USA 1 - 0 Algeria: that happened
by Ted Harwood on Jun 23, 2010 3:10 PM EDT
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One is perhaps tempted to write only in poetry or metaphor or allegory after an emotionally draining match, as that one no doubt was. All I know is that my friend, who normally professes to hate soccer, pounded his keyboard at work nearly to smithereens when Landon Donovan scored in the 92nd minute. The game was wild, woolly, and could have finished 10-9, and it's easy to fall into speculation about how this match will affect soccer viewing in the USA, but really, all I know is that right now, a man who claimed to not like soccer got swept up in the moment. That bare fact, bereft of any social impact, seems enough for the present.
What a morning; what a match.
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I'm still feeling a bit loopy, and I had to leave for work in the 75th minute
And having a workplace that blocks streaming web video, I was watching the freaking text updates with my heart pounding out of my chest. Three text messages (all some variation of GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!) and my phone rang within a minute of the scoreline changing from
0 90’ 0
to
1 90’ 0
Went home to watch the DVR over my lunch hour, and still couldn’t help but scream when Landon drove that rebound into the back of the net.
I don’t know how big an impact that moment will have on US soccer in general, but if you even marginally like sports, that was something you will never, ever forget.
man i had to go to work after halftime
those wasted chances first half were giving me the jitters
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