A new show on FX about a soccer team has had me thinking about the White Sox, and before I get to any comparisons, let me anticipate all your jokes, wise guys and girls. Both teams are as exciting as a nil-nil tie? Both clubs deserve to be relegated? The Sox have more players writhing in pain than your standard soccer squad?
“Welcome to Wrexham” is a documentary series about Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney buying a “football” team in Wales. Wrexham is a working-class city that loves its down-on-its-luck club but detests all the losing. The two actors want to help the team move up to a higher division for the next season, but to do that — and to save the coaching staff’s jobs — the team has to win a big game.
