Rooney is God

OKAY SO BEFORE I START THIS NEXT BLOG LET ME FOREWARN YOU THAT IT IS COMPLETELY BIASED, AND SLIGHTLY INTOLERANT. BUT CAN YOU BLAME ME? I HAVE BEEN PLAYING SOCCER SINCE I WAS 5, AND ITS EASILY THE MOST ENTERTAINING SPORT OF ALL TIME. HA. *I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF THE GREATEST FOOTBALLERS OF ALL TIME, RONALDO, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE GIVEN US, AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AN IDOL TO MILLIONS INCLUDING MYSELF.

ANYWAYS, THIS PAST WEEKEND THERE WAS A HUGE DARBY MATCH BETWEEN MANCHESTER UNITED AND MANCHESTER CITY (FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND, ITS LIKE THE RED SOX PLAYING THE YANKEES TIMES 100). THE MATCH PROVED TO BE A GREAT ONE, UNITED OBVIOUSLY WINNING, BUT THEN AGAIN THEY ARE IN FIRST AND HAVE MAINTAINED RELATIVELY GOOD FORM ALL SEASON. BUT THATS NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, WHAT IS IMPORTANT WAS THE MOMENT OF MAGIC THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE FIELD LATE INTO THE GAME. AFTER A GRUELING 77 MINUTES OF PLAY, THE BALL REACHED WINGER NANI ON THE OUTSIDE WHO PLAYED IN A LOFTED CROSS THAT CONNECTED WITH WAYNE ROONEY. BUT NOT WITH HIS HEAD LIKE MANY WOULD IMAGINE, HIS FOOT...YES LADIES AND GENTLEMEN HIS FOOT. A BICYCLE KICK THAT WAS ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS BECAUSE THAT WAS EASILY THE GREATEST GOAL OF THE SEASON. LEBRON JAMES, OR TOM BRADY WOULD HAVE CAREER ENDING INJURIES TRYING TO PULL A STUNT LIKE THAT. IT WAS A MOMENT THAT WE WERE BLESSED WITH BECAUSE IT IS SO OFTEN UNSEEN. MR. WAYNE ROONEY PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK BECAUSE WHAT YOU DID WAS BREATH TAKING.

UNFORTUNATELY FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT WATCH SOCCER DONT QUITE UNDERSTAND. EVERYONE STILL THINKS THAT AN ALLEY-OOP IS TOP TEN WORTHY, OR A THIRD BASEMEN THROWING OUT A GUY WHO IS, BY DEFINITION BARELY CONSIDERED RUNNING (I LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS MORE OF A TROT). HOW MANY TIMES DO WE SEE THOSE KINDA HIGHLIGHTS ON ESPN DURING THE SEASON. IT GETS OLD IF YOU ASK ME,  A DIVING CATCH IS COOL IN BASEBALL, BUT IF JIM EDMONDS DIDNT RUN A 6.8 FORTY, HE WOULD HAVE MAYBE DOVE TWICE IN HIS CAREER. AND AS FOR ALLEY OOPS...ANYBODY WHO IS OVER SIX FEET TALL AND CAN GET BOTH FEET OFF THE GROUND CAN AT LEAST TOUCH RIM. BUT I WOULD CHALLENGE ANY ATHLETE IN ANY OTHER SPORT TO TRY AND PULL OF WHAT WAYNE DID. OH, AND FOR FOOTBALL FANS, WHEN RECEIVERS MAKE GREAT CATCHES...THEY HAVE ONE JOB FOR GOD SAKES, THEY BETTER BE ABLE TO CATCH THE BALL WITH ONE HAND. I LOOK AT IT THIS WAY, IM CERTAIN THE PETER CROUCH, OR THIERRY HENRY (TWO PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS OVER SIX FEET TALL) CAN PERFORM AN ALLEY OOP. AND I WOULD BET THAT IKER CASILLAS AND TIM HOWARD (TWO PROFESSIONAL GOALIES) COULD CATCH A FOOTBALL WITH ONE HAND.

LIKE I SAID BEFORE, COMPLETELY BIASED, I DO LOVE WATCHING ALL OTHER SPORTS, BUT FUCK, COULD SOCCER GET SOME SORT OF RESPECT OVER HERE IN THE STATES. BOWLING IS ON TV MORE OFTEN THAN SOCCER WHICH IS MORE OF A CONTROVERSY IN MY OPINION THAN THE GORE-BUSH ELECTIONS AND ALL THE FLORIDA VOTING BULLSHIT. PLEASE ENJOY THE CLIP! PEACE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO05VYSun9o