21.   From reading his comments, his heart is with American soccer and he would love to see the sport growing in this country.

22.   Happily, all that is good about American pro soccer is still good.

23.   He also is one of the biggest boosters of young American soccer talent.

24.   He is the future of American soccer.

25.   He thinks his vision of the inner city as the head start for American soccer is shared.

26.   He was even investigating playing American soccer a few years ago, possibly giving up baseball before it broke him.

27.   How about the American soccer fans.

28.   I worry about how I am going to start an American soccer league without the only players anybody in America has ever heard of.

29.   In a contractual huff, the women who own American soccer had abruptly decided to rent out their pre-eminent rank and national team numbers.

30.   In a sport desperate for heroes, Lalas has filled a huge void for American soccer.