http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/08/when-gay-slur-using-seattle-sounder-marc-burch-came-to-play-with-my-gay-soccer-club Comments On: When Gay-Slur-Using Seattle Sounder Marc Burch Came to Play With My Gay Soccer Club by Eli Sanders en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Married Couple]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:38:43 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Drew and Andrew]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:34:25 -0800 The Stranger Posted by GyroLover]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:31:22 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by Bkeeper75]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:38:12 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Jubilation T. Cornball]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:11:16 -0800 The Stranger Posted by sirkowski]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:32:26 -0800 The Stranger Posted by DrJamesIncandenza]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:28:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:17:28 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mat]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:49:39 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Sir Vic]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:12:55 -0800 The Stranger I'm thinking he was probably playing at 3/4 speed.

This. When I was young and lean, I used to play in multiple office and church basketball leagues as well as whenever I was single living down at various playgrounds constantly playing pick up games. There was a weekend where some starting Division 2 college kids from a school were visiting with one of their team mates some family. They would come down and play us.

One of my friends (who was one of the best players on our office team and could out gun and out duel most anyone in the league) starts talking shit and they bite, and he tells them to stop holding out. "You pussies," etc. They laughed and proceeded to absolutely clown us. I was never anything special on offense beyond being able to get open a lot for three pointers, and I was I thought very good at defense and rebounding.

My guy basically might as well have had me like an infant in a Baby Bjorn, for how much I was locked down. It was hilarious, and these were only D2 guys.
Posted by Joe Szilagyi]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:49:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by originalcinner]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:41:53 -0800 The Stranger
Kinda like how many, many people say things like "that's fucking retarded, man," meaning no offense to the developmentally disabled. It's also not something that they would say if they were in the presence of a downs-only soccer club.

Props to him for apologizing though and props to you guys for accepting it and not demanding more.
Posted by The Dopest]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:59:33 -0800 The Stranger
Granted, I didn't know about the prior gay slur. I figured it was just some Sounders hanging out with the gays again, just more than at a bar. And Eli is right - there was no dwelling on some prior bad acts.

Just a bunch of folk doing Sunday Kickabout...with an MLS player.
Posted by michaelp]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:46:51 -0800 The Stranger And while none of us are MLS-level athletes, we held our own with Marc.

I'm thinking he was probably playing at 3/4 speed. In college, I had the chance to casually play with/against a guy who would later be a bench player for the Nigerian WC team. It was pretty silly, like dog-paddling next to Ryan Lochte.
Posted by Sir Vic]]> Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:16:51 -0800 The Stranger