Hey Eddie! Please shut up and play football!

US defender Eddie Pope simultaneously cements his nation's worldwide reputation as warmongering fatheads and lousy footballers:

SHUT UP EDDIE

After the 3-0 loss to the Czech Republic, how about just shutting up and trying to retain some dignity? Calling a sporting event a "war" or "battle" may be the norm in American Football, but even there it is, frankly, stupid. Sport is sport, war is hell.

Sorry, rant over.

Eddie's just heard too many inane American athelete inteviews where they have to compare their sport (primarily American football) to war.
They're all "warriors", e.g., Kellen Winslow.
Pay the young man no mind.