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Marcel Yonan gets his kicks tasering baby rabbits
Filed under: Imported
Dismal proceedings at The Jimmy last Saturday evening. The Minnesota Thunder (4-4-4) played their best home game of the season against the Seattle Sounders--only to lose 3-1. In the first half they were flying around the field like meth-heads. Midfielders Freddy Juarez and Godfrey Tenoff, in particular, were tremendous winning and distributing balls. The Thunder went into halftime with a deserved 1-0 lead, courtesy of a Johnny Menyongar tap in.
They then proceeded to get pasted in the second half--although it wasn't entirely the team's fault. The Thunder immediately gave up an equalizer (which I missed because I was in the parking lot drinking beer). Then the Sounders' Brent Whitfield unleashed a crackerjack volley that the Thunder players could only drop their jaws at and admire: 2-1 bad dudes.
This is when things got really ugly. With the Thunder pushing forward for the equalizer--and therefore vulnerable to counterattacks--Seattle's Roger Levesque broke in on goal. Thunder goalkeeper Joe Warren was quick off his line, though, and cradled the ball at the top of the box just before Levesque could get to it. As Warren lay on the ground Levesque then appeared to kick the goalkeeper in the face, causing the ball to squirt free. This would seem to be an obvious foul--and likely a red card--but referee Marcel Yonan swallowed his whistle. The Sounders then proceeded to score on an empty net: 3-1. In the ensuing fracas, two Thunder players were booked for dissent.
It was an outrage. A travesty. The worst mscarriage of justice since Kenny Lee was suspended from the James M. Bennett High School varsity soccer team for underage drinking.
The Thunder will get their chance for revenge soon though. They battle the Rochester Raging Rhinos tonight at 6:35 CST in New York. Then on Sunday it's back to The Jimmy for a 7:05 rematch with the Sounders.
We will be sending our love to Roger Levesque:
Levesque, Levesque, we're gonna break your neck.
Posted by Paul Demko at July 8, 2005 5:36 PM
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