Stevie and I have been living at the Irish Mile lately, a bar down the road from us that we have deemed our home for the World Cup. We don't have cable at home, you see, and need some place to watch the games.
We've been going to as many games as we can, and once again met Brian and Alicia there for the USA game tonight. It was once again a high energy crowd, especially once we tied the game, and even more so once we scored again to make it 2-1.
Genuine reaction over the second goal:
We got so into it that Brian knocked my beer over. One of these games we'll learn to not waste our drinks.
But in the last thirty seconds of the game Portugal tied it with a brilliant header, taking away our automatic entry into the round of 16. The entire bar deflated at once. I may have seen some people crying.
This is why I'm not a regular sports fan. Sure, I'll go to the occasional Phillies game, but I generally don't follow any professional teams. Tonight was stressful/heartbreaking enough; I seriously couldn't take this crap every single year.
Here's hoping we fare better on Thursday...
We've been going to as many games as we can, and once again met Brian and Alicia there for the USA game tonight. It was once again a high energy crowd, especially once we tied the game, and even more so once we scored again to make it 2-1.
Genuine reaction over the second goal:
We got so into it that Brian knocked my beer over. One of these games we'll learn to not waste our drinks.
But in the last thirty seconds of the game Portugal tied it with a brilliant header, taking away our automatic entry into the round of 16. The entire bar deflated at once. I may have seen some people crying.
This is why I'm not a regular sports fan. Sure, I'll go to the occasional Phillies game, but I generally don't follow any professional teams. Tonight was stressful/heartbreaking enough; I seriously couldn't take this crap every single year.
Here's hoping we fare better on Thursday...
Scott,
ReplyDeletefor Thursday I recommend going with your profession (the German teaching thing, you know) and root for Germany, it'll be less painful that way :). The USMNT will still make it to the round of 16, even if they lose (I'm pretty confident that neither Ghana nor Portugal will score a lot of goals).
Cheers,
Henrik