Sunday, November 18, 2007

TALKING "FOOTBALL": There is a team in Boston known for its heart-wrenching playoff losses, a team that always seemed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. No, it's not the Red Sox, it's the New England Revolution, who today play in the finals of the MLS Cup at noon EST (game is on ABC).

The Revolution suffered painful overtime defeats in 2002 and 2005 in the finals. Last year's loss, though, would rank pretty high on Bill Simmons' levels of losing list. The team lost in a penalty shootout to Houston, a game in which the Revolution were leading in overtime. Read here for more background.

Speaking of penalty kick shootouts, this rough footage on the Boston Globe's website displays quite a thrilling shootout that decided this year's Massachusetts Division 1 high school soccer championship in which St. John's of Shrewsbury beat Framingham. The footage called to mind a painful memory from my sophomore year in high school when my team (I call it my team although I played JV that year) lost in the quarterfinals of the same tournament in precisely the same manner.

Perhaps we could simply make this an "anything soccer" post. Do you (or did you) play? Do your kids play? Do you coach? Do you follow MLS? Do you follow international soccer?

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