Sunday, May 29th: USA! USA! USA!

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 3:31 am

Rachel was sitting in the XUB, practically bouncing as she waited for the match to begin. She was wearing a t-shirt that depicted a red snake choking a seriously outmached lion, underneath which was written "1775, 1812, 1950, 2022". reached out slightly with her power, trying to gauge how likely it was a fight would start before the game was over, since the place seemed evenly split between England and US supporters.

by **Tommy More** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 3:32 am

"A novelty T-Shirt. How quaint. Alas, it shall be left as a mere footnote in history in a few hours," Tommy opined.

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 3:37 am

"Enjoy the feeling while you can." Rachel said "you'll be crying later."

by **Tommy More** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 3:43 am

"With joy, I am sure.

You're not taking one from us on home soil, my friend."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 3:47 am

"Like hell we won't." Rachel said "Face it, England has been coasting on reputation for years."

by **Tommy More** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 3:59 am

"Yes, reputation alone--which is why WE won OUR group, and YOU couldn't beat noted powerhouse Iran."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:25 pm

"Did you actually watch any of the Iran games? They've got a hella scrappy team this year. I mean, fuck, they knocked out Argentina.. I'll take number two in the Group of Death over winning the cakewalk that was your group."

by **Tommy More** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:28 pm

"A cakewalk?! South Korea's the best team in all of Asia."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:37 pm

Rachel snorted "Seriously. Thats like saying 'the oldest building in Phoenix'. Face it, the only reason why the EPL is any good is because they pay the best players to come over here."

by **Tommy More** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:46 pm

"The best players, most of whom are English."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:01 pm

"Please, thats less true every year. Heck, it wasn't really true in '94. Y'know, the year that England didn't qualify."

by **Tommy More** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:06 pm

"Hey! The Dutch cheated in '94," Tommy frowned.

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:09 pm

"Yeah, it was hardly fair of them to send so many good players."

by **Tommy More** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 7:18 pm

"It was an offsides. An off. Sides."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:12 pm

"If England had been playing for shit, it wouldn't have mattered."

by **Tommy More** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:39 pm

"I would like to see your rag-tag bunch of misfits compete with a team like the Dutch. Or are all of your athletes playing that 'football' you use your hands in?"

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:38 am

"That is so dumb its not even offensive." Rachel said, grinning as she took a pull from her beer. "We're underdogs in the Cup, yeah. But we've made it to at least the knockout round for over a decade."

by **Tommy More** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:57 am

"And then, promptly, been knocked out, except for one lucky run on your home continent."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:08 am

"We'd made the round of sixteen before." Rachel replied "And hate all you want, but we finished third. How did England do again? I can't remember......."

by **Tommy More** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:15 am

"Just fine, thank you," he grumbled. "And you know that Wilson's red card was bullshit, just as I do."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:19 am

"He broke Dazzy's leg!" Rachel said "That was a straight-up red, and he's lucky he wasn't banned."

by **Tommy More** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:21 am

"A hard challenge, for sure, but a legal one!"

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:29 am

"Broken.Leg." Rachel said "That isn't a hard challenge, thats being a thug."

by **Tommy More** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:42 am

"An unfortunate accident, that is all."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:45 am

"And if that goal hadn't been disallowed, England would have come back and smashed Germany, right?" Rachel said, rolling her eyes.

by **Tommy More** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 2:01 am

"Yes!"

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:55 pm

"Or, more likely, England would have lost 4-2 instead of 4-1."

by **Tommy More** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:57 pm

"Nonsense. A limited understanding of the game is typical for Americans."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:04 am

"Ok, educate me. Explain how a English side who couldn't defeat a noted soccer powerhouse like Algeria was going to take Germany?

by **Tommy More** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:05 am

"Oh, you're gonna bring up that one lucky pass from your goalie again, aren't you."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:13 am

"Ok, first of all, Tim Howard is God. And second of all, that wasn't luck. That was skill combined with a stunning display of incompetence by your goalie. Seriously, there are eight year olds playing rec league soccer that would have been embarrassed by a miss like that."

by **Tommy More** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:20 am

"And we appropriately crucified him in the press."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:23 am

"Proving that you're occasionally capable of knowing bad play when you see it."

by **Tommy More** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 12:55 am

"I should, you keep sending your strikers to sit on the benches over here."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:03 pm

"Again, that is too stupid to even argue with. Although it does take us back to the point that the EPL has deep pockets, and can afford to pay the best American players what they're worth."

by **Tommy More** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:06 am

"OVERpay them. They're glorified cheerleaders."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:59 am

"Which is why Michael Bradley has been Aston Villa's top scorer for the past two years? And why Man U keeps offering the Red Bulls increasingly obscene amounts of money for Agudelo?"

by **Tommy More** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:16 pm

"Agudelo. And everyone thought he would be the next big thing. Ha! What a laugh, what a laugh."

by **Rachel O'Brien** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:19 pm

"Shut up, the game is starting." Rachel said.

by **Narrator** » Sun May 29, 2011 12:51 am

And start it did, live, from the City of Manchester Stadium in scenic Manchester!

And the US was pressing right from the very start, charging deep and trying to deal a blow to the English before the crowd had even settled down.

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