A day later…yesterday’s US match against Slovenia was one of the best soccer games I’ve ever watched. By 7:15am, the bakery was packed and psyched. As the first half unfolded, we were in for quite a ride…DOWN!…0-2?! In World Cup play, this is next to impossible to overcome. I said/asked my brother and friends how many teams had clawed out of that size hole in WC play…what like 2 or 3 tops?
But that 2nd half started and of course hope sprang eternal as Landon Donovan scored early. OK…here go…we can do this. Then Bradley(the coach’s kid) scored to make it 2-2 and the bakery went totally nuts. We had a huge standing room only crowd of people, myself included, jumping up and down and yelling and high fiving.
And then the free kick by Donovan and the Edu score to go up 3-2. The room just about lifted off the ground…the cheering was so loud. And then…no it can’t be…he’s taking it away!? It was horrible. In a matter of seconds we go from pure joy to being sucker punched in the gut. As the clock wound down the last few minutes, I don’t think any of us could actually believe it. We won! Well, no we really didn’t.
As we walked out, my brother said, “That was one for the ages…one of the best matches you’ll ever see. We’d be telling our grandkids kids about it. But instead we’ll end up talking about THAT INSANE REF’S CALL.”
Well, it’s a day later and it really was one for the ages…that ref was a complete disgrace, but it was an incredible match to watch. Can’t wait til 7:00a on Wed. Simply can’t wait.
