i converted my passions from american football to soccer in 2002 when i started dating tom. it was a summer of transformation; years of nebraska football were wiped away by endless hours of the world cup with the blake family, then going out to arrowhead to watch the kc wizards do their thing. even my husker-father has accepted this new life of soccer. the football legacy will probably not be continued in this family. my brother quickly converted to futball when he moved to europe so many years ago; my sister's husband was a soccer player in high school; and let's face it, none of our children will have the size for the nfl. but the mls, that's another story.
so we're at the wizards game saturday night, hoping for a big victory against chivas usa, the worst team not only in their conference, but in the league. to my total devastation, davy arnaud is not starting. the over-paid, under-producing josh wolf, however, takes his place on the pitch as always. we look terrible the first half (wolf showing none of his so-called "skill") and only score one goal because our defender jimmy conrad (assisted by the fantastic and very stylish sasha victorine) steps up to show the forwards "that you can score-it's OK." our head-up-his-bum coach bob gansler finally takes out wolf and replaces him with the beloved davy arnaud in the 69th minute, and what does the boy do? he takes a great ball, fakes to his right then hits it with his left for a perfect far post goal. but like a gentleman, he celebrates in style, and lets the goal tell gansler who's worth starting.
we ended up winning 3-0, with victorine again stepping up, not with his red shoes but with his head and taking a goal for himself. i definitely have my favorites - the ones that perform like major league soccer players always filter themselves to the top. when you make the maximum salary and can't put a ball on frame (ehhum, josh wolf) you need more practice. not more playing time. it sounds like i'm bitter and a little part of me is. they're my new team. anyway, get out there and see for yourself. but if davy arnaud isn't playing, go home.
6 comments:
First of all, what in the world are you talking about?
Secondly, we love canoeing, americano coffee, and americana music, so we combined them through a play on words with the "can you americana" since it sounds like a dance.
As for the question mark comment, since we just started our own blog, I wouldn't know if question marks were "cool" or not?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
I'm new to the whole blog thing too. Who thought there would be so much good smack coming from a blog...Nice work on the wiz (old school) post. Like most of my life before kids, I have no idea about what's happening with the wizards. Thanks for the update.
GO TRIBE!!
andy.
I forgot -- a kid?! How do I not know this? How can we be on the same team? How can you be my coach? We need more openness and honesty among team members, among player/coach relations. This really makes me question my place on both the team and in your life...
your own damn chatroom of strangers. i love it. welcome to addiction.
So, who actually writes the entries--Tom or Leah? And when's the next one coming? And why haven't we started class yet? Did our last assignment have a deadline?
sus-there haven't been any assignments yet, but i did get my coursework out and i'm going to start planning the intercession class. it will be intense, and cover much ground so rest up little lady. you may "write" every day, as you say, but not like this.
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