Although it's been awhile since my last update, I haven't abandoned the site. I've just been watching World Cup, which due to its hours here in Colorado has left me too drained to feel like doing much besides stumbling to work and then propping my eyelids open to watch the 12:30 am and 5:30 am games. The 2:30 and 3:30 games just interfere with life too much. Of course, if I was still a full-time student, I would've stayed and watched those games as well. Having two matches I care about on different channels really makes me wish for Picture-in-Picture on the TV.
I haven't been taping the games because it just isn't the same after you've already heard the results for the day. Oh, well, it's almost over. Or it will be on Sunday. Don't forget to tune in. Sunday's match will probably be Brazil v. Germany, but I'm hoping for South Korea v. Turkey. I just want someone different to win. I was ecstatic that favorites France, Argentina, Portugal, and Italy were knocked early on.
The US performed beyond anyone's wildest dreams, and why not? FIFA had them ranked as the 13th best team in the world. Surely that would imply that they can come and play against the other 31 best teams in the world. Sadly, the rest of the soccer world still doesn't give us much respect. I guess they remember all the games where we showed up at World Cup just hoping not to be embarassed, instead of playing to win. Now the team plays an attractive attacking style that's a lot of fun to watch. And we got to beat Mexico again. You'd think that at least in our own region we wouldn't be the underdogs anymore.
I can't wait for 2006. The young MLS based players will have that much more experience, and Tony Sanneh may turn out to be our replacement for Tom Dooley.