Given JB's track record on predictions, I think it's safe to start planning the Revs victory parade. Sachin
A couple of Jeff's talking points, beyond the given preview... Amen to that, on all three counts. Only because I'm a purist, and because I think the "event mentality" mindset sells more than anything else, please have playoff series decided over two legs, for the love of the game and the love of god... I noticed and thought that, too, when I saw the Pats' highlights here on Monday evening. And yes, we do get NFL highlights on free-to-air TV in Australia, on SBS. Now if that channel would only do the same for MLS highlights... Shows that they are giving this the "event mentality" treatment it deserves-- thanks to long-range planning, of course... Nice musing, but there's always the chance that they might split the vote, especially if more than one of them make good contributions (which I also think is a given, due to the laws of averages)... Great stuff, Jeff. As always. Cheers, William
Hmmmm, I think it had to do more with The Revs and Crew playing the day before. Troy Aikman commented that the field was in good shape even though they had played a soccer game the day before(Maybe that's another sign that soccer has made it in the US ).
So in other words, a blessing in disguise, no? Helps out with the planning, in hindsight... Cheers, William
According to the Oxford English Dictionary the word grinded is antiquated. More importantly, however, it was never a past tense form of the verb ground. Rather it was an adjective that indicated the ground character of things - i.e. the "grinded wheat". So the verb wanted in the above quote is most certainly "ground". Let's just hope that Jeff is wrong about his prediction and that the grinded soccer team Sunday will be Los Angeles.
Thank you for researching and confirming my sense that that wasn't right. ...Then again, maybe Jeff is just antiquated