Sports Illustrated Takes Their Cues from Seattle Offside

By: Steve | May 16th, 2008

Breaking News: After the success of the MLS Hair Report, Sports Illustrated has decided to latch on to and leech off of my and Akeem’s brilliant and creative ideas.

To quote the article:

A distinctive mullet that soon would light up MLS matches identified Juan Carlos Toja to FC Dallas players during their 2007 preseason trip to Brazil, yet soon enough they realized in this case, whatever impressions that image might suggest didn’t fit the man.

“A lot of players in South America wear their hair that way,” says FC Dallas coach Steve Morrow, who himself keeps very short what little he has left, of his Colombian midfielder. “You’d think he’d be like a rock star, but he’s not that way at all, just the opposite in fact.”

Toja, in fact, is perplexed and somewhat embarrassed by all the attention lavished on his mane, which just months after his first MLS match prompted club management to stage “Juan Toja Wig Night,” an honor previously bestowed upon a fellow countryman, former superstar Carlos Valderrama. Aside from their distinctive ‘dos and shared heritage, they’re as different as attacking midfielders can be.

If you had not noticed, the site purposely declined to give a publishing date in order to quiet speculation on the illegal “borrowing” of intellectual property. Their lawyers can expect to hear from me soon.

BITERS!!!!!

In other news, according to sources at GoalSeattle.com, the second best site for Seattle Sounders FC coverage, Sounders FC gear is now available from WinCraft, Inc.

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• akeem |  May 16th, 2008 at 11:52 am

  
  
  

  Thats messed up man. SI is just being cheap. They just need to open their wallets and hire Steve and his boy Dream’

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• GOALSeattle.com |  May 16th, 2008 at 12:26 pm

  
  
  

  Second best! What’s the first? http://www.SoundersFC.com?

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• GOALSeattle.com |  May 16th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

  
  
  

  Two other gems to share with your readers:

  Nate Jaqua the next Sounder?
  http://goalseattle2.blogspot.com/2008/05/second-sounder-nate-jaqua.html

  XBOX rumored to be Seattle MLS kit sponsor:
  http://goalseattle2.blogspot.com/2008/05/will-sounders-fc-be-rated-x-box.html

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• Melissa |  May 16th, 2008 at 12:33 pm

  
  
  

  My friend is convinced that after I posted a rant over Alyssa Milano not having an MLS section for her Touch clothing line, the Red Card blog guy co-opted my rant on his site and even interviewd Alyssa. It’s all a bit precarious. Good luck with your “legal battle.”

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• Melissa |  May 16th, 2008 at 12:36 pm

  
  
  

  Nate Jaqua back in MLS? Awesome. Although he should play for San Jose RIGHT NOW!

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• Corey |  May 16th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

  
  
  

  So many times I have read my pieces main thoughts and points on other Real Madrid sites, or I have had people who “cite” me to an extent that its plagarism. Its ridiculous, but I guess thats how you know your not half bad at what you do.

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• Kevin |  May 19th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

  
  
  

  I’ll just assume that this article is written sarcastically. If not then, man, you are way off base. Of course they mentioned Toja’s messed-up hair, they were writing a feature article about him. I don’t see how SI is ‘taking their cues’ from this blog.

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• Steve |  May 20th, 2008 at 8:10 pm

  
  
  

  Good job Kevin. You figured it ALLLLL out

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