Sometimes when a team is losing more than winning, it is important to find optimism even in the smallest places. Real Salt Lake played the New England Revolution to a nil-nil score Saturday night at Rice-Eccles Stadium, but players and coaches maintain some optimism despite the stalemate.
If you don't recognize names like Gabriel Batistuta, Michael Owen, Christian Vieri, Francesco Totti, Rui Costa and Cafu, then you probably don't watch world soccer. If you have never heard of guys like Brian McBride, Clint Mathis, Landon Donovan, Eddie Pope or Claudia Reyna, then you definitely don't follow U.
Let me tell you a story. Ten years ago, I was on the red eye from Atlanta to Vancouver for a plantain hydroponics convention. And wouldn't you know it, our darned 727 blew its Doppler halfway there-right in the middle of "Get Shorty." I paid three bucks for those headphones.
If your contentious juices begin to flow at the mere mention of male and female equality, then count to 10, take a deep breath and relax. I could make the argument that if Hunter Mahan, No. 126 on the current PGA money list, were allowed to play with the women, he would be in the top 10 on the LPGA and subsequently make more money, but I won't.
