Memories will help achieve soccer's goal

There's a plaque outside the Aztec stadium in Mexico City. It commemorates the soccer teams of Italy and West Germany for the "Game of the Century" during the 1970 World Cup.

Hyperbole? Exaggeration?

At the risk of calling in the men in white coats, I might suggest the exact opposite. A slight understatement. While that semifinal had more goals scored in extra time than any other World Cup match - and this is where I probably need medical supervision - there were at least two other matches in that World Cup that could have earned a similar accolade before the Italian and West German teams took the field. So what is a World Cup? It is Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. But the Mexican 1970 World Cup was High Noon.