Aloha Dump

It was a good run United States. I didn't think they would get this far but we'll take all the cheezy goals we can get and all the ties we can squeek by with. I don't know what Coach Bradley said to his team at the half but perhaps he should have said it at the beginning of the game- it reminded me of the super lame Super Bowl 2008. I blame the candy ass soccer moms for this loss. Had you been more focused on teaching your kids how to win a game  instead making everyone, including the losers, feel good about just playing the game perhaps we would have beaten Ghana. In case you missed it, last week a college student made this video celebrating Donovan's goal last Wednesday that got the US into the final 16. File under "Short but Sweet". The World Reacts to Landon Donovan's Goal @ Yahoo! Video

The disgust of the Iraqi head of sports came to a climax when it was discovered that Uday, one of Saddam's sicko sons, tortured and murdered Iraqi professional athletes who lost games . In 1980 Iraq sent 46 athletes to the Olympic games; in 2000 they sent just 4 to the Games in Sydney. Hmm, right after Uday took over people stopped wanting to play sports for the country of Iraq. I wonder if the same fate will fall to the North Korean soccer team after the 7-0 ass whipping they received from Portugal.  The game was televised to residents of PRK (for the first time in decades?) but was abruptly cut short after the following announcement:  "The Portuguese won the game and now have four points. We ar e  ending our live broadcast now "  A brilliant quote from the soccer coach, Kim  Jong Hun,  concerning the loss, and similar to Ron Atkinson's  "Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.", made me wonder just how bad the soccer team has it.

I recall going to my son's T-Ball game a number of years ago and watching his team beat the living piss out of the opponents. Granted, they were all 5 or 6 years old but it was still fun to watch. It had been a long time since I had witnessed a "Mercy Rule" in any game and was surprised to see the Umpire call the game only 25 or 30 minutes into the game- I think they were up 15 to 1 when the game was called. I was bummed I only got 30 minutes of beer drinking in before the drive home. I remember walking to the car and hearing a mother console her son who was crying because they didn't win. She told him that the score doesn't matter and that he is a winner. This happened 7 or 8 years ago and I am ashamed, appalled and disgusted that this mercy rule (skunk rule), the "everybody is a winner" mentality has has grown to epic proportions. I do not think we have yet reached the unholy apex of turning our kids into pussies. The evidence is all around: monk