Sometimes the blood has got to run RED
"Sometimes the blood has got to run red." - Thomas Haden Church
That is a quote from the Jay Leno show tonight, June 21, the eve of the last Round Robin game for the USA in the group stage. An appropriate rallying cry for USA Soccer fans on a night full of nerves, butterflies, and anticipation.
1, 2, 3, 4
The numbers tell the story for for the US team in this year's World Cup.
In the game with Italy the USA team we watched qualify for WC06 decided to show up. But so did a ref.
1] Goal for the US, 1 for Italy, and both were scored by the Italians (teehee) - so the US won 1 point via an own goal scored by the Italians for us.
2] Goals that the ref called back as offsides.
3] RED Cards served by the ref....eek!
4] Points is what the US needs to go thru to the "Round of 16" - and for the Italians to beat the Czech's in their game.
RED
Red is the color for all US fans to be wearing when the US takes to the field. The tradition of wearing RED to show support for the US team was started by Sams Army and fans of the team prior to the 1998 World Cup in France. (Check Mark Wheeler's earlier entry on our site for some history.) So, no matter what color uniform Nike makes the US uniform, wear RED to show your support!
Red is one of the main colors in our flag. And these colors don't run. We are Americans and we will come to the soccer battle field prepared to fight! If you don't know already, our players do literally bleed for this team. Brian McBride had to change jerseys in the middle of the game with Italy because an elbow to his face made it bloody - he cleaned up, put a bandage on the cuts and went back into the fray. (He got stitches after the game and is fine).
What color are you wearing?
Go USA! Go USA!
NBC's Late Show with Conan O'Brien opened with some scores from the World Cup, reporting that Mexico lost to Portugal, but will still advance to the second round. "Actually, Mexico snuck into the 2nd Round through a hole in the fence." - Conan O'Brien
Comments
We have definitely arrived when Conan O'Brien starts ragging on Mexico. Good catch!
I also understand that Stephen Colbert had Alexi Lalas on his show last night and used the opportunity to come up with some taunts directed at other teams. For example, “Hey Ghana, you’re not Ghana win!”
and “Hey Brazil, where’d all your good players go? Oh, Ronaldo ate them.”
Posted by: Jay | June 22, 2006 04:53 AM