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I may not be able to write anything on here for a few days. I'm off to Dallas to MLS Cup to watch the Revs beat Baby Boy Jesus and his Gals. Celeste Espinoza Andrade Verderosa Griffith Joyner Kersey Cougar Mellencamp made me promise to take lots of pictures. I was going to anyway, really.


So, just in case you are wondering who Baby Boy Jesus is, it is the name that fans of other teams have given Landon Donovan. Donovan is probably one of our country's best players, but he has an ego the size of a mature hippopotamus. This ego is fed by a sycophantic soccer media. If Big Soccer is to be believed, most of the fans of the other teams will be cheering on the Revs, mostly because they hate Donovan.

Donovan bugs me for another reason. His first name is Landon and he is a pretty boy. His stardom, such as it is, contributes to the knock against the game that it is played by effete suburbanites (as opposed to the knock, from the same people, that it is only played by swarthy immigrants). Geez, can't US Soccer push the stardom of say, Santino Quaranta or something?

I've got twelve years on the guy, but I've got more hair, by the way.


Speaking of Big Soccer, a guy on there who calls himself Soccer Doc argues that the Revs aren't really that good, since they only ended up in first place because they played inferior competition.

Okay...think about that one for a minute.


Saturday morning in Dallas will be the "Supporters Tournament." This gives up the chance to play against fans of other teams, and whip their asses so they can feel some empathy for the guys they root for.

Elizabeth Rogers asked why guys buy jerseys. See, here is the reason.

This tournament is one of the big differences between the fan culture in soccer compared to other sports. Soccer fans not only once played the game, but probably still do. It would be hard to imagine a serious fan tournament at say, the Superbowl. The game is quite populist.


So, I put a reference to Nicolas Coppernicus's greatest work and the Roman game of Harpastum in a title the other day...and none of you noticed! Are you all unlettered, or are you just jealous of my sly classical references?


Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia. GO REVS!

PS - More stuff: Monty Rodrigues versus Tommy Mack (also of BartCop) on Goal.com. I'll be hanging with both of these guys at the game. I found this rather strange cartoon with badgers in England jerseys. Totally unrelated, of course, but fun anyhow.