Goodbye, Mr. Hunt

American sports lots one of its legends today with the passing of Lamar Hunt. Most folks are aware of Hunt's involvement with professional football as owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, founder of the American Football League, and one of the men responsible for the creation of the Super Bowl. What a lot of folks don't know is that Hunt has played a major role in soccer in the United States for years. Hunt was one of the founding investors of Major League Soccer and ran several teams during the past decade. He was the first to build a soccer specific stadium (in Columbus), showing the way to solvency for the rest of the league. In recognition of his role in the game, Hunt was inducted into the U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame and the U.S. Open Cup trophy was named after him.

Thank you, Mr. Hunt, for all you did on behalf of the beautiful game. You will be missed.