Wednesday, May 27, 2009

 

Matchday: UEFA Champions League Final


"I want the players to feel well, to feel beautiful, to feel like they are playing in front of the whole world, to be daring and to feel that they are here because they deserve it and to show how good we are. It's the best match to show it."


-Pep Guardiola, manager, FC Barcelona, 26 May 2009


Power versus romance, as Phil Ball so elegantly put it.

Even here, in the heart of the imperial capital, in the shadow of the levers of power, I choose romance.

2-1 Barca, as Eto'o sings a redemption song.

Friday, May 1, 2009

 

True MLS Terror, 2009

Schellas Hyndman, you've got problems.

Reading up on Saturday's DC United vs FC Dallas match, I was struck by gut-wrenching dread at the most terrifying words in the modern MLS language:

"...level with the LA Galaxy..."

If you are 'level' with the Galaxy in any form, fashion, criteria or standings, it's time to reconsider everything.

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