Sorry for the delay, but we have been busy the last two days. Yesterday we attended the USA's second match of the group stage at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. Ellis Park is the third stadium we have been to in 4 games. Thanks to Jonathan we had amazing tickets and sat with the player's families. The match did not start the way we had hoped with two Slovenia goals in the first half. After halftime the USA started off hot with a goal from Landon Donovan and continued to fight back until Bradley tied it up with 9 minutes left in the game. The five of us were going absolutely insane when Bradley tied up the match. The USA section exploded a few minutes later when we thought we took the lead with just a few minutes left. Unfortunately, the ref made a poor choice and disallowed the goal which ended the match in a draw. The crowd was disappointed and upset with the result, but excited that the team fought back to get a point. Later Friday night England tied Algeria and now we just have to win our third match versus Algeria and we will move onto the next round.
Below is a picture I took of a few of the guys with Captain America. The US fans were tremendous and we are all looking forward to the final game on Wednesday. When we get some more time I will try and put up a great video that Manno recorded at the game. The rest of the crew arrives in JoBurg tomorrow. Look for an update from them when they arrive.
We got robbed! Everyone here went nuts too. The frogs deserved to lose. Too many problems in the locker room and no heart. Taylor better pray for England. They look poor. God save the Team. The video from South Africa match gave me the chills. You lucky boys. I'm thinking of Brazil in 4 years already.
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I personally am loving the double-fisting that is taking place in this picture. Very proud, boys!
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