Tuesday, December 23, 2008

101 makes Sports Illustrated

From today's post:

"It was an early hint of Friedel's talent, though none of us back then had any idea what a special talent it was. We didn't know it was the kind that could compete at the highest levels in Europe. We played mostly in a vacuum: no FSC, no Tommy Smyth, no 101greatgoals.com. What we did get -- Soccer Made In Germany, the 1986 World Cup on CBC -- we viewed as some kind of fantasy world where mythical geniuses played in front of massive crowds. We pretty much assumed we could/would never be a part of it."

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