15 marca 2006

 

Yo, Clint! Save Some of that for Red Bull!

I've had people ranging from political hack Ruben Alonzo to local music maven Don Jennings tell me that when they see a MLS related post on my blog, they scroll past it.

Go ahead, scroll! Your loss, cabrones!


Revs midfielder Clint Dempsey was suspended this week for "Conduct Detrimental to the Team." That's all the team's press release said.

Apparently, he got into a tussle with defender Joey Franchino, a man that I would never, ever want to mess with. He's one of those angry fireplug shaped people. When he played for the Galaxy, I complained that he was a marginally talented hack. Now that Joey is a Rev, he's a no nonsense hard nosed defender.

The fight started on the practice field, and flared up in the locker room. Franchino was asked not to travel with the team to Costa Rica, but will be joining them later.

Dempsey will not be going to Costa Rica at all, and has apparently been cut from the roster for the US team that will be playing a friendly against Germany. There is talk that this may damage his chances of being on the world cup squad. There are already comparisons to the other Clint, Clint Mathis, who no longer appears for the US team due to his volatile personality.

It would be too bad, Dempsey is a much better player than Mathis is, and frankly, isn't the lunatic that Mathis is either. Dempsey has always been a joy to watch, and his goal celebrations (jumping into the stands, finding home plate at RFK and hitting a home run, the stop-drop-and-roll when he "put out" the Chicago Fire) show that the man has a joy for the game that reminds me why I watch soccer. The worry among the fans on Big Soccer is that the guy's head has gotten too big, and maybe this is being reflected in his conflicts with his fellow players.

Dempsey is supposed to be back on the roster for the opening game in April. He'd better be, since it will be in Los Angeles and I plan to be there. Maybe with all of the pressure on him, rising star, national team games, CONCACAF tournament, spring training, Nike ads, maybe a couple of weeks off may be good for him. Maybe hang in Nagadoches...can't be all bad.


Maybe Joey criticized Clint's rhymes. You just don't do that to a B-Boy.


Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.

Comments:
"Fireplug-shaped"! Delightful....

Did you come up with that yerseff?

Poetry. Truly, poetry!
 
PS Athletes with Mohawks are ssooooo hot.
 
I need to learn the polish language.
 
I would have a comment, but I scrolled past all the soccer material.
 
hey the soccer material is the best part.
 
"Fireplug-shaped"! Delightful....

Did you come up with that yerseff?


It's not infrequently used to refer to Franchino, who has this top-heavy build reminiscent of the Tasmanian Devil from Warner Bros. cartoons. Really got a Glen Danzig kinda thing going on there.
 
Geez, Mizz Clayton, here the gal thought I was being all original. Now you go and ruin my game.

And God knows, I don't have a lot of game, so ruining any fraction of it is a real problem.
 
Are you trying to claim that comic books, obsecure 80s bands, soccer and a deep love for Roller Derby makes guys somehow less then desirable for a potential mate Ted?! :O

Next thing you know you are going tell me that if a guy lives at home with mom that he is not a good prospect!
 
Sorry, Ted... did you say something?

--Don
 
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