Stream of Consciousness: Houston vs FC Dallas
May 30th, 2008 . 10:13 am . By: DJ WalkerWatching this game brought to mind several imponderables, which I pondered, and which I now, you lucky souls you, share for your reading enjoyment: * How can a boxer go an entire fight, taking an unmerciful beating, without going to ground, yet a soccer player takes a shove after the whistle and he goes down like he’s been struck by a meteor? * Why, invariably, will a soccer player, when struck in any part of his body by another player, hold onto his face as he writhes on the ground? * How can a tap on the face get a guy a straight red card, while a hard shove to the chest gets a yellow? Oh, sure, I know there’s always the danger of someone getting their eye put out, and, as we know, it’s always funny until some loses an eye. But still, if you had a choice, wouldn’t you rather suffer a light smack on the cheek than a potentially heart-stopping shove to the heart area? Maybe it’s just me. Anyway…. * Can Kenny Cooper be stopped? Will he and Rocha be the next great duo in history, like Lewis and Clark, or Martin and Lewis, or for that matter, Rowan and Martin? Seriously, those two look like they’ve been playing together since grade school. * Will any team actually score a quality goal against Dallas this year? I’m pretty sure we’ve given up nothing but trash so far. Not one quality piece of work in the batch. You can correct me if I’m wrong, of course. My memory isn’t all that great and . . . well, I forgot what else I was going to say there. Regardless, if anyone wants to make some coin by producing a “100 Worst Goals” video, I know where one can find the first dozen or so. * Could Kenny Cooper Jr. have scored on Kenny Cooper Sr., in his prime? (answer: Obviously this was a trick question because Kenny Jr. wasn’t even born back then, DUH!!!) * If Dallas and Houston play to a draw, do they just leave El Capitan somewhere along the Interstate, roughly halfway between the two cities? * Do you think Steve Morrow was sitting at home watching the game thinking “Hell, I coulda done that”? * Is there some sort of Samson-esque connection between Juan Toja’s slightly shorter hairstyle and the perceived lack of performance this season? (Note to the culturally narrow: I am referring to the guy in the Old Testament, not the former coach of the US National Team). * Why would you travel all the way from Houston, then not be able to see the actual game because of all those %$#@&%$ flags? * Is it unfair that Brad Sham and Dave Dir had more fun than anyone else in the Stadium? (By the way, guys, great job giving Bobby Rhine a hard time about his red card – that there was some quality broadcasting. And naturally, Bobby being Bobby, he took it really well). Okay, that’s my time – Try the waitstaff, tip the veal. (See you Sunday for the C-Rapids.) 5 Comments Comments RSS TrackBack Identifier URI Leave a comment |
Houston’s goal to tie the game 3-3 in the first matchup was one heck of a shot and certainly not “trash”.
And, yeah, Morrow was definelty watching the game and wondering if this is what he was fired for.
This is the best yet!!! Why did one of the Houston Flags have a German flag on it?
Why do refs. still call the game like Ruiz is still here?
Why does no ref understand obstruction or playing distance to the ball?
And my last comment to the refs. this year. When a player is tripped or pushed and falls face first …he sticks out his hands so his face does not hit the ground. When a player dives; our team or theirs. and the hands are above the head with no attempt to catch the ground..even money on it being a dive. Lets start applying the FIFA rule and yellow carding everyone.
Ivan, I don’t really think you know what the hell you are talking about….Refs don’t understand obstruction????Yeah right, and you do..Playing distant to the ball????Again, they don’t and you do…. So many refs watching games on tv and so litttle who actually do it…….
Quote “Do you think Steve Morrow was sitting at home and thinking hell, I could have done that” If you are referring to subbing Cooper out in the 88th minute while leading against Houston, well he already did that in the 3-3 draw.
EXCELLENT!
My favorites:
“How can a boxer go an entire fight, taking an unmerciful beating, without going to ground, yet a soccer player takes a shove after the whistle and he goes down like he’s been struck by a meteor?”
I thought Saragosa’s theatrics were excessive; yet, it makes him a “colorful” player, to say the least. He was smiling afterwards . . . I actually find it kind of funny after the fact.
And . . .
” If Dallas and Houston play to a draw, do they just leave El Capitan somewhere along the Interstate, roughly halfway between the two cities?”
LOLOL! This just struck me as funny. What DO they do?
Fun reading!
