Which World Cup?
Say what! There is only one.
I'm surprised at the lack of interest in Facebook in the World Cup as the action in soccer never stops whereas American football stops and starts constantly. Football might be more interesting if the pace were faster but it's interrupted so much that a game drags on for three or four hours. One thing for sure, those football fatbodies would vapor lock instantly if they ever tried to play soccer.
So, uh, what'samatter, kids ... can't handle it when America is in a fair fight?? I'm really getting sucked into this World Cup and Cat did it. She's no sports fan but she knows a fair bit about soccer and the players and last night we watched USA play Portugal. It's important to keep track of multiple games as the MusikCircus is highly international and Bo will play tonight but he's in Portugal and he won't be too pleased at the result of the game. We also keep an eye on Chile as Voodoo favors them. I want to see Germany do well as I like nationalism that doesn't get people killed and they are very good at it.
This was a surprisingly exciting game. Portugal scored early and I was bummed as I thought the game might be over before it had even really started ... but America came back in the second half and scored ... and then the excitement was non-stop as likely the next score will win the game ... and America does it ... the game looks like it is won ... but ... with only five or ten seconds remaining, Portugal scores one more time and the game ends in a draw.
The biggest difference is that in-between scores the action never stops but, with football, they constantly take breaks to set up steroid and coke deals or whatever else they do in the interminable breaks, time-outs, phone calls home to their mothers. With soccer, we were watching all the time as the ball never stops moving so who has the best ball control; who can get the ball back if it's lost to the other team; who can control the position of the ball on the field the best. I was surprised as my interest in sports is even lower than that of Cat but this was fascinating to watch.
This game is important as USA goes to face Germany on Thursday. I didn't want to see either team going into that game in a one-down situation (i.e. coming off a loss and feeling bad). The result of the Portugal game is that USA and Germany go into Thursday with identical records so this means it's close as it can be to a dead-even fair fight. You bet I will be watching this one with Cat.
Say what! There is only one.
I'm surprised at the lack of interest in Facebook in the World Cup as the action in soccer never stops whereas American football stops and starts constantly. Football might be more interesting if the pace were faster but it's interrupted so much that a game drags on for three or four hours. One thing for sure, those football fatbodies would vapor lock instantly if they ever tried to play soccer.
So, uh, what'samatter, kids ... can't handle it when America is in a fair fight?? I'm really getting sucked into this World Cup and Cat did it. She's no sports fan but she knows a fair bit about soccer and the players and last night we watched USA play Portugal. It's important to keep track of multiple games as the MusikCircus is highly international and Bo will play tonight but he's in Portugal and he won't be too pleased at the result of the game. We also keep an eye on Chile as Voodoo favors them. I want to see Germany do well as I like nationalism that doesn't get people killed and they are very good at it.
This was a surprisingly exciting game. Portugal scored early and I was bummed as I thought the game might be over before it had even really started ... but America came back in the second half and scored ... and then the excitement was non-stop as likely the next score will win the game ... and America does it ... the game looks like it is won ... but ... with only five or ten seconds remaining, Portugal scores one more time and the game ends in a draw.
The biggest difference is that in-between scores the action never stops but, with football, they constantly take breaks to set up steroid and coke deals or whatever else they do in the interminable breaks, time-outs, phone calls home to their mothers. With soccer, we were watching all the time as the ball never stops moving so who has the best ball control; who can get the ball back if it's lost to the other team; who can control the position of the ball on the field the best. I was surprised as my interest in sports is even lower than that of Cat but this was fascinating to watch.
This game is important as USA goes to face Germany on Thursday. I didn't want to see either team going into that game in a one-down situation (i.e. coming off a loss and feeling bad). The result of the Portugal game is that USA and Germany go into Thursday with identical records so this means it's close as it can be to a dead-even fair fight. You bet I will be watching this one with Cat.
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