Quote of the week

Josh Getzler

From today's New York Times

(FIFA Reform Chief Francois Carrard) said, in French, that soccer was not “a true American sport.”

“There, it’s just an ethnic sport for girls in schools,” he said.

Let’s see him repeat those comments to Abby Wambach, Carli Lloyd or Hope Solo, or any of the other members of the United States team that just won the Women’s World Cup. Or to Clint Dempsey and Tim Howard, who helped lead the United States men’s team to the Round of 16 at last year’s World Cup.