Article from the Austrian Independent speaking to Thierry Henry about the move to the States. Henry dropped this gem: There's more in there about Henry's relationship with Beckham and how he helped Henry make his decision. And the best part for me is that Henry taking the subway to Red Bull Arena from New York City was to show fans that making that commute is easy. It also indicates that no one has a damn clue who he is, but that's a much less attractive explanation. As for the media comments, I somewhat agree, but I also don't. American soccer writers, the few good ones that we have, understand the game and realize that stats don't really indicate too much of anything and don't use them as much. Its when a general sports reporter gets sent to cover soccer and tries applying stats that we run into issues. I think this is also part of why the sport hasn't grab hold here like basketball, baseball, and football. In those sports you can define everything in terms of the stats and that just doesn't work with soccer.
haha @ no one knoing who Henry is in New York. In the big apple, soccer is probably the #5 sport behind football, baseball, basketball, and swimming. Also, I disagree that in football/basketball you can define everything in terms of stats, but thats not what this thread is about.
And now there's this. Having moved on from the media, Henry is now taking on the keepers of MLS. And yes, I'm overstating this somewhat for humor's sake. Here are the highlights of the match, featuring two of MLS's hottest clubs. FC Dallas are third in the West after not having much in the way of expectations at the start of the season. FCD started the season with two wins and six draws in the first 10 matches, but have not lost since May 20th and have many predicting that they'll be in the MLS Championship. Red Bulls meanwhile were also playing beyond expectations after playing poorly last season, but the addition of Joel Lindpere and rookies Tim Ream and Tony Tchani...oh and they got Thierry Henry and Rafa Marquez to go with Juan Pablo Angel...no biggie. Anywho, the 2-2 draw may have been match of the year in MLS. The story though is all about the moment after Mehdi Ballouchy scored his on his debut in stoppage time in the second half. The ball bounced back out from the back of the net and sat in the six yard box. Henry decided, well after the play, to slam it back in the goal in celebration, while Kevin Hartman was trying to send it back to midfield in frustration. Henry kicked harder and Hartman ended up with a sprained MCL that could leave him out for weeks, causing an MVP candidate to miss significant time in the race for first in the West. Here's the video: [video=youtube;8X-J07RSJ9U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X-J07RSJ9U&feature=player_embedded[/video] Question now is will MLS suspend Henry for his behavior? Personally, I'd say yes. Henry was already on a yellow for a foul just a moment earlier and could have earned one there. I know this happens all the time, but typically when I've seen it, its a lot quicker than what Henry did this time as the ball had been sitting there for a bit before Henry hit it. Of course, the other thing to consider is that no one really says anything about this if Hartman doesn't end up with a significant knee injury. Your thoughts?
The keeper saw henry's intention and stupidly put his foot next to the ball, dumbass really. Nowhere do you see him going above the ball to hurt him.
He got fined an undisclosed sum of money. Pretty weak by MLS at best if you ask me. I have no problem with such a celebratory act if you're the other guy inside the six when someone scores. Henry came charging in from outside the 18 on this one and had plenty of time to find another way to celebrate...such as joining his teammates.
Not sure if this is irony or karma, but Henry is out for the Red Bulls match against the Galaxy with an MCL injury.
