Real Salt Lake upsets the LA Galaxy!
It was a decent match, not spectacular. Nothing magical like Schelotto last year. (I still remember dammit!) But it was 120 minutes of good, solid play and it's kind-of a shame to end it on PK's. Speaking of PK's, Landon Donovan is the American Roberto Baggio now. (Listen to the first 10 minutes of Bill Simmon's podcast with Landon from Thursday. Irony writ large...)
I was rooting against LA in this game, so I'm glad RSL won, but it just seems wrong for them to even be here. There should be some kind of rule that clubs under .500 can't make the playoffs. (RSL was 11/12/7 for the season)
If that means there aren't 8 teams, so be it, the top seed or two will get a bye. Playoffs should be for winning clubs only, otherwise it makes the regular season seem pointless. Whatever.
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8 teams make the playoffs? Hold on a second, how many are in the entire league???
By the way, the Galaxy called me and wanted me to join their squad for the championship game, but I said no. It's just that deep down my heart will always be with the Fire; I could never betray the fans who cared so deeply for me during my time there. I'm their sports icon in that town.
And the Galaxy gave me a low-ball offer.
There are currently 15 MLS teams.
It will expand to 16 next year with Philadelphia, and then to 18 in 2011 with Portland and Vancouver.
I'm glad you turned down the Galaxy's offer, I don't like them. But the Galaxy are like the Yankees of the MLS, they overpay players, not lowball them...
And for a sports icon, you are conspicuously absent from
http://chicago.fire.mlsnet.com/t100
I couldn't even find you in the all-time register!
That's ridiculous. 8 out of 15 teams make the playoffs? It's a rarer feet to miss than make the playoffs! That's wrong.
It's understandable why I'm absent from the register and all. You know those "Top-100 People" lists you see all the time for various things? Well you never see God on there, even those he's alpha-numero uno. In a lot of ways, I'm like the God of MLS soccer (which is why the Galaxy wanted me so bad). You let the mere mortals be on the lists, because everyone already knows God is better than them.
And besides, I don't need the fame or the credit...I did it all for the love of the game.
I don't really have a problem with a majority of teams making the playoffs, as long as those teams are deserving.
The NHL and NBA both have 30 teams and 16 make the playoffs...
God's not on the top-100 people list because he's not a person, not because he doesn't need credit or praise....witness the Catholic Church.
Where's your "soccer temple?"
And I don't like that many making it in the NBA or NHL, either! I'd rather have a "good, but not good enough" team stay home instead of an "okay, but barely okay" team make the playoffs. I think the NFL and MLB have the best playoff system so far. I can see flaws in both, but the best so far.
And apparently I am a person. All this time you've known me...you are far from observant my friend.
Like I said, I don't do it for the fame, so I don't have a soccer temple...but if I did, it'd totally have a White Castle in it.
I think I enjoy the NHL playoffs the most, even though I agree that it is wrong to reward the "barely good enough" teams with a playoff berth. (i.e. the teams that have eliminated the Red Wings in the first round...) I wouldn't change it, even though I disagree with it. I would have no problem changing the NBA playoffs though.
You're the one who claimed to be a soccer god! Not me!
If you are a person, you should show up on the list of players who have played for the Fire. If you are a deity, you should have a soccer temple. Either way, there should be a mention of you somewhere as a professional soccer player. Not even as a matter of fame, but just as a matter of record.
As a god, I removed my name from the book of mortal soccer records. I was too good for that league; I want the players to actually have a chance at setting a record.
Since when do I have to have a soccer temple because I'm a god??? I read over my job description, and it makes no mention of such requirement. Besides, temples are so old fashioned. I'd want something more updated and new.
Whether or not you want credit for any stats you accumulate, there should still be a record that you played in a game.
If you were a soccer god, a temple that perfectly suited your tastes would already exist.
I just told you, I removed the stats and records using my godly powers. I do have those powers, you know. That's why they call me "all powerful".
Oh, then I suppose my soccer temple has already been built for me, they just call it White Castle. Perhaps they just want more people to visit it, which is why they named it such. You start throwing around the word "soccer" and people start heading in the other direction.
(can you tell I'm ready for White Castle over Xmas?)
If you have no stats or records, then you were never officially a member of the Chicago Fire.
And if White Castle is your temple, why isn't there any mention of you there?
...I'm beginning to think you're making all this up!
Oh, look at this, my records!
Apparently when I removed them I put them in the drawer of my desk. So I do have records, therefore I am a former member of the Fire. Man, I scored a lot of goals...
I keep telling you (and you don't listen) that I like to keep a low profile; out of the limelight. That's why there's no mention of me at White Castle.
But they do make my burgers extra-special. Super god special.
I'm assuming nobody's allowed to see these "records", correct?
But even if you could have removed yourself from the records (which would be impossible for several reasons, such as any fan could have bought a program with your name in it), then you removed yourself from ever being an offical player. Keeping a copy of your stats in your desk would not make it valid.
Low profile is one thing, zero profile is something else. But sports icons, as you claim to be, are not low-profile, whether they might wish to be or not.
And putting a jalpeno on a burger isn't super-god special...they'll do that for anyone...
Andddd how many jalepeno burgers have you ordered from there??? Exactly.
You don't have to be high-profile to be a sports icon. It's just that most typically are. I am revered by the fans and city of Chicago, whether I'm in the limelight or not.
Ah, things like programs. Well yes, I am in those. Go grab an official 1999 Chicago Fire program, and you'll find me in it (wow, I just felt old). I just took myself out of all the team records and stats. Kind of like an NCAA team vacating it's wins. It was like I was never there...
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