“We didn’t want to be a commissioner. We were Jewish kids. We didn’t want to be an owner. We didn’t want to be broadcasters. I wanted to be Earl ‘The Pearl’ Monroe. That didn’t happen.”
— MLS commissioner Don Garber about his ambitions while growing up in Queens, N.Y. Garber, who was referring to New York Knicks legend Earl Monroe, himself a soccer star at Bartram High School in Philadelphia. Garber was honored Wednesday at the UJA-Federation luncheon at Madison Square Garden. (Bigapplesoccer.com)