World Cup 2006 kicked off Friday morning at 8:55AM PST with an ugly match between host team Germany and Costa Rica. Unfortunately, I was at work during the game and could not find a viable live stream to watch it with. But I hear the game was pretty sloppy as shown by a 4-2 score.
However, I did watch the 2nd match -- Equador beating Poland with some solid defense and ground attack. Their first goal was wonderful. A throw-in that went half way into the box and then two headers for a goal. Spectacular!
I love this event. It's the best thing out there -- better than the Super Bowl, and even more comparatively right now -- better than the NBA Playoffs. I'm really blown away by the lack of enthusiasm the United States has at this "soccer" sport. Everywhere else, its a gigantic mass appeal sport and here, its sits quietly on the bench behind everything else including synchronized swimming and golf!! Ugh!
And yes, I did get up at 5am to prepare myself for the England vs Paraguay match on Saturday morning. It was grand.
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The World Cup is enormous here. For having such a mediocre team, the Japanese REALLY get into the World Cup. We've already had 2 large parties, one for the opening, and another for the England match, but the big one starts in less than two hours...Australia and Japan, and then the US and Czech Republic. I work with loads of Aussies, and the fact that we are in Japan...should be great.
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