Mexico vs. The U.S., or the Politics of Disgrace

Last night, after his team's bruising defeat to Mexico in the Gold Cup final, goalkeeper Tim Howard commented (according to Grant Wahl on twitter), that it was "a f ing disgrace that the entire postmatch ceremony was in Spanish."

He was, to be sure, in a bad place. Howard is a world-class goalie, whose saves have time and time again literally saved the U.