Re: [nas] Mohawk Madness (Mathis)

Nice, fun little article.  Maybe a little too jazzy 
for your regular paper, but who cares?  Is it a bit 
high on color and maybe shy on 
soccer 'technicalities'?  Sure, but it is a good read.

Soccer coverage can use some flavor.  I guess I'm a 
bit worried, though, how this same guy would write 
about the Bad News Burn....  ;-)

As for substance, it is one game.  Let's see if Clint 
can do it more than one game at a time.  Obviously, 
when Mr. Show Us Your Clint is on the top of his game, 
he can be one of the best two or three players in the 
league.  But since May, 2002, he hasn't been that.

Too bad he won't be able to help Metro in their next 
USOC game - any word on discipline beyond the red card 
suspension?

--- Original Message ---
From: big_dog@fastmail.fm

>Mohawk Madness
>Clint Mathis resurfaces again to spark MetroStars. 
>
>By Bob Ferguson
>New York Sports-Express - Friday, September 12, 2003
>
>THERE ARE MANY statistics one may analyze to figure 
out what's going
>right
>or wrong with the MetroStars this season. There is 
only one stat that
>truly
>sums it all up: When Clint Mathis scores, Metro goes 
home with at least a
>point, usually three-every time.
>
>This past Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium, the Kansas 
City Wizards saw a
>glimpse of old school Clint, the player that used to 
sprint the length of
>the field to score "Oh snap!" kind of goals. The 
player that used to
>sneak
>off passes to goal-bound teammates with the slickness 
of a Coney Island
>three-card-monte dealer. Just as important as how the 
Mighty Mohawk might
>be
>falling back into a productive groove is the reality 
that the MetroStars
>finally grabbed three points after a seven-match 
winless streak.
>
>Mathis headed in an Amado Guevara corner kick just 
before the first half
>ended, giving coach Bob Bradley a rare chance to 
deliver a "We've gotta
>hold
>onto this lead" speech in the locker room at the 
break.
>
>Even sweeter, perhaps, was Mathis goal in the 59th 
minute, off a
>perfectly
>lofted lead pass by John Wolyniec. Guevara and 
Jaime "Out for the season
>and
>on the couch watching Jenny Jones" Moreno were 
supposed to be the guys
>creating the big plays this year, but amazingly, Big 
Woly continues to be
>involved in everything. In fact, it appeared K.C. had 
the Woly wool
>pulled
>over its eyes as the Wiz's defense spent a little too 
much time worrying
>about him and not Mathis. Funny how the worm turns.
>
>Aside from Chicago's six point perch at the top of 
the table, the race in
>the Eastern Conference has become increasingly 
tighter since the All-Star
>break, with a mere eight points separating everyone 
else, making the
>Saturday, Sept. 13 match against New England an 
excellent reason to
>travel
>to the Swamp (7:30 p.m., MSG).
>
>The Revolution are just shy of a playoff spot, and 
after the recent
>slugfest
>at the Rutgers U.S. Open Cup match, they will surely 
come out swinging.
>And
>with the Fire on a bit of a downswing, if the Metros 
can pick up their
>second trey in a row, that could be just the 
inspiration the Red & Black
>need to realize that an Eastern Conference 
championship this season may
>not
>be out of the question after all.
>
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