"This can't be right" says I, only to myself this time. Get me the manager, I'm thinking. Turns out, they're pretty cool too. So a couple of emails and 24 more hours later, I'm the new Soccer Editor for Suite 101. How sweet it is.
So my first article goes out. It's pretty cool but gets a cool reception. You see, nobody is checking out Suite 101 for Soccer, just yet. "Help me Jason" says I, "we've got to get through here""OK Joe, calm down" says the other J. "We could use bigger fonts," says I. "Nah, that wouldn't do it" says Jason. "Well, how about color, graphics, animation, you know, that sort of stuff" says I, a little miffed and thinking Jason was wearing a different color shirt to mine. "Couldn't hurt" says the man, "but why don't we just tell the people we're open for soccer business" "You mean questions, email, snail mail, newsgroups, chat lines, open communication, that kind of thing?" says I. Jason, probably seeing that it's dawning on me, agreeably adds " Yeah, and stories, strange results, humour, topical happenings and so on".
"Right" says I. This is it. Watch this space for items of interest to the soccer fan. Articles will be short and sweet, or long and sweeter. They will range from local news to world events. You want to know why Pele is called Pele? (basically not too many people worldwide can say Edson Arantes Di Nascimento too quickly, and commentators couldn't say it before the ball was in the onion sack) Did Diego or the hand of God score against Peter Shilton? (how would I know) Did the shot from Geoff Hurst cross the line in 1966? (still depends on whether you talk to an Englishman or anyone else). Did you know that there are more countries in FIFA than there are in the United Nations. Sometimes facts are stranger than fiction. Can the United States win the World Cup in the year 2010 like they have said they can? Can Canada win a World Cup game before the year 2010? Oh oh, watch the cynicism there Joe. As Rod Stewart says "I was only joking, my dear" I'm only joking Canada. You can do it.
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