The easy answer is because Sly Stallone playing Hatch in the flick "Victory" was the best keeper ever but the real answer is more complicated.
Too fat and too poor to play "real" American sports, soccer wormed it's way into my life through constant Saturday broadcasts of Soccer Made in Germany and my Mom's realization that I shouldn't outweigh all the other kids in the nabe combined and that just cause you're hippie, Guinness still isn't good for kids.
So we're back. I love soccer and it loves me. I love my domestic league, Major League Soccer, even more. And I love my supporters club, the legendary, famous Empire Supporters Club, even more.
This blog is my story. What it's like to rediscover your first love and dive headfirst into the madnees that is an MLS supporters club,
Shacking up with my girl in the Brooklyn nabe of Sunset Park and more commonly known as No Shoes to members of the ESC, this blog is about really matters in life --- life, death, soccer