Racing v Bayern Preview
I spent a very nice evening at the Muhammad Ali Center last night. If you would have told me on January 1st that I would spend 10 minutes talking to Christy Holly (about Arsenal of course) at an event celebrating a tournament that included Bayern Munich and PSG, I would have said you were joking. Anyway I found myself talking to new friends I had never met prior to this year, and taking a selfie with the most famous puppet in Louisville. It was a fun night.
This is supposed to be fun, right? The city of Louisville is having fun with this team. This tournament is fun. Twitter continues to baffle and amaze me. Most of my timeline is filled with selfies with Gorp and the players visiting Louisville enjoying the city. However, Twitter will gut punch you right between tweets of Gorp and reminders to attend The Women's Cup on Saturday.
If you haven't seen “What We do in the Shadows” on FX, you should immediately watch it. One of the funnier things on that show is the concept of “energy vampires" (Colin Robinson played by Mark Proksch is pictured above). They don't suck blood, but drain your energy either through boredom, forced empathy, or trolling. They basically suck the fun out of everything. I am convinced that Twitter is packed with energy vampires and they hang out in the women’s soccer feed. Can you imagine getting mad at the city of Louisville because a referee might have missed a goal in a penalty shoot out in a friendly match for a team you don't support? (I think the referee did miss the call by the way). Would you then equate this to the NWSL not being able to attract international talent? If this is you, I might suggest taking a long look in the mirror. (FYI, energy vampires can see themselves in the mirror, but they are a pale version of an actual human being.)
Now that I have that out of my system, here is my preview: This is a friendly match where I have no idea who is going to play on either team, and it doesn't matter because I am going to have fun. End of Preview. Enjoy the match.
