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| Today, we all wear white dresses and sad faces. |
Yeah, yeah, we’ve all been bludgeoned with videos of “the
save” (i.e., the only interesting moment in MLS Cup 2016), but the little
wrinkle of playing broadcaster reactions over it charmed me just enough. For
me, Panama (that rolling “r’) and Poland (“superman”) win it.
Moving on…
MLS Waiver Draft, aka, Sad Junior High Dance
I held off on posting this till after MLS held the Waiver Draft
today, the mildly depressing annual tradition of professional athletes waiting
for a team, any team, to pick them for a potentially (but probably not)
life-changing slow-jam dance. SBI Soccer posted some players who might help out
a team – and, going over the full list, I picked out a couple names of my own (and
with the Portland Timbers at least in the back of my mind – e.g., Stiven
Mendoza (NYCFC), Luke Boden (Orlando), and Phanuel Kavita (RSL) – but (what the
hell? another metaphor), the Waiver Draft is the draft equivalent of closing
time at a bar full of lonely, lonely people. Still, Portland needs cover at
left back (Boden), wingers, even if just for depth (Mendoza), and we’re thin
enough at centerback (Kavita); maybe tonight we don’t need to go home alone…just
sayin’.
Still, the results are in and, ouch. Not one player picked.
Nothing but a bunch of kids eyeing the dance floor and biting back tears…
