By "The Other 87 Minutes" / Senior Unemployed English Major Correspondents
For today's entry, we bring you the top ten things Ricardo Clark’s 97th-minute winner against Venezuela made us completely forget.
1. The entire 2010 World Cup, obviously. Welcome back Rico, all is forgiven.
2. Our ongoing scoring record against Western Hemisphere opposition. We just know Herr Klinnsmann’s going to play for the 0-0 draw away at Panama.
3. How bad our U-23 team must be. Seriously, they lost 4-0 to those guys? Sheesh.
4. Teal Bunbury’s meh performance. Apparently his desperation to have the Spanish language announcer once again tell the world how much he likes that Boon-Boo-Ree got him nervous.
- Jermaine no make clever passes into attacking third. Jermaine smash!
5. The fact that our main distributor for much of the game was Jermaine “SMASH!” Jones.
6. Those other crucial saves-off-headers made by Venezuela's top performer, goalkeeper Jules Winnfield.
7. The one nagging doubt we have about Geoff Cameron, who looked great, but seemed so determined every time he got the ball to say “Hey! Look at my passing range! Look at my ability going forward!” that we’d like to withhold judgment until we see him against a team that’s trying.
8.. Brek Shea’s too-normal hair. A disappointing (hair)day from The Rooster’s comb.
9. The C-team service coming from the fullback areas.
10. Clint who?
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The Other 87 seeks to provide something that’s not instant analysis or eve of matchday previews. Think of us as the good bits of your favorite soccer coverage: the profiles that examine what makes a certain player tick, the historical background that sheds some light on how the sport has evolved to the present day, the silly features that are more than just tacking names on a list, but considering and explaining why each one deserves to be there.
O87 wants to be a home for soccer writing that makes you think, but that also treats the game as just that, a game. The greatest game, the one we obsess over and fixate on, to the point where we can’t read that gas costs 3.43 a gallon without thinking of Ajax’s 1995 Champions League winning team. But a game nonetheless.
“When you play a match, it is statistically proven that players actually have the ball three minutes on average. The best players – the Zidanes, Ronaldinhos, Gerrards – will have the ball maybe four minutes. Lesser players – defenders – probably two minutes. So, the most important thing is: what do you do those 87 minutes when you do not have the ball…. That is what determines whether you’re a good player or not.” –Johann Cruyff
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