[thechat] FW: USA nips Portugal 3-2!!

Judah McAuley judah at wiredotter.com
Wed Jun 5 11:50:01 CDT 2002


Ron White wrote:
> We ain't gonna be last this time around.... :-)

I'm awake now after 4 hours sleep and I have to say that that was some
of the best football that I've ever seen the US side play.  The
defensive four for the US in the first half played about as good a
defence as you possibly can.  They marked well, they won hard tackles,
and they didn't over committ against some of the world's best ball
handlers.  Fantastic work.  Night and day difference from the game
against Holland.

The best thing about the win (apart from the 3 points!) was that we
didn't have three of our best players (Chris Armas, Claudio Renya, and
Clint Mathis) and that we started *2* twenty-year-olds.  Demarcus
Beasely, the lightest player in the World Cup at 126 lbs, was in there
banging away and chasing down loose balls.  Kept getting nocked down and
then jumping right back up.  Landon Donovan was showing some great
touches up front and playing really smart football.  Both home grown
kids that make me really excited about the future of our program.

I wonder if its to early to buy tickets for the second and third rounds
of 2006 in Germany?

Judah





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