Martin Samuel is in good form today. He doesn’t much like MLS and, really, it’s not difficult to agree with him. The LA Galaxy’s recent 5-4 defeat at the New York Red Bulls was entertaining in the way that games featuring large quantities of comedy defending often are, but was notable not so much for the goals scored as for the real intensity and pace at which the game was played. Those vital qualities are normally lacking in MLS, giving most games (or at least those I’ve been to in DC) all the excitement of a pre-season training session.
Anyway, though perhaps a little vainglorious, I did like this part of Samuel’s diatribe too:
Apart from the fact that almost nobody goes to church and Essex has produced more good bands in 20 years than New York and Los Angeles combined, if one were to list the things that make Britain great, the public attitude to David Blaine would certainly feature highly.
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