Gregg Berhalter sent shockwaves through the soccer community yesterday with his official declaration that St. Louis is the soccer capital of the United States. A panic broke out on social media that two days in shows little sign of subsiding. People are understandably frightened.
For the moment at least the frenzy has not spilled out into the lived world. I was at the grocery store today and made eye contact with someone who seemed pensive. I brought up Berhalter and it turns out they were pensive about something else, I don't know what, but it was clear from their response it was not Berhalter.
Moderate voices in the community are urging calm. I tell them they are probably right, that I figure it would still need to be approved by soccer congress anyhow. Then they tell me there is no soccer congress. I wonder how exactly they think that's supposed to make me feel calm.
I've been tipping over trash cans in Kansas City all morning in response to this. I had been doing that for other reasons (recreation, exercise) before this, but now I'm doing it for this reason
This shit is FUCKED UP!!!!