The Two Johns

In light of the John Terry contretemps, it has finally come to light that Eric Wynalda’s wife Amy had multiple sexual encounters with Eric’s teammate, John Harkes, which prompted then-US coach Steve Sampson to leave Harkes off the 1998 US World Cup team. I’d always wondered why Sampson dumped his best player. Of course, Capello will not take such drastic action. He can’t afford to go to the World Cup without his captain.

But oh my gosh. John, we hardly knew ya. What kind of mate beds his best friend’s girl, panics and has her get an abortion, tries to quash the story in the press, and then goes home to his wife and kids? Uffda. That’s outdoing Harksie by a fair bit.

Oh, but maybe there’s a silver lining. Does this mean we won’t have to listen to John Harkes do color commentary on US broadcasts any longer?