He's been at the helm for six NFL seasons. In many ways, he was the right man for the job at the
right time.
Roger Goodell's biggest contribution as commissioner would probably be recognized in his ability to
curb the bad behavior of NFL players and wannabees off the field. He set the precedent by
suspending players often and for long durations anytime there was clear evidence of inappropriate
off the field activity.
Photo: Earl Gardner
First the positives for the Union.
They kept their first clean sheet of 2012 and outside of two incisive runs from Sebastien Le
Toux, the Whitecaps had very little offense of which to speak. True they were without target man
Eric Hassli and midfield maestro Camilo Sanvezzo, but the Union's four man backline, finally
reunited, got the job done.
The Header's explorer, Sir Luke Jimmy James, reports from The Valley of the Soccer Gods. Inside the
secret facility where soccer players learn to behave badly.
Real cute Toronto. Thought we wouldn't notice? Well... we did.
We see what you were trying to slip past us. It's not gonna happen. We're not happy with you.
Shhh. Shhh. Don't talk. Yeah we know you really took a bullet for us hiring Jurgen Klinsmann as
your "consultent" or whatever.
It's easy to be distracted by some of the soap opera-like goings-on we see in professional soccer;
every year (week, day?), there's plenty of gossip and bad behavior on and off the field. Some of it
is even entertaining and interesting. But it's easy to lose track of some of the fundamentals of
the game when we pay too much attention to that sort of stuff.
James Dean..he is not!
Diouf is on a streak. Unfortunately, it's with his mouth and not his feet. The player who
isn't known for sugar coating his feelings has once again let his antics take center stage instead
of his talent. The Senegalese player, who has yet to score in the EPL this season for Blackburn,
once again courted controversy with his reaction to QPR's Jamie Mackie.
