Footie
The World Cup is over, we have a winner, a loser or two, a great number of national sides who deserve to be proud of themselves, and a handful of national sides who tolerate bad behavior from assholes but otherwise deserve to be proud of themselves. There were--what?--33 matches? 32? Dirtbunny watched them all. All of them. She has made a handful of new FC Dirtbunny call-ups based on what she saw.
First, welcome Diego Benaglio, Swiss goalkeeper. He's a monster. grrrr. Also, from the German national team, Arne Friedrich (an underappreciated defender), and--gulp--Bastian Schweinsteiger, warrior midfielder. I know, I was really down on Schweini a few years ago, but he has won me over with his consistently good play and newly-mature attitude. Also, he reformed the hair.
Second, welcome to the Uruguayan Diegos: El capitano defender Diego Lugano, striker Diego Forlan, midfielder Diego Perez, and defender Diego Fucile. The last one gets in because if I'm going to call up a bunch of Uruguayan Diegos, why not all of them? It's fun to be arbitrary. Oh, and welcome Xavi. Your call-up is way overdue.
