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- Best player interview ever? Koevermans is about to drive off a cliff. #TFC http://t.co/TtWcBK3z 3 hrs ago
- Olman Vargas will be played by Guy Pearce in the #Crew96 movie. 21 hrs ago
- To be fair, #Crew96 are more than lucky to be ahead. Bumbling play against a ruthless opponent. Gruenebaum saves Columbus. 21 hrs ago
- Bahaha, super class goal from Meram. Placement and a cigarette. #Crew96 21 hrs ago
- Saved PK. #Crew96 #Gruenebeast 22 hrs ago
- Sweet finish by Cole. #WHU 1-0 #Blackpool 1 day ago
- @mattgoshert eh, I dunno. I think they are affiliated with Umbro. A sponsored blog maybe? in reply to mattgoshert 5 days ago
- @MassiveCityFFC My coed rec team will totally play a friendly vs the Crew for no fee(!) Just give us lead time in case we need to find subs. in reply to MassiveCityFFC 5 days ago
- @ClevelandGooner Fair. in reply to ClevelandGooner 5 days ago
- @ClevelandGooner You agree that Stoke vs Crew is the only unexciting friendly this summer? in reply to ClevelandGooner 5 days ago
- @GuldanMR Fair. in reply to GuldanMR 5 days ago
- @GuldanMR They seem to have put effort into making every other match seem exciting, even ones that aren't particularly so. in reply to GuldanMR 5 days ago
- This is pretty effed up for the @PhilaUnion … http://t.co/XJmPxY2H 5 days ago
- #Crew96 fans, check out @kckrs guide to summer friendlies and see yourself marginalized again. It's so funny! https://t.co/1Dwm8MeA 5 days ago
- Just reviewed the Adu simulation send-off. Sorry to say, but great job by the ref. #PHIvNY 6 days ago
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03|17|09
IRAQ: NOT AS SAFE AS YOU THOUGHT
Written by: Gabe
Soccer isn’t generally a violent sport, crazed fans notwithstanding. But, as many of us know, all it takes is one such crazed fan to wreck a party. Even so, I’ve never heard of an incident quite as dramatic as what happened in Iraq this week, wherein a player was shot in the head during play by an opposing supporter.
Two things caught my attention in this story. One, that “More Iraqis are turning out for sports events now that security is improving…” which begs the tasteless joke, “I’d hate to see what their bad security is like!” And two, the sheer Bruckheimerness of the scene: In the final minute of a close game, an attacking player was shot in the head by his assassin, presumably at range in the stands, in the moment before a crucial tying attempt at goal. Tragedy, Hollywood-style. Unfortunately, there is no Nicolas Cage to avenge his death.