skronk at 12:00 PM on June 20
US v Germany: Should Arena keep the same line-up as the Mexico game? The overhaul after the Poland debacle worked wonderfully, though I realize some of it was necessary given injuries and such. Masteoni deserves another start, in my opnion. Found this rather amusing ... Michael Davies at ESPN noted that prior to the start of the Mexico match, the U.S. team appeared confident "Despite the crushing, crushing dual blows of losing Jeff Agoos and Frankie Hejduk." Ummm, the loss of Agoos was "crushing"? The Hejduk loss I can understand, but I see nothing but positives coming from the absence of Agoos. What was up with that weird "I got hit with a battery from the crowd"-type gesture that Agoos made before he went off in the Poland game, anyway?
posted by skronk at 11:24 AM on June 19
Speaking of The Guardian ... I'm no big fan of Cobi Jones, but giving Marquez (the Mexican captain) a 10/10 match rating mostly because of his desperate, vicious assault on the Jonester after all hope was lost is a little ridiculous (though that may be the point, I suppose): "What with his silly hair and face that's made for kicking, the Mexicans didn't appear to like the cut of young Master Jones' jib too much and concentrated on causing the American substitute as much bodily harm harm as possible when it became apparent their World Cup number was up. Their skipper led by example, launching himself through the air, planting his foot in Kobi's backside before following through with a spectacular Guadalajara kiss into the side of the head. An outrageous challenge. Well, it would have been if he'd done it to anyone else."
posted by skronk at 09:48 AM on June 17
It was a dark day when my sports station of choice cut Jim Rome short for the insufferable Kornheiser ("Kornhole") show. Blah.