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Originally posted by jeni
i was up this morning along with most of the others in the house at 4 AM watching germany kick ireland's asses (enh) for the first 91 minutes of the game, and then in the last minute, watching ireland score a goal and tie the game. DAMMIT!
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Its interesting how self imposed national stereotypes play out on the pitch. The Germans hardnosed precision the Brazilian freewheeling creativity, the chippy underdog Irish, the US however has lacked a vision of self and our soccer reflects it. The younger players are starting to gell around some kind of American style of play, it'll be fun watching Beasley, Donovan, and company figure it out. I was afraid whineyness was gonna be our style but they seem to be living that down, unless they went that direction this morning. (grumble grumble every four years I wish I had cable)