The FIFA international break, for a soccer addict like me (I watched seven soccer matches last Sunday, beginning at 6am and ending at 10:30pm because I clearly have a problem) is somewhere in between a welcome detox and a mind-numbing stretch of boredom. Yeah, there was some soccer worth watching. That US-Mexico game was really entertaining. With the exception of the first 20 minutes of the USA looking hapless in the 5-3-2, and Tim Howard getting hurt, and the USMNT losing. Other than that, it was great.
But in the middle of prime MLS playoffs time, with the Rapids within sight of their second ever MLS Cup, taking a week off from domestic soccer is kind of a downer.