some beautiful games

today, i woke up to watch the early game (6am) between argentina and serbia/montenegro. turned on the tv, plopped down on the couch, and fell back asleep. i think i woke up to hear the call on 2 of argentina's 6 goals. 6 goals? wha? serbia hadn't given up a goal in like the last dozen games or so. bad time to break that streak.

i was well rested for the netherlands - ivory coast game, which was fabulous. i've always loved the dutch side, for no real reason other than great players and fabulous orange kits. the current unis, damn near rediculous. really, they're probably one of the few teams still sportin a collar on their shirts. and the numbers look like they're taped on in electrical tape, all square and such. they played good, had two fabulous goals. cote d'ivoire looked good as well, had a super nice goal, and almost had an equalizer (it was off the woodwork). holland was another team that hadn't yeilded a goal in a while, but did today.

and then, to cap off my soccer start of the day, mexico failed to win. that...was...awesome. angola, in their first world cup ever, played them close the whole game and stole away a draw. mexico leads the group w/4 points but moving on isn't guaranteed for the number one seed. angola looked pretty strong all match, and spent most of the first half in control of the game. mexico, outside of two or three stretches of the game, frequently failed to string together passes in the final third. and i loved it all. probably the only thing better would have been to watch this game with someone else, even if they were a mexico fan. if the u.s. fails to advance, my only consolation may be if mexico fails to advance as well. it would be unlikely, but still possible.

u.s. vs. italy, tomorrow @ 11:30. feel free to join me as i root on our side. i'm hoping for 2-0 u.s. hey, i can dream.