World Cup Stupidity

[cbroumand]

I know that this might be too late, but I never said the quote about the win of the US against Portugal being a tribute to the people of 9/11. In fact the guy who interviewed me asked me if I thought the win was a tribute. I told him that this was only sports. 9/11 was real life and a tragedy. You could not really talk about them the same way. I would like to think that I am not that shallow.

Clifton Broumand

Originally Posted by dave

I don't care much for soccer. I don't really care much for any sport except basketball. Just really is the only one that appeals to me.

However, I do care about reading the news, and I keep up on sports somewhat. So I'm reading this morning about the US team's 3-2 upset defeat of Portugal at the World Cup. I stumbled across this precious quote.



Huh?

I'm all about honoring those who died September 11, but this is fucking ridiculous. No one on that team was going "Yeah! Win one for the terror victims!"

But what really gets me is his wording. "This was U.S. soccer's tribute to the people who died on Sept. 11." Really? Did they tell you this? Was this planned all along?

Can we stop linking the most abstract things as tributes to September 11? It's beyond absurd. Christ.

I'm going to go eat a hot dog for the September 11 victims. I hope you'll all do the same.