Denver Post · Jun 28, 2019
Backpass: The Rapids are going to “take the L” against LAFC
Bob Bradley, seen here as manager of Swansea City, has his new side LAFC on pace for the best season in MLS history. 0
You don’t have to be an aficionado of video games to be familiar with the “take the L” dance, a side to side leg-kick jig that is done while the letter “L” is formed on the participants head with the thumb and index finger.
A big part of the mental game of sport is how you take “the L”. Every player fails, sometimes. How athletes bounce back from a loss is highly predictive of whether they can succeed in the long term; how a team recovers from a terrible run can determine whether they will be relevant at season’s end.