It Could Have Been Worse, They Could Have Been Chivas

Just to show that footcer players and fans are the same at every level, I found this story on the news links on bigsoccer.com. The Colorado Rapids, who I like to refer to as the Expansion Team's Best Friends, played a scrimmage against a local all-star rec side from Westminster, Colorado (made up of the best Hispanic players in the 64-team Sunday league).

The final score, as the Rapids brought their reserves, was 5-0 in favor of the MLS side.

In a refrain heard all over the footcer world on a regular basis, the sponsor of one of the individual teams in the rec league had the following to say:

"I think if we brought our own (complete) teams, then it would have been closer. There's no chemistry."

And if Colorado brought it's complete team, it probably would have been 7-0. But any other MLS side (except for Chivas USA - well old Chivas USA at least, who knows about this "new" Chivas USA we keep hearing about) and it probably would have been 15-0. :)

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I've been following this sport at varying levels of interest for about 15 years now and I don't think there's ever been a side at full strength in any cup, league, or even (maybe especially) exhibition match in the history of footcer.

And the winner of any match will always say, "if we had all our players, we would have won by more, or just disintigrated the other side with a death ray or something."

And the loser of any match will always say, "had we been at full strengh, we would have won, tied, or lost by less."

And if the two sides tie, well, that's calculus I'm just don't have time to compute.

Fate is a fickle footcer mistress, ain't it?