WELL, FIFA TRIED TO MESS THINGS UP BUT ...
A NOT-SO-FINE MESS. Editor’s note: We wrote this when it happened then shipped it off to be saved rather than to the blog. Fortunately – or otherwise, the choice is yours – we ran across it by accident … and decided to run it albeit just a bit late. Hey, if you really want to screw up things, well, the governing body of international soccer, FIFA, has always been a willing partner. The latest ahh … f-up … involving USMNT star FOLARIN BALOGUN might not be the greatest but it most certainly has taken away from – possibly ruined – what has been called ‘’the best futbol tournament of all time.” To this point it has been an event that has focused on great plays and great players, its share of upsets and typical if not overly dramatic controversies that invariably go with The World’s Most Popular Sport … not to mention such feel-good stories as little old Cape Verde (Pop: 519,418) scaring the game’s big...