Yankees go home

SPORTING GOODS

Well that sucked. Luckily as a Red Sox fan I’ve felt this bad after a sporting event many times before, most recently Game 3 of the 2004 Yanks-Sox ALCS. But at least I didn’t have to go directly to the office afterwards after that letdown.

Here’s my 3 words or less review of the key components of the US World Cup 3 and out.

Kasey Keller – left helpless.
Eddie Pope – Retire
Oguchi Onyewu – Ready for premiership
Steve Cherundolo – Impressed
Eddie Lewis – Nicely done
Jimmy Conrad – Fine substitute
Carlos Bocanegra – One huge mistake
DaMarcus Beasley – No heart
Clint Dempsey – My new favorite
Pablo Mastroeni – Whatever
Claudio Reyna – Hit or miss
Landon Donovan – Played scared
Eddie Johnson – Underused, but lazy
Brian McBride – Lonely

Bruce Arena – Overrated. Outcoached. Unemployed.

Refs – Horrible. Card happy.

Dave O’Brien (announcer) – Clueless and annoying
Marcelo Balboa (announcer) – Didn't muzzle O’Brien
Eric Wynalda and Julie Foudy (ESPN studio) – right on

In the end we had a killer group, yes, but if we can’t beat Ghana then we don’t deserve to make the next round. If we only score one goal ourselves, then we don't deserve to make the next round.

I’m sure I’ll have one or two more things to say about the World Cup before it ends, but my heart won’t be in it.