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..as for the Cowboy fans mis-treatment - the majority of them are front-runners who live in Philadelphia and root against the Eagles - they like bringing attention to themselves, and it's on comparison to the Red Sox/Yankees rivalry..... the bootleg shirt vendors for that rivalry is no worse than what you'd see near Fenway or Yankee Stadium when they're playing each other...
I don't know...I never saw anything like the shirts I saw at the Eagles stadium when I went to Fenway, but I wasn't really looking either because I couldn't care less about baseball teams. Some of the stadiums sure are cool though!
I think sometimes teams just get frustrated because the Cowboys have such a huge fan base. Every game I've been to (90% of which have unfortunately been away games) there have been equal or more Cowboys fans than fans of the home team. I can see how that would get annoying when you go to root your team on at their own home. Kind of similar, like you said, to the Yankees.
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so glad to see there are some soccer and Disney fans out there.....of course we are going for our socceroos....."Aussie, Aussie, Aussie.......oi,oi,oi" ....
So good luck USA, roll on June 11th......even though we are having to watch at 2 am....so thinking the DH may have the time off so he can sleep during the day,and watch in the wee small hours of the A.M............maybe he can keep me company while I'm on the disney boards
so glad to see there are some soccer and Disney fans out there.....of course we are going for our socceroos....."Aussie, Aussie, Aussie.......oi,oi,oi" ....
So good luck USA, roll on June 11th......even though we are having to watch at 2 am....so thinking the DH may have the time off so he can sleep during the day,and watch in the wee small hours of the A.M............maybe he can keep me company while I'm on the disney boards
Good luck Australia too!!
I see that you are going to a Galaxy game in Sept - awesome!!! I have a Galaxy jersey too (#10, my beloved Donovan on course ). Have a great time!
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I just gave in and purchased the older kids Australian World cup jerseys last night. Sadly we are not going to SA but have a huge night planned on Saturday at work - the entire restaurant crew are dressing in green & gold to spur on our beloved Aussie socceroos. Aussie, aussie, aussie...
I just gave in and purchased the older kids Australian World cup jerseys last night. Sadly we are not going to SA but have a huge night planned on Saturday at work - the entire restaurant crew are dressing in green & gold to spur on our beloved Aussie socceroos. Aussie, aussie, aussie...
What a nice mom!! That sounds like a great party! When I go to watch the US/E game tomorrow will be the official breaking in of my US jersey. I can't believe I've held off wearing it yet, but I wanted it's debut to be special. Just out of curiosity - why are Australia's colors green and gold? I am just used to most teams using their flag's colors. (Not that I have anything against green and gold - those are my university's colors!)
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I want a jersey!!!!! But I want a USA and an England one...my two favorite places to live...
The game on Saturday was pretty good. I expected more tension though...
As for American football fans and their football "hooligan" actions...The Dawg Pound in Cleveland Municipal Stadium (RIP) was out of line...throwing batteries...I'm a Cleveland fan and was ticked at them for doing that...some people take it more seriously than they ought.
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The game on Saturday was pretty good. I expected more tension though...
Maybe it was just me, but I don't think I remembered to breathe for the entire game! We were at a bar/restaurant to watch and DH kept saying "Do you want to get some food?" and I was like are you insane? Who can eat right now?!?! My stomach was a knot the whole time. I was pleased with the US play though. Tim Howard was MVP of the game as far as I'm concerned.
Leaving for South Africa TOMORROW!!!!!!
GO USA!
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Maybe it was just me, but I don't think I remembered to breathe for the entire game! We were at a bar/restaurant to watch and DH kept saying "Do you want to get some food?" and I was like are you insane? Who can eat right now?!?! My stomach was a knot the whole time. I was pleased with the US play though. Tim Howard was MVP of the game as far as I'm concerned.
Leaving for South Africa TOMORROW!!!!!!
GO USA!
Know what you mean - we were also at a sports bar and in 4 hours, the four of us only managed to eat half an order of nachos. It was SO quiet after England scored! I will take the tie. Are you at the US game in person on Friday? Have a great trip!!!
Know what you mean - we were also at a sports bar and in 4 hours, the four of us only managed to eat half an order of nachos. It was SO quiet after England scored! I will take the tie. Are you at the US game in person on Friday? Have a great trip!!!
Thanks! I will be at the England/Algeria game on Friday actually, because it is in Capetown and that's where I'll be that day. The US game I will be seeing is US/Algeria and if we make it to rd. of 16 (either 1st or 2nd, I have tix for both) I will be at that game too. DH and I got our initial tickets in May 2009, before the teams were drawn. We just picked games based on where we would be on what days (we are starting in the southeast coast, driving over to Capetown, then driving up to Johannesburg and Rustenburg by way of Bloemfontein). We didn't have any US games initially, but got some to the US Algeria game after the teams were drawn and we knew we'd be in the right area at the right time for that. We are seeing 10 matches total: England/Algeria, Japan/Denmark, Spain/Honduras, US/Algeria, Germany/Ghana, Mexico/Uruguay, Paraguay/Slovakia, and 3 round of 16 games.
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We are seeing 10 matches total: England/Algeria, Japan/Denmark, Spain/Honduras, US/Algeria, Germany/Ghana, Mexico/Uruguay, Paraguay/Slovakia, and 3 round of 16 games.
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Congrats on your new jerseys. I hope you're having a great time!
We had a blast 4 years ago in Germany for World Cup.
Having the best time, thanks!! That's so cool you got to go to WC 2006. We passed through Frankfurt airport during that time, but that's all we could do since we were in the middle of an adoption. I bet it was a great party.
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Just out of curiosity - why are Australia's colors green and gold? I am just used to most teams using their flag's colors. (Not that I have anything against green and gold - those are my university's colors!)
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