“He shaped the league with instincts, wisdom and a soft-spoken velvet touch,” Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said. It was simply a good shot from the youth international, who is on loan in Salt Lake City from Liverpool. The game that gave us the phrase “it’s not cricket” to denote any kind of suspect practice is hardly a tale of unbroken honesty and courtesy. That’s too bad, because it would have been an appropriate day to commemorate a significant anniversary for North American soccer.