When the Revs announced they’d be honoring Alexi Lalas before the 8\/7 game vs DC, I knew I had to do a banner, but I also knew it had to be something that was an appropriate tribute to a guy whose career was and still is largely based on being American soccer’s greatest troll. <\/p>\n
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Fortunately, Lizz from the Revs office had the perfect source photo ready to go. Much as I would have liked to have used the photo of him from 2004 where he’s at a tailgate with some of my pals and they’re all giving the finger, the league tends to frown upon that kinda thing on camera. It was also important that we use a source photo of him from his playing days, i.e. with the hair and beard, as even today, that’s a lasting image of American soccer–I’m a big fan of the cartoons on Mediotiempo<\/a> and every time they depict a generic US\/MLS player, it’s this Tom Petty-lookin’ dude, all thanks to guess who. So we ran with this, which contains a caption referencing the Revolution above an image of a guy in Civil War getup holding a 50-star flag. One buddy told me I should add a space helmet to complete the ultra-anachronism. <\/p>\n Given to him after the game, as far as I know. UPDATE: Yes, it was; he sent me a thank you via email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When the Revs announced they’d be honoring Alexi Lalas before the 8\/7 game vs DC, I knew I had to do a banner, but I also knew it had to be something that was an appropriate tribute to a guy … tell me more