If you don’t get the western movie flick reference, too bad. But lots of issues during yesterday’s 3-2 loss to the Rapids. How you lose anything to the Rapids, aside from a pair of sunglasses or a hat, I have no idea.

Bottom line is our Metros stop playing in the second half and surrender 2 goals in the final 12 minutes to hand Colorado the game. Drew was MIA with a bad back playing a sport where you bounce a ball with your hands and score a ridiculous amount of times by throwing the ball through a steel ring with a board behind it with a painted square to help you. Greg continues to serve his suspension.

The Good

Eddie Gaven scores another and shows again, why he’s one of the top young professional players in the league. The King of Goals, Serrrrrgio Galven Rrrrrrey scores his first goal in 8,000 minutes of play. The goal was a tap in from a corner kick, but the impact of the goal is huge for the personal life of Keith, who promised to wear a wig and headband at the “next game” should the King score a goal. As soon as his majesty scored, Keith, with a half hearted celebration, realized it will take a lot for him not be the King of the idiots during the next home game. When we voted and agreed by much more than a majority that he’ll have to sport the wig and headband during the tailgate, he disagreed and claimed he said he promised to wear it at the next game, which to him only meant the game itself.

So here’s the question. When you ask Keith if he’s going to the Metro game and he says yes, does he show up at kick off, or does he show up for the tailgate? Exactly. Going to a Metro game, especially for the King of bringing too much beer this year, means the tailgate as well as the game. For other members of the idiots, it might mean just the game itself, but for Keith, it certainly includes the tailgate when he says he coming to a game. So we’ll see if Keith is a man of his word July 10. Depending on his answer, he’ll either look like the King of Goals or a transvestite, as we get to pick the wig and headband.

Some other Good from yesterday included the pre-game drinking at Bazooka’s (basically, if Hooter’s were a soccer team in England and got relegated, it would be forced to sell off its stars, lose a lot of its sponsors and become Bazookas). I digress. Anyway, lots of beer, food and new found knowledge that Brian’s niece, or sister’s niece, or whatever, is Miss Pennsylvania and will be in the Miss USA pageant. Brian, who returned for his first game following his suspension, decided to tell us this information about his beautiful hot 22 year old relative (though it wouldn’t be a Deliverance type thing for Brian) once all but one of the idiots became married, engaged, settled down and some even had children. Thanks buddy (hey, sorry I never told you about that stock tip). Its almost like finding out they had a happy hour after you’ve been paying full price for a different (but equal ;) ) beer.

More Good involved the awesome light blue and red striped crowd who showed up to watch the Metro game and stuck around afterwards to catch the Argentina vs. Peru friendly. Great passion and atmosphere and a reminder that American fans have a ways to go in showing support for their teams. Waiting for the PA announcers to flash pictures of a D and a fence just doesn’t cut it.

Even more Good. Jason gives me a ride home to Long Beach which is well out his way, but forces us to leave the second game very early. On the way, I learned he was doing this as almost a repayment for a favor I don’t think I ever did. But hey, he remembers being dropped off at his home once.

The Bad

Brian not telling us about his niece. Keith’s position on what he meant by “next game”. The Metro’s late game d-fence. The King’s several squandered chances during the game to score. How he became known as the King of Goals is a mystery. Though we learned from our Colombian idiot that Rey means King and apparently he scored a bunch of them in Colombia playing for his former team. We all then agreed that its pretty easy to score in Colombia. Be it goals, women or drugs.

The King

See above for plenty of King references if you didn’t pick them up already.