Part of the joy of loving the sport of soccer is getting to deal with carcass picking vultures that swoop in when they smell the decay of a negative story that can roost on for a few days.
This time, it's Dan Wolken, national sports columnist for The Daily.
I swear, these idiots probably have a file folder labeled "Insulting Things to Say About Soccer" that they pass down from writer to writer like some kind of ancient book of useless wisdom.