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World Soccer XXXI: Golden Generation?

There’s an episode of King of the Hill where a fictional Cowboy player moves into the neighborhood. He was a bench player but blocked a kick in the Super Bowl so every interaction is “Hey! He’s the guy who blocked that kick!”

With all the drama around Lalas I got to thinking of people who are known for one thing and milk it out. I’d think about including him because if you distill it down it really does seem like he’s famous just because of the hair in ‘94 and he rode that wave, but he did end up having a decent playing career and later got into being a GM.

But then they trotted out Eruzione again in a commercial for a “what, you don’t believe in miracles?” spot. He’s definitely made a career out of that goal.

Who are some other “He’s that guy that did that thing!”?
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
There’s an episode of King of the Hill where a fictional Cowboy player moves into the neighborhood. He was a bench player but blocked a kick in the Super Bowl so every interaction is “Hey! He’s the guy who blocked that kick!”

With all the drama around Lalas I got to thinking of people who are known for one thing and milk it out. I’d think about including him because if you distill it down it really does seem like he’s famous just because of the hair in ‘94 and he rode that wave, but he did end up having a decent playing career and later got into being a GM.

But then they trotted out Eruzione again in a commercial for a “what, you don’t believe in miracles?” spot. He’s definitely made a career out of that goal.

Who are some other “He’s that guy that did that thing!”?
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I don’t think anyone could top Eruzione when it comes to milking a singular moment.

Alcides Ghiggia would come to mind. He was an Uruguayan player who scored the winning goal in the final game of the 1950 World Cup for Uruguay over Brazil. Despite a long career he’ll always be known as “the man who silenced the Maracana”.
 
Slap Shot said:
Oh did I hurt your feewings? Get over it. Fact is it's an ugly stadium and fan turnout would be spectacular no matter where they play. Que sera sera

@ JJ - I don't follow MLS, but Seahawks fans are massive douchebags. ;)
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What feelings? I have more ties to the Twin Cities than Seattle. I've been to just about every Twin Cities sports venue. I've never been to any in Seattle. Haven't even seen the stadium in Seattle. Hell, I've only been to Seattle once in my life. I can't count how many times I've been to the Twin Cities.

But anybody who knows anything about soccer in America, knows the heart of US soccer fandom is in Seattle.

And the Seahawks have nothing to do with this.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
There’s an episode of King of the Hill where a fictional Cowboy player moves into the neighborhood. He was a bench player but blocked a kick in the Super Bowl so every interaction is “Hey! He’s the guy who blocked that kick!”

With all the drama around Lalas I got to thinking of people who are known for one thing and milk it out. I’d think about including him because if you distill it down it really does seem like he’s famous just because of the hair in ‘94 and he rode that wave, but he did end up having a decent playing career and later got into being a GM.

But then they trotted out Eruzione again in a commercial for a “what, you don’t believe in miracles?” spot. He’s definitely made a career out of that goal.

Who are some other “He’s that guy that did that thing!”?
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James Carville.
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Fox promoting the hell out of the Argentina-Austria, France-Iraq and Norway-Senegal matches and Jordan-Algeria is not even mentioned.

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Fox could have at least tilted the tactical camera up a couple of inches so we could see the cheerleaders during the time in between quarters.

Fox is offering a feed to watch this game with "iShowSpeed" WTF is an ishowspeed?
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
There’s an episode of King of the Hill where a fictional Cowboy player moves into the neighborhood. He was a bench player but blocked a kick in the Super Bowl so every interaction is “Hey! He’s the guy who blocked that kick!”

With all the drama around Lalas I got to thinking of people who are known for one thing and milk it out. I’d think about including him because if you distill it down it really does seem like he’s famous just because of the hair in ‘94 and he rode that wave, but he did end up having a decent playing career and later got into being a GM.

But then they trotted out Eruzione again in a commercial for a “what, you don’t believe in miracles?” spot. He’s definitely made a career out of that goal.

Who are some other “He’s that guy that did that thing!”?
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Not milking it, but Bill Buckner comes to mind . Perhaps even Steve Bartman too
 
jericho said:
Not milking it, but Bill Buckner comes to mind . Perhaps even Steve Bartman too
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Buckner was the opposite of milking it. He moved to the middle of nowhere to avoid the spotlight.

Bartman was a hero! He was a time traveler sent back to prevent the Cubs from winning the 2003 World Series. Just look at what has happened since the Cubs finally won in 2016...
 
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