USA USA USA!!!

Is that Diego Maradona at the afterparty?

US team at midfield after the win

Just won, John is stoked

Skugs at Loftus

Awesome Top Gun mohawk

Holy crap what a great game, hopefully most of you guys got the chance to watch it. We have all agreed that if nothing else eventful happens in the tournament, that game was worth the entire trip.

So somehow the three of us as well as our two SF buddies managed to get seats all in the same row which was about 7 rows back from the side we ended up scoring on. The first half was not only marred by our own frustrations with the US attack but in addition, we were in a section with a lot of South Africans and apparently they don't stand during soccer matches. After quite a bit of yelling and a few FIFA security officials involved, we lost the battle and had to sit for most of the first half which really killed our enthusiasm.

Going into the 2nd half we were optimistic but still feeling frustrated with so many chances on the US side not making it in the back of the net. Around the 85 min, most of us had resigned to the fact that we were going to tie and hope that we'd make it through with 3 draws to the 2nd round, but Austin didn't give up, he held out hope. Then at the 91st minute, Lannycakes stepped up and nailed the most amazing game winner I have ever witnessed. Now although we had only had about 2-3 beers apiece, the next few minutes are entirely hazy as the stands became a free for all. More yelling, high fiving, and man hugging than I have ever experienced, after a few minutes I almost keeled over from my lungs feeling like they were going to explode from all the yelling.

I really can't describe how incredible it was to see this win and how proud we are of our team. The video I'm posting gives you a good idea of the scene but it was taken after the goal was scored and the game had been finished for about 10 min but it is still pretty amazing to see. Just thinking about this game gives me chills and will probably last forever in my mind. Hope you guys enjoyed it as much as we did and that everyone is stoked for the USA-Ghana match on Saturday. We keep getting shafted on seats at the Royal Bufakeng Stadium in Rustenburg so we will be higher up but we have a sign planned so keep your eyes open, heh heh.