Umm. . . I thought we were supposed to be focusing on being mad that management let him go on a free.

Take it back!

I don’t get what happened to their national team program. Did they send all their good players to Canada?

Four. I guess five minus one is four.

My only quibble is that while Finlay was born in Duluth, he wasn’t really a MN soccer product like the other five.

Scurry in goal. Leo Cullen, Brent Kallman, Jackson Yueill, Tony Sanneh, and Manny Lagos. Buzz Lagos coaching the team and spending his own $ on uniforms and travel.

I have been plowing through this book for years now, and am not quite done. Am reading not listening. The Santo Domingo chapter was pretty surprising. Also found the political infighting within the abolitionist movement quite interesting.

I feel you. It’s complex.

That’s a really great piece. Gave me a lot of context for the game I watched. And I saw that little plug you made at the end for the Euro calendar at the end.

You said “regular-season ending.” Does this mean they could potentially be back for the playoffs?

I read it over breakfast. Great story that fills in some of the gaps by providing El-Ahmad’s perspective.

This going to be in print? I like to read things in print because I’m so old.

Did this run in the print edition? I don’t remember seeing it. Either way, thanks for the deets.

Yeah. Take it back Matt!

No rush, right?

Why does he want to go to Toronto in the first place?