One finds it very difficult to watch the World Cup when there is a 6 hours time difference between where the games are being played and where I am. About a year ago I would have been able to actually watch the games on the work TV (located conveniently close to my cube) but recently the bosses decided to switch carriers and for some reason ESPN was removed from the channel list. CBS College Sports and the Golf Channel made the cuts but ESPN did not. Makes sense, right?
Anyway, because of this I have been prompted to only viewing things via the ESPN Gamecast and catching what I can on weekends and the brief half hour I could see before I left the house for the 7:30am start times. Over the course of the past week and a half I have however become the "go-to" guy around the office for the latest score updates and US scenario updates. But alas, Gamecast does leave a lot to be desired from watching it live. Somehow I managed to resist the temptation to just say to hell with work and just watch lots of soccer. Though I admit I will be taking tomorrow off with the explicit purpose of watching Portugal v. Brazil. I know that Brazil is already through and is basically playing for pride (especially without Kaka on the pitch) but I'm still hoping that Cristiano Renaldo and the boys can put Brazil away and maybe even win the group.
The real downside to watching Gamecast is that I can't even speak with authority no how a team has looked on the pitch. Though I did watch US v. England, I did not see the Slovenia game or the Algeria game today (Landon Donovan!!) and have to trust in other observers for their impressions of what transpired. From what I have seen online and what I have watched, the US has had ample opportunities to win all three games that they have played but have lacked finish (referee takeaways not withstanding). If things stay as they are at this minute the US will be looking at a date with a very good German team on Saturday and Klose will be back in the line-up after sitting today with a red card. The Germans do not lack finish and will destroy the US if they can't find the back of the net. If they want to prove the Confederation Cup win against Spain wasn't a fluke, they need to pull it together within the box and put some goals on the board.
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That was an exciting game between the United States and Algeria! I can’t believe the USA won! It looked for sure they would get another draw.
Have I ever told you about this last winter when I became enrapt with curling?
Curling is the other sport that most people in the US only get excited about every 4 years. For some reason, we just can't take our eyes off when it comes up. That stone shooting down the ice to hit other stones - its hypnotic.
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