Saturday, June 26, 2010

World Cup: Ghana v. US

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Four years ago Rich and I went on one of the best - if not THE best - tours of our lives. Before there was a Baby Jack, there was travel. Lots of it. We had been in Italy for two weeks with our students and sent them home with a chaperon while we continued our sojourn through Austria and Germany. DSC01197a
The trip happened to coincide with the World Cup in Germany, and our best friends, Christine and Jamie, happened to be in Germany for the World Cup. We met up with them. I could go on about how amazing the time was - how much fun Rich and I had in Nuremberg at the viewing party (That's where you go when you don't have tickets to the game..), how we met new friends, drank too much beer, and cheered on our team. But that's not what this post is about. It's about this:

Four years ago we played Ghana in the World Cup. Four years ago, they beat us, knocking us out of the tournament. It was a sad loss, yet I was elated for the Ghanans. Today we play them again and there is a lot at stake for both of our teams. For one of us this will be our last game in the tournament, so it is sure to be played with lots of heart, the emotional factor being at its highest.
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Go USA!

3 comments:

Jen said...

I'll be watching!! How fun that you were able to experience a World Cup! I told Israel we should plan to go Brazil in 2012! How cool would that be??

Go USA!!!!

Christine said...

Oh, that game just broke my heart.

That being said, I'm glad that we lost the way we lost. The Ghanans beat us, fair and square, in a heck of a game. And I'm glad there's still an African team in the tournament.

THAT being said... shitshitshitshitshit.

Rummuser said...

History has repeated itself.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

World Cup: Ghana v. US

DSC01189a
Four years ago Rich and I went on one of the best - if not THE best - tours of our lives. Before there was a Baby Jack, there was travel. Lots of it. We had been in Italy for two weeks with our students and sent them home with a chaperon while we continued our sojourn through Austria and Germany. DSC01197a
The trip happened to coincide with the World Cup in Germany, and our best friends, Christine and Jamie, happened to be in Germany for the World Cup. We met up with them. I could go on about how amazing the time was - how much fun Rich and I had in Nuremberg at the viewing party (That's where you go when you don't have tickets to the game..), how we met new friends, drank too much beer, and cheered on our team. But that's not what this post is about. It's about this:

Four years ago we played Ghana in the World Cup. Four years ago, they beat us, knocking us out of the tournament. It was a sad loss, yet I was elated for the Ghanans. Today we play them again and there is a lot at stake for both of our teams. For one of us this will be our last game in the tournament, so it is sure to be played with lots of heart, the emotional factor being at its highest.
DSC01198a

Go USA!

3 comments:

Jen said...

I'll be watching!! How fun that you were able to experience a World Cup! I told Israel we should plan to go Brazil in 2012! How cool would that be??

Go USA!!!!

Christine said...

Oh, that game just broke my heart.

That being said, I'm glad that we lost the way we lost. The Ghanans beat us, fair and square, in a heck of a game. And I'm glad there's still an African team in the tournament.

THAT being said... shitshitshitshitshit.

Rummuser said...

History has repeated itself.