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I take no joy in the troubles of Mr Phil Anschutz. If he goes down, the profile of your (with all due respect) beloved A-League goes down as well.
Wasn't that Miguel Saavedra on the pitch wearing #23 on a Rampage shirt while some of the rest of your heroes were winning the A-League? How could you (and Capano too)?
The Rampage web site (where I got the roster) isn't the most up to date in the world. Frankly, I'd rather they win championships than update their web site. If you know Capano's number, I'll add it ...
One question regarding your media analysis of the A-League final. For all intents and purposes, the A-League is the top minor league of soccer in America. As a point of comparison, how many of those major media outlets you surveyed covered the Baseball AAA World Series to a higher level of coverage than the A-League? I would imagine they didn't garner that much more of a mention.
You obviously fail to understand the psyche of the American sports urinalists. Perhaps this will help explain: "... every sports reporter is at heart a baseball geek. Not just a baseball fan, but a geek. Oh sure, sports journalists will report extensively on other 'major' sports like football, but deep down in their heart of hearts they are baseball geeks. A geek in the same way that Trekkies are Star Trek geeks. It's what they live & breath and all they think & dream about. They even look alike: fat, pasty-skinned, poor grooming habits, unathletic, never get laid. In other words, like Paul Gascoigne. If another sport even crosses the sports journalist hive conciousness, it is basketball -- which also has its fair share of sports journalist geeks. (But at least Marv Albert gets laid, even if he has to wear women's undies to do it.)" (TotW #11: http://my.execpc.com/~pvmiii/brewcity/totw/totw1999/totw990416.html) Understanding what really gives American sports urinalists *serious* wood, it is thus easy to determine that indeed, they pay more attention to baseball of all levels, than soccer of any level. That's how you get, on ESPN, the AAA all-star game, the College World Series, and even the Little League World Series. (For 12-year olds, for God's sake. Well, 12-year olds from the rest of the World, and 35-year olds from the Dominican Republic.) The A-League is not 'minor': It is the 2nd Division and, prior to MLS's inception in 1996, was the 1st Division.
And you obviously failed to understand my point, which is that, even if sports journalists are by nature sports geeks, the AAA World Series DIDN'T get any noticeable written media attention outside of baseball periodicals.