12 year old Brandi is still best

"12 year old" Brandi!

Congratulations to the US Women’s Soccer team in winning their match with France today, and advancing to the World Cup finals, but can we stop with the histrionics regarding the same ladies beating Brazil last Sunday?

I understand it was a last second goal, and it was amazing and all that, but can anyone truly tell me that a goal to tie in a quarter-final match is bigger than a goal to win the World Cup?

I think it’s very interesting that both events took place on July 10, exactly 12 years apart, and more than a bit sad that women’s soccer in this country has gone into the crapper since that victory.

Abby and Hope celebrate.

Maybe Abby Wambach and Hope Solo, et al can do what Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain (and those great ladies) couldn’t do, which is to make (at least) women’s soccer in this country something we can get behind?

Probably not.

Smile Brandi!

That’s all right, because I’ll always have the memory of the absolute joy I felt and saw on the field that day 12 years ago, when we all had a large, wonderful gulp of Brandi.

Recent vintage is very nice too.