On the World Cup thus far

If you know me at all, then you'll know I love sports. Yes, even if I don't play it at all. Football (both the soccer kind and the American kind), baseball, whatever. I love it. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that I have been getting up at ungodly hours so that I can stream all the games on espn3.com, or go to O'Brien's at 0545 and line up when they don't open 'til 0630, or that I sit in lab and put my headphones on and yell at my labmates about the score when they are in the next room.

Therefore, I shall share some of my admittedly useless thoughts on the World Cup thus far. Yes, I have finished my first year of medical school, and yes, I will post about it later, I suppose, but I am so much more excited about the summer and the World Cup, so this goes first.

10. What other team scores more goals after the 80th minute? They're going to make me have a heart attack.

09. I still can't decide who I'd rather our next round opponent to be. Yes, I know we're playing Ghana. But they looked pretty good today against Germany, even if they lost, and Germany might be without Schweinsteiger...

08. The World Cup always reminds me how good-looking these football boys are ;-). Usually if I get to watch the matches, they're fuzzy blobs on my computer screen. Now, they're in hi-def on big screens, and they just make me smile...

[EDIT: The five most attractive footballing men...to me--
05. Jérémy Toulalan - grey hair and all.
04. Carlos Bocanegra - Aye aye, captain!
03. Benny Feilhaber - Jordin Sparks lip-synching? Kinda makes him even more attractive?
02. Yoann Gourcuff - too pretty for words. Have you seen his eyelashes?
01. Zinedine Zidane - headbutt or no, amazing skills = infinite hotness.
There. Looking at pictures to make up that list just brightened my Friday afternoon.]


07. Comeback kids! I can't believe we keep conceding these early goals, and our defense looked shaky even today, but what I can't believe even more is that we keep getting these equalisers later in the game.

06. Yay Michael Bradley! It must suck to be known as "Coach's son" or having people think he's only on the team/starting because of nepotism. Good for him for scoring that goal in the Slovenia game, and super asserting himself in the midfield the last couple of games.

05. WTF, France! I was really hoping Les Bleus would do well, especially after the horrible spectacle that was EURO2008. What happened? Zidane, we miss you!

04. Hey Wayne Rooney, you suck. Okay, maybe you don't actually suck, but your attitude makes me sick to the stomach. Yes, you're a striker, so your primary job is offense, but when you're stripped of the ball, show some urgency and at least try to make a play on it and get it back! Same goes for you, Jozy...but I like you better.

03. Landon. Donovan. After the 90th minute today, and the goal out of halftime in the Slovenia game. Amazing.

02. I think my med school class is amazing. I have only been to the American games at O'Brien's with them, but I know a bunch of them hang out regularly at Nick's to watch the games, at 0430. Awesomeness!

01. There should be a new rule in the World Cup. If you think an American goal has been scored offsides, keep your flag down and don't call it, side judge. Because you are wrong. Just like the two refs before you. That's right. We should have beaten Slovenia, and beaten Algers by more than one-nil.

Anyway...I'm just super excited we've made it this far, and I hope we beat Ghana next! Avenge the 2006 World Cup loss!

Go USA!