Before I get started, let me say something: let us never mention the Pan-Pacific Championships ever again. Losing to Houston is ok, losing to LA is pathetic. It was an after-the-season let down, that is all, let's move on with our lives...
Anyway, I've seen some various MLS blogs ranking teams by position and apparently (and not surprisingly, given the dearth of RSL TV coverage) no one saw Nick Rimando after those first 3 games last year. Here's a couple goalkeeper rankings I saw (that are absolutely ridiculous):
WV Hooligan has RSL's GK situation listed at #8, behind the likes of Colorado (sorry, I take Rimando/Seitz over Condoul) and 40 year old Pat Onstad.
Sideline Views is even more ridiculous. Luis Bueno, a supposed soccer journalist, apparently knows nothing about the league he writes about, listing RSL's GK situation 11th out of 14 teams in the league. Let me repeat that, ELEVENTH. I still say Rimando was the best keeper in MLS last year, but even compensating for my home team allegiance, the man is 28, in his prime, and a MLS Cup winner. Seitz is the keeper of the future and a U-20 star. And yet, RSL is listed behind Conway and NY, Hesmer and Columbus, Hartman and KC, and the aforementioned Houston and Colorado to name a few. Luis Bueno either has a serious mental condition, or, more likely, needs to lay off the crack pipe. Seriously. At the very least, he could probably use a new line of work.
Anybody else see any ridiculous rankings like these? Send them my way, they're always good for a laugh!
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nice post! Agree wholeheartedly with everything you said, except I don't understand the crack about RSL TV coverage.
The only RSL games that people haven't been able to see are HDnet exclusives, and every team in MLS has to deal with 5 or 6 of those each year because HDnet was the first national broadcaster to actually pay a rights fee to MLS.
RSL has been pretty good during the first 3 seasons putting games on KSL (the ONLY over-the-air contract in MLS before Houston's independent channel 38) and FSN Rocky Mountain - yeah, in 2006 there were some tape-delayed games that were a pain in the ass, but that's part of going with a KSL instead of CW30 or something like that!
except for the HD thing, all of the other issues are solved by plunking down $69 for 120 games on the MLS Direct Kick package on DirecTV, DishNet and digital cable.
so if you want it, really, REALLY want it, it's pretty easy to have!
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