Beckham

If it was 3-1 or even 4-2, it probably wouldn't have raised a red flag for me.

But did you happen to catch the score of that Red Bulls/LA Galaxy game on Saturday Night? The one that Mr. Spice played in. It was 5-4. Give me a fucking break. There has never been that many goals scored in a soccer game since Rome conquered Germania in 52 BC.

Do they really expect us to believe that a league office meeting didn't take place where it was decided that defense would be abolished for this game?

Now you'll see a lot of sports talk in these pages, and in general, I could give two shits about soccer, but cynacism can be generated from anywhere.

The league is obviously desperate to generate interest with an artificial three pronged attack. Beckham, New York, and mucho scoring. OK, maybe it will work, but on the heels of the whole Donaghy/NBA mess, I hope there's nothing fishy about this game - namely a pre-determined, league mandated directive to abandon defense. If that's true, and even if it's not, soccer will continue to have as much relevance of the NBA All-Star game, i.e., none.

Speaking of soccer, can someone explain why sandlot soccer players monopolize every piece of available playground space in this city - all the time. What the hell time do these people wake up on Sunday Morning or go to bed... on any night? I'd love to pull a Superman III on their collective asses...take every soccer ball in the city , put them in one of those gigantic ball nets, fly into outer space, and throw the thing right into the fucking Sun.