Big Benny?/ I am an idiot

June 26th, 2007 | by: Carter Daly |

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As I was reviewing the 2007 Copa America roster on ussoccer.com I came across someone from the official establishment maybe playing a little prank. No, I’m not talking about Bob Bradley putting Drew Moor and Ben Olsen on the roster. Take a look:

“5 Feilhaber, Benny M 5′9″ 150 01/19/85 7/1 Irvine, Calif. Hamburger SV (Germany)”

No, read it again. There ya go, now you see it.

On the new hero nonetheless. Looks like the joke is on Mexico now.

EDIT: Thanks to the guy in the comments that pointed out what a moron I am. So the official word is the club can also be called Hamburger…that in itself is funny. Anyways, move along, noting to see here. I will be back later with a complete ownage of the supposedly next Maradonut Leo Messi.

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mbyte84

What?
Matt

I don’t get it either.
http://116soccer.blogspot.com Z. Jackson

Believe it or not, that’s actually the name of the team, although they often use it interchangably with “Hamburg SV.” I’m not too up on German, but I think the additional “-er” means something along the lines of “the team from.”

You can see it on the tab on the top nav of their Yahoo page:

http://sports.yahoo.com/fbde/teams/ham
http://flannelenigma.com tim

I’m also missing it.
Albo

Well, the title says he’s an idiot.
Who are we to question such a candid statement?
http://france.worldcupblog.org Laurie

I believe that now is an appropriate time to say, “Hi, Carter! Welcome to World Cup Blog from the France page.”

If you ever want to, we can hang out and discuss the silliest blogging mistakes we’ve ever made.

(This is why the edit function is my best friend.)
chuck

In addition to “Hamburg” and “Hamburger,” I believe it is also acceptable to refer to this team as:
“Hamburglers”
http://www.usa.worldcupblog.org/?s=messi cariotte

Yes, you are right, guys, it´s “Hamburger SV”
(I know it, I´m from Hamburg!)
Now is Benny gone, and I´m unhappy !!!!!