A World Cup Just Made For U.S. Consumption

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

I'm not missing entries because I'm in Germany or anything - just in Seattle but pretty much just as far from home.

And thankfully it seems that people here are actually decently interested in the World Cup! Of course it helped that Mexico won and a ton of people were supporting those colors on the streets of downtown Seattle. The big test will be tomorrow. If people are wearing the United States colors (after we, hopefully, win) then Seattle is being ripped off not getting an MLS team.

Yeah, I know, some of the footcerites have been saying that for a while. :)

I do have to say that thusfar this World Cup has been a publicist's dream and hopefully people in the United States are paying attention.

When the tourney starts out with a 4-2 match, that's an advertisement for how footcer can look. And then you've got David Beckham's free kick resulting in England's only goal (I have to disclose that I fell back asleep immediately after the Beckham goal was deflected in by the Paraguayan defender). And, then you had the story of Oswaldo Sanchez from right in our own region.

The sight of the Mexican players all in tears surrounding him after he played mere days after his father died will be an image that will stand out even if Mexico somehow loses to Angola and gets sent home (guess what's not going to happen).

I'd like to thank Mexico for so many reasons today. Though them beating Iran still didn't shut the (Iranian-American) kid I'm arguing with on myspace.com up. He is still under the impression that Iran is the better team and they only lost because they were playing for a draw.

Still, they represented CONCACAF extremely well.

Though not nearly as well as Trinidad & Tobago. Sure they went out trying for the 0-0 draw after Avery John became the first player to get red carded in the whole tournament (so one MLS player will go down in the history books in this World Cup at least) but they did it.

Shaka Hislop needs to have a national holiday named after him.

See, I think the United States should take their example into tomorrow's match. Anything's possible and even if we're big underdogs we're nothing compared to the Soca Warriors who Sweden was supposed to wipe off the map (would anyone notice those two little islands were gone?).

I still don't have a good feeling but if the publicity machine of United States favorable results keeps on there's no way we can lose.