Talk About Us Instead, Talk About Why Did It End

Perhaps you dreamt that the coverage of The Beautiful Game had disappeared from the pages of Running Down a Dream, but you were wrong, my friends, oh so wrong.

Last night in Nashville, the U.S. Men's National Team secured a spot in the Beijing Olympics with a 3-0 victory over our neighbors to the north, Canada, also known by some as "America's Hat".The preceding picture probably destroyed whatever Canuck readership I had for this blog, but judging from the visitor location map to your right, I think I'm going to be okay without that portion of my audience. Well, at least for a few days.

Anyway, here's a video of all 3 goals from the match, including two free-kick goals from your friend and mine, Freddy Adu.

You know what? Judging by the venom that I receive for soccer posts, I'm just going to combine my weekly Liverpool post into this one simply to spite all of you.

The draw for the Champions League quarterfinals and semifinals was last Friday, and the results look a little something like this:

• Manchester United (England) v. AS Roma (Italy)
• FC Barcelona v. Schalke (Germany)
• Chelsea (England) v. Fenerbahce (Turkey)
• Arsenal FC (England) v. Liverpool FC (England)

Yes, that's right. Liverpool somehow managed to draw Arsenal in the Round of 8, and if the Reds progress past the Gunners, they have the joy of (most likely) meeting Chelsea for what would be their third Champions League semifinal clash in the last 4 years with the Blues.

I'm not saying Man. U. paid off anyone at UEFA, but if you see some European guys with new dental work in the near future, well, you know where the cash for that came from, don't you?