No thread for this? Come on, fellas, even our boys look pretty good this year...
The exciting finishes and surprising results are starting to roll in. Japan had a great equalizer against the Dutch yesterday.
The joy Curacao had after tying it up against the Germans was fun to watch...even if the Germans steamrolled them in the end. For that one moment, Curacao had something to be proud of.
Spain--one of the overall favorites--tied Cape Verde today. Egypt is giving Belgium all it can handle. Morocco stole a point from perennial contender Brazil.
And the US men played what I think is the best US men's game I've ever seen. I'm used to our team grinding games out, winning or losing by the smallest of margins. But on Friday they played with freedom and joy, playing beautiful soccer to break down a stingy defense. It was just one game, but it bodes well for the next few games and making a run in the knock outs.
Of course four years ago Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia in their opening match of the group stage...and went on to win the whole thing. So like early season college football games, it's probably best not to overreact.
So far, it's been a fun tournament. And I'm going to the Austria/Jordan game tomorrow with SFGopher, my brother, who has been an expat living in Austria for 18 years--and his step-son, who is Austrian and was a toddler the last time Austria was in the World Cup. So that should be cool.
