DY-NA-MO!!

There is nothing like family. They stand by you in hard times and point out your failings when things are good. Such was the case recently when my sister brought up my failure to mention that the Houston Dynamo, after their first season in Tejas (though they had been in San Jose for 10 years as the Earthquakes) won the MLS cup Sunday past. Thanks, I was getting there by the way, at least that’s my story. So anyway…..BIG UPS FOR THE DYNAMO!! This is a great achievement for the club, especially the fans and owners. Nothing like a first year championship to promote the club and increase your supporter base. I would love to see the stadium start to sell out, though they already do get some pretty good attendance. Maybe even the newly converted soccer sister will get season tickets.


The worthless internationals are over and jolly old Engerland drew against Holland yesterday. Shrek, I mean Wayne Rooney, got the go ahead goal, and according to Second Choice Steve McClaren, the team was looking good. The Lions looked to go through with a much needed win, but were spoiled by a late strike by Rafael van der Vaart in the 86th minute. The strike came off a long throw in, to which McClaren stated, “If you’d said it would be a long throw we conceded from, I wouldn’t have put money on it.” Yeah, that’s because most teams can defend a long throw which doesn’t have much pace and has lots of hang time. That’s why you don’t see it happen much. Good to see Terry, Cashley and the rest of the back line were on top of things. Anyway, Steve feels good about his latest change in formation (#156) in his 6 months as manager to a 4-3-3 system. We’ll see. The 3 Lions are currently 3rd in their Euro qualifying group behind the Czech’s and Russians. At this pace Steve and his hot pants may never see a big tournament from the manger’s chair.

In golf news, I read that Michelle Wie has been granted a sponsors exemption from the Sony Open in Hawaii next year, which is a PGA event. News of this has started to lead me to believe that her forays into men’s tournaments are getting a bit stale. I have no problem with women competing with men, and I think Wie will be a major force in women’s golf. But I think she needs to start performing well and consistently on the LPGA tour before moving on to bigger challenges. Annika Sorenstam dominated the LPGA for years before she gave a men’s event a go. Wie is very young (17) and is only in her second season as a pro. She, in my humble opinion, should concentrate on perfecting what it takes to win and compete week in and week out on the tour. I think she is getting a bit ahead of herself, but hey, what do I know. I’ve never shot par.

Adios.