Results tagged “soccer”

Both of my teams qualified for the next stage of the world cup today. The USA beating Algeria means they ended up winning the group. And I honestly didn't think I'd ever type that sentence.

The Telegraph has some of the best live match commentary. Often brilliant actually. Today's instant reaction to Landon Donovan's late goal that pushed England into the second spot in the group, where we'll face Germany, made me giggle.

The USA have come fashionably late to the party, leaving us at the mercy of the Germans. It's World War Two all over again.

So in a few days time a little tournament will be starting in South Africa. You may have heard of it. Actually, If you don't like soccer football, you probably haven't. But that's ok, it just means you're weird.

So yeah, the World Cup is held every four years and in my home country, it's a really big deal. Huge. Massive. Flags on cars massive. Country comes to a standstill massive. You get the idea.

What makes this World Cup particularly interesting for me is the fact that my home team is in the same group as my newly adopted home team.

And wouldn't you know it, we play each other in the very first game in our group.

So while I'm going to be supporting the USA in spirit in all their games, after all I've been here for 13 years now so I bloody well should, that all goes out the window when they play England. Actual home country beats adopted home country every day of the week.

Is it June 12th yet? I can't wait. Sorry USA, we'll try to go easy on you.

[Moozik: The Horrorist - Born This Way]

• A few years back, my sister introduced me to the goodness that is Röyksopp. They have a new song and the video is teh awesome. Go ahead watch it, I'll wait.

• We had an excellent time at the Phoenix Zoo yesterday afternoon. Smaller than I remember, and all the animals were hiding in the shade, it was 87° after all. But we had a blast nonetheless. Did I mention it was 87°? There's something special about taking kids to a zoo. Watching them observe animals they've never seen for the first time was worth the price of admission alone.

• I played competitive indoor football (soccer for you 'merkins) for the first time in, well, a bloody long time today. I'll write more about that tomorrow. Mind you I don't think I'll be able to get out of bed tomorrow. I'm old. And VERY out of shape.

• Dear Battlestar Galactica writers, you do realize you've only got 3 more episodes right? In any other season, creating new plots and having a character-centric story line might have been a good idea. But this close to the end? You've got an awful lot of loose end tying up to do this month. I hope I'm not disappointed. Just sayin'.