Before last night's 2-0 win over Kansas City, propelling the Crew into the conference finals, the last time Columbus won a playoff game was September 28, 2002. Assuming Microsoft Excel can subtract correctly, it was 2,233 days between playoff wins. Let's step into the Way Back Machine and see what life was like 2,233 days ago (approximately...).
In 2002, the average gallon of gas (according to the E85 web site) cost $1.31. This tidbit would have been more impressive a month ago...
"Dilemma" by Nelly, featuring Kelly Rowland, was the country's #1 song according to Billboard.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 2002 at 8341. You know, again this tidbit might have been better a month or so ago.
In 2002, Barack Obama was a state legislator in Illinois. I think he's been in the news lately, but I can't remember why.
Robbie Rogers, who scored the Crew's second goal last night, couldn't legally get into a R-rated movie by himself. That's OK, though, since he also wasn't old enough to drive himself to the theater. He was 15.
A German-born gentleman named Sigi Schmid was busy coaching a Supporters' Shield winning team to an MLS Cup victory. Hmm...
MLS had two teams in Florida and zero teams in Canada. Ah, nostalgia.
Wikipedia was about one year old, and hadn't quite realized its place as the message board and high school kid go-to source for information.
In 2002, the Cincinnati Bengals finished 2-14. Wait a minute...
In September 2002 the national debt was about $6.2 trillion. Now it stands at around $10.4 trillion.
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