Day Seven Wrap Up.

Remember yesterday when I was all complaining and shit?  Well, The Gods responded with 10 goals in one day.  Thanks, The Gods.

Amor/Odio

Topeka, Kansas has a large Mexican population.  You wouldn't necessarily know it from the census data (Which is stupid, as it includes too much of the outlying county folk in its tally.  If you don't drive on Huntoon at least twice a week, you're not a Topekan), but trust me:  it's visible and significant.

Days after my 16th birthday, for whatever reason--be it fate or good looks or superior skills--I was asked by a hispanic guy (Gabe) from school to play on his team, Los Locos, in a local league called, brilliantly, Mexican League.  I don't want to make this post overly dramatic, but MEXICAN LEAGUE CHANGED MY LIFE.

Ask an African!

Which of these people do you racists think is named Lusu?

Have you ever noticed how, when a white public figure is accused of racism, their first response is to say something along the lines of "How can I be racist?  I have good friends that are black."  What they actually mean is "one friend," if by "friend," they meant "person I met at a business function, once."

This next piece is probably going to come across like my version of this time-honored Caucasian-American tradition.  Oh well.

ASK AN AFRICAN!

Prattlegonia.

Oh, hello there, Angel Di Maria.  I've caught you looking silly and long-faced.  How unsurprising.

In the late September of 2007, I went to Argentina.  I was in Buenos Aires for seven or eight days (memory fails me),  and it was AWESOME.  Shit was cheap, I was there to play soccer, and the food was insanely good.  Highlight of the trip?  Eating a 1000 gram steak.  You do the unit conversion; I pooped happiness for days.

Given the opportunity, I would definitely like to go back.  Everything about the country appeals to me.  Except.

WHY I HATE YOUR TEAM - ARGENTINA EDITION

Overlap.

The World Cup is barely two weeks away, and I feel like I'm behind the ball.

So far, I've only told you why I hate 10 of the 31 teams I plan to profile, and with fifteen days to go, I really need to step up my game.  My goal is to avoid sacrificing quality in the interest of meeting a deadline, but I'm really not sure what's going to happen.

Let's find out together.

WHY I HATE YOUR TEAM - SOUTH KOREA EDITION