That Special Relationship Comes Through Again
It's that time of month again - the new FIFA rankings!
What I always enjoy about "headless chicken" day is the fact that, even though some people say they're worthless, the same people just love to obsess over every little slight they feel. For example, I was watching Sky Sports News yesterday and one of their little banners down at the bottom was: "Mexico leaps over England in latest FIFA rankings."
Covering it diplomatically was one thing but of course on bigsoccer.com, the world ended. Open season began on Mexico bashing.
Because everyone knows that the current England side is the greatest footcer national team ever put together in history. Anyone who doubts that is just crazy! How on Earth could Mexico, or anyone really, be ranked ahead of them? :)
I actually got my second red card on bigsoccer.com (right after getting my second reputation award passing 100 positive reputation) for daring to say that the Czech Republic deserves to be ahead of England for dominating European competition since 2003.
But, there was one surprise in the new FIFA rankings - Chelsea debuts at #12.
Just kidding about that last one, but this is real.
Chelsea will be playing DC United on July 28 outside Washington D.C.
AC Milan will also be on the tour, so don't attempt to get anything done in Ukrainian Village if you live in Chicago in late July. Especially on the day AC Milan is scheduled to play the Fire.
But, I'm far more excited about the Chelsea/D.C. United match. This marks the first time that the defending MLS Champion has ever played the defending EPL Champion. Certainly D.C. United is going to get crushed unless Chelsea brings their reserve team, but this is a turning point anyway.
Hopefully the game goes well and a Cup is created for the winner. I would love to see the EPL/MLS Cup (which I tried to come up with a funny name for but couldn't) each year as a gauge of the progress that MLS is making in relation to the current best league in the world.
Maybe eventually it will even come back to Chicago.
What I always enjoy about "headless chicken" day is the fact that, even though some people say they're worthless, the same people just love to obsess over every little slight they feel. For example, I was watching Sky Sports News yesterday and one of their little banners down at the bottom was: "Mexico leaps over England in latest FIFA rankings."
Covering it diplomatically was one thing but of course on bigsoccer.com, the world ended. Open season began on Mexico bashing.
Because everyone knows that the current England side is the greatest footcer national team ever put together in history. Anyone who doubts that is just crazy! How on Earth could Mexico, or anyone really, be ranked ahead of them? :)
I actually got my second red card on bigsoccer.com (right after getting my second reputation award passing 100 positive reputation) for daring to say that the Czech Republic deserves to be ahead of England for dominating European competition since 2003.
But, there was one surprise in the new FIFA rankings - Chelsea debuts at #12.
Just kidding about that last one, but this is real.
Chelsea will be playing DC United on July 28 outside Washington D.C.
AC Milan will also be on the tour, so don't attempt to get anything done in Ukrainian Village if you live in Chicago in late July. Especially on the day AC Milan is scheduled to play the Fire.
But, I'm far more excited about the Chelsea/D.C. United match. This marks the first time that the defending MLS Champion has ever played the defending EPL Champion. Certainly D.C. United is going to get crushed unless Chelsea brings their reserve team, but this is a turning point anyway.
Hopefully the game goes well and a Cup is created for the winner. I would love to see the EPL/MLS Cup (which I tried to come up with a funny name for but couldn't) each year as a gauge of the progress that MLS is making in relation to the current best league in the world.
Maybe eventually it will even come back to Chicago.
posted by incendiarymind at 11:20 AM
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