US tied the Netherlands, 2-2.
It was surprising considering how little the Americans care about
soccer football in general. I honestly expected a slaughter, and to go home saying "well, at least we still have basketball!" (And we did, steamrolling the Chinese men's team 101-70 and the women's team 108-63.) So I wasn't surprised when they got a goal in within the first 5 minutes...but I was pretty happy after we tied it right into the 2nd half, then got another goal in and held the lead almost for the entire half.
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An American lady and her kid sat behind me, so I decided to make conversation. "Where're you from?"
"Err...United States?"
No shit, I can see USA written on your fuckin' forehead.
"We're from Pennsylvania!" the kid piped up.
They were pretty annoying and ugly, though, so I was glad when they left.
There weren't many American fans, but the ones that were there were naturally the loudest.
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And then BAM OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE the Pakistani delegation showed up waving a Union Jack around. Wait, what?
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The poor Dutch goalie got kicked in the head, twice. Both times he got right back up and did a good job tending the goal (unfortunately).
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After we scored our 2nd goal.
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And then, with 3 minutes to go...the ref called a penalty on #7, and the US team lined up for the kick...
And the bastards made it in! :? Complete last-minute goal to tie the game frustratingly enough. Which reminded me why I hated football in the first place: the damn ties. But the American team did way better than I thought, so it was cool.