Hands down the best football played on American soil this week was a match between Morelia of Mexico and Atletico National of Colombia held on Wednesday Oct. 25th in Orlando’s Citrus Bowl.

Now, I don’t need to name player’s names of who played, because who cares. It was the team football that was the bomb. What made watching this game so impressive was that the ball was effortlessly being moved from one section of the field to the next.

There were no skills being called into question when it came to performing basic, or advanced ones. Each player was in control of themselves and their part of the game. This is something that you should expect and enjoy at a professional game. This something has been missing from most every time I see an MLS match.

Of course, there was a bicycle and some amazing dribbling moves, but the core of the game was based on individuals who were obviously well schooled in the game of soccer. Space and movement magically appeared and worked together to create a symphony that played a salsa tune.

The pain of soccer was noticeably absent and I found myself cheering for both teams because, like the Real Madrid supporters applauded their arch rival Ronaldinho off the field last year after an amazing performance, I could only appreciate what my eyes had the opportunity to behold.

The only real tragedy of the happening was that there was only a spackling of Americans without Latino decent in the crowd. The few were seemingly brave to enter unknown or foreign territory. This is a tragedy because it was not necessarily a Latin thing happening, it was a soccer thing happening.

Savages, all of us must realize that if soccer is on the field, even if the people around you are speaking Russian, as long as you are safe, support it and enjoy it for what it is, “The Beautiful Game!”

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