Carolina Challenge Cup, Roma, and O’Brien

Now that the various bashes, benders, and blowouts held in celebration of last night’s capture of the Carolina Challenge Cup have died down, we’ll pause for a moment to reflect on the glorious victory.

There. Feels good, doesn’t it, even if it is a pre-season tournament? Hey, somebody had to win it — it may as well have been us.

There’s an extended match report on MLSnet.com and another on Charleston.com. A user named Mikey also has a gallery of photos from the cup over on SmugMug.com.

Meanwhile, SI.com reports that no new progress has been made on the rumored acquisition of A.S. Roma by Quakes investor John Fisher. Interestingly, however, they note that Italian daily sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport “is today reporting that Fisher’s plans for Roma include the development of a new stadium to replace the Stadio Olimpico.”

Apparently, soccer stadiums are like potato chips — you can’t build just one.

Finally, we have a video from Channel 5’s St. Patrick’s Day broadcast featuring momentary Time magazine honoree Ronnie O’Brien.