It is a sad situation, the state of sports commentary in the United States. At least in my opinion. And I am not sure how small the minority that I am most assuredly in, is. Things annoy me that I know do not annoy others. We have all of this great technology that allows us to view sporting events from around the world, but which are often spoiled, and I daresay ruined, simply by the idocy and the need to say something or be relevant or sound important and knowledgeable, when better would be to say nothing and let the action coming across on the screen speak for itself. And in another soccer match that I watched today, between Atletico Madrid and Espanyol in La Liga, the British commentator was wonderful at letting the action on the pitch speak for itself, and there were sometimes whole minutes, or what seemed whole minutes, that flew by with nary a word spoken, and it was so sublime.