We're in the stadium now, and our patriotic attire earned us some air time soon after we got to our seats. Nate and Chesher are both draped in flags, top-hatted with our signature Uncle Sam head gear, and living it up. We're all in USA jerseys and I've got my scarf ready for waving. We're in section 110, row 11, seats 12 through 15... thirty feet from the field and right on the midline, a truly magnificent place to be today.Speaking of the game, I'm gonna get back to watching it. More at half-time!
(39:00 game time) GOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!!! Frankie Hejeuk gets us our first one.
(45:00 game time) GOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!!! Penalty kick by Landon Donovan sees us at 2-0 into halftime. Its looking likely we'll be seeing our boys play Mexico on Sunday!
(74:00 game time) Canada slips one past us, as Hume and another player double-team Keller, our keeper. Hume has bullied his way through this second half, on a field rife with fouls and referee blindness. We still lead, but it won't be a shut-out as hoped.
(88:20 game time) BOO! Bradley gets an undeserved red card for a heel clip. This has been quite a second half, but we all chant "U S A" as the 90th minute comes by and hope is still strong. Four minutes of stoppage time to go...(93:00) The crowd around us erupts in disappointment as Canada rushes the box again and the terrible swish of ball in net is heard... but no! Offsides is called! Jeers turn to jubilation, and a minute later the game is over. USA wins!! We are officially in line to buy tickets for the finals on Sunday :-) :-) GO USA!!
(8:30PM) US vs Canada sealed in our favor, tickets in hand for Sunday's finals, we settle in to watch the second of our double-header matches where Guadaloupe faces Mexico and we see who the US will need to face before they can claim the Gold Cup (bets on Mexico). Blogging will be light the remainder of the evening, but pictures hopefully will be up by the end of the night. From Soldier Field in Chicago, this is Shaun, Dave, Nate, and Tewaney saying: see ya! ;-)More Photos
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WOW, what an exciting game. Offsides is so often overlooked or so often called when it doesn't really happen, or maybe should just be allowed all of the time... soccer philosophizing...
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Well it involves being picked up at our hotel by a limo... after that, we'll go where the wind takes us!
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