Comments on: The art of football | Readings for 14 November 2006 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2006/11/links-for-2006-11-14/ Soccer as a second language Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:52:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Brian http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2006/11/links-for-2006-11-14/comment-page-1/#comment-1705 Brian Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:52:21 +0000 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=187#comment-1705 Ironic since in the recent <em>New York Sun</em>, <strong>Paul Gardner</strong> lashed out at the <a href="http://www.nysun.com/article/43437" target="_blank" title="Link to Gardner's article" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Scottish influence of Nicol on MLS</a>. Then again, Garder is American soccer punditocracy's leading Anglophobe and Latinophile. To the point where he assumes New England forward <strong>José Manuel Abundis</strong> is a creative player simply because José and Manuel are part of his name. I love New England, but if Nicol were the smartest coach in MLS, I wish his team (my team) would have found a way to score more than a grand total of zero goals in regulation in three Cup finals. Maybe he'll be smart enough to figure out that boring, predictable soccer hasn't won him any Cup finals (really, it's only worked once in 11 Cup finals for anyone) so maybe the Revs should try something else. Ironic since in the recent New York Sun, Paul Gardner lashed out at the Scottish influence of Nicol on MLS. Then again, Garder is American soccer punditocracy’s leading Anglophobe and Latinophile.

To the point where he assumes New England forward José Manuel Abundis is a creative player simply because José and Manuel are part of his name.

I love New England, but if Nicol were the smartest coach in MLS, I wish his team (my team) would have found a way to score more than a grand total of zero goals in regulation in three Cup finals.

Maybe he’ll be smart enough to figure out that boring, predictable soccer hasn’t won him any Cup finals (really, it’s only worked once in 11 Cup finals for anyone) so maybe the Revs should try something else.

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