Cup o' World Cup

I'm going into work a little late this morning so I can watch the first U.S. game in the World Cup. My Comcast guide doesn't say it but they added ESPN2HD just in time. Soccer sure is purty in HD.

I taped the Australia/Japan game and watched some of it while I was eating breakfast and waiting for the U.S./Czech game to come on. It was kinda boring until the last 10 minutes when Australia finally put some goals in. They were down 0-1 then Tim Cahill scored two in a row. They ended 3-1. Boy, those Socceroos were excited.

I'm watching the U.S. game a bit delayed cuz I decided to take a shower first. They're now down 0-1 and just had a great chance but Claudio Reyna hit one off the post. Darn! So close. Oh, now the Czechs are up by two. I didn't really expect the U.S. could beat the Czechs but I'd like to see them give a good effort.

I'm so tired of hearing about the "good run in the 2002 World Cup." Give it a rest already! So they made the quarters four years ago, how about describing this game? How 'bout some info on the current players?

Okay, start of the second half. Oooo. My favorite U.S. player, John O'Brien, is in. I'm not sure if I like the current long hair or the 2002 cropped hair. Hmmm...I'm going with the short hair. John, please cut it off.

Three to nil now. I think I'll put my shoes on and head to BART. We'll see how they can do against Italy on Saturday. In the meantime, it's all about Edmonton tying up Carolina tonight. Go Oil!