MLSSoccer.com has a great profile on Mundelein, IL native and University of Louisville alum
Charlie Campbell. Campbell, like any good Midwestern soccer player, grew up a Chicago Fire fan. He
even considers Patrick Nyarko and Baggio Husidic to be good friends. Now there is a twist in that
fandom as FC Dallas selected Campbell with the 35th overall pick of the 2011 MLS Draft.
Picasso without Velasquez. Family Guy without the Simpsons. Robinho without Garrincha.
Unthinkable? No. Sadly, we live in a world that obsesses over the present and increasingly pays lip
service to the past. Yet not Junito. Thanks to Youtube, old soccer books, and the art of oral
storytelling, I have turned his little world into a land of famous head fakes, jukes, goals, and
saves.
No sucker wants to talk to us. Let alone sign. I feel a rejection complex
coming on. We're the football equivalent of a cold caller who rings up just on the stroke of
teatime to give you the hard sell on some new health insurance. Just as you've tucked a fork into
the grey matter on your plate that looks only slightly more appealing than what the cat's eating-
or what he's about to leave on the carpet- and it's Keith from the front desk wanting to chat about
upgrading your life choices.
