"I want the players to feel well, to feel beautiful, to feel like they are playing in front of the whole world, to be daring and to feel that they are here because they deserve it and to show how good we are. It's the best match to show it."

-Pep Guardiola, manager, FC Barcelona, 26 May 2009
Power versus romance, as Phil Ball so elegantly put it.

Schellas Hyndman, you've got problems.
Reading up on Saturday's DC United vs FC Dallas match, I was struck by gut-wrenching dread at the most terrifying words in the modern MLS language:
"...level with the LA Galaxy..."
If you are 'level' with the Galaxy in any form, fashion, criteria or standings, it's time to reconsider everything.