Scootering and Soccer: Remembrances of Moments Past– And a New Fire Season Around the Corner

onenil.gifJust this morning, I found a picture of my Lambretta, a 1965 TV 175, sandwiched between the pages of an old Scootering magazine from 1995. It was the first picture I took of my baby blue pride and joy. Facing away from me in some non-descript alley in Chicago, it looked like a child waiting for its parent to embrace them after being alone too long. Instantly, it brought me back to those early days of my scootering involvement, with memories cascading around me like so many pints of spilled Guinness.
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Fire Struggling to Keep Heads Up

onenil.gifMaybe there are some universal truths, even between soccer players and scooterists. After getting through another Niagara, which included rain, drinking, drunkenness, rain, the flipping over of my tent due to strong winds, a diet that could only be described as “minimally life-supporting,” and some more rain, I only needed one thingo sleep. Lots of it.
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Fire Stadium is Go

The Chicago Fire has announced plans for a new $70 million (seven crore for our indian readers) soccer stadium in Bridgeview, IL. Good news for 2SB, that’s about as close to Galewood as we could have hoped for, and it’s near the VFW fish fry, the Krispy Kreme, and the Trader Joe’s that we frequent. The team hopes to play there starting in 2006. Westside!

Ryan Futogaki: We Hardly F**king Knew Thee

onenil.gifAs the Fire prepares for the 2004 MLS SuperDraft on Friday, January 16th, it is doing of bit of house cleaning. Luckily for Fire fans, notorious goalkeeper Curtis Spiteri, Henry Ring’s replacement for the last few games of the season, was released. During his only minutes with the Fire, against the Columbus Crew in their last game of the regular season, he allowed six goals in just one half of play.
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