Tuesday, June 13, 2006

World Cup

I've been following the 2006 World Cup in Germany, partially because I spent $20 to join a pool (currently in 1st place!), but also since I played for my school team in junior high school. I wasn't really good at it; I think not enough people signed up or something. At the beginning of the season, I didn't have soccer cleats so I was slipping and falling all the time. I think my uncle Charles bought me a pair of cleats later on. I did buy an illustrated book on how to play soccer, like looking at diagrams of free kicks helped me play better.

I still don't have cable in my apartment but I did buy a cheap VHF/UHF antenna this weekend. The signal for ABC comes in pretty well but they don't show that many games (most of the games are on ESPN/ESPN2). However, every game is shown live on one of the many Spanish language TV stations. I got up at 6am this morning to watch the Korea vs. Togo match. I also watched part of the USA vs. Czech Republic match; I don't think the US will make it to the 2nd round.




2nd goal in USA vs. Czech Republic match

3 comments:

closetmusician said...

did you watch the brazil vs. croatia match today? man, that was a great match. croatia pretty much played brazil head to head, had lots of great chances but just couldn't convert, otherwise they would've been 1:1 tied. you should go to a sports bar to watch (that's where I go w/ my friends) the atmosphere is way better than watching it at home.

ocgal22 said...

how are you fitting this in with your morning golf???

games are on in the middle of the night here in singapore . . . i doubt i'll be awake for the 3am USA/Italy game . . .

totochi said...

Golf class doesn't start until 1st week of July.