Soccer news comes fast and furious these days. After Manchester City finished up the Premier League title, and then Leicester City defeated Chelsea for the FA Cup, Manchester City and Chelsea faced each other for the UEFA Champions League championship (which sounds a little redundant). Chelsea won that 1-0, and the USA's own Christian Pulisic came real close to making it 2-0. Ah well.
Since then, the USA with all the stars they could finally get on the roster just barely defeated Honduras in the Nations Cup, and (hmm ... let me check ...) yes, will play Mexico in the final on Sunday, June 6. That's unfortunate, as the USA rarely does well against the Mexicans. Hope they have a good day.
But I did miss the news that the Brentford Bees, after numerous almost-made-its, finally qualified to get into the Premier League with a 2-0 win over Swansea City. They are the kind of team I root for -- one that has suffered bad luck and bad results many times, which finally triumphs.
They'll probably get trounced in the Premier League, but here's hoping they avoid relegation next season.
Brentford 2-0 Swansea: Brentford are promoted to the Premier League and return to the top flight for the first time since 1947"[ Manager Thomas ] Frank always insisted he was not superstitious, that he saw no symbolism in Brentford's nine failed play-off attempts – an English record – or the strange curse of red-and-white that had seen sides in their colours go 32 campaigns – and 16 finals – without promotion."
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