U.S.-Italy: 1-1

The U.S. played Italy today and they played great to draw the match 1-1. However, before we get to that, we should focus on something a little more important i.e. what you see on your right.

Is there anything hotter than soccer fans? Hell, I'd switch to calling it football if they wanted me to.

Anyway, back to the game.

It was a hot day in D.C. today and so it was a perfect day to run off to a bar and watch the U.S.-Italy match.

The U.S., overall, played great. While technically they did not score against Italy, Italian defender Cristian Zaccardo knocked the ball into his own goal, but at the end of the match, they did draw the match.

It was a violent match. I haven't seen many soccer matches so I don't know how it usually goes but this was a damn tough match. Another thing that I did not realize, even though it is very obvious, is that these guys don't get a break between halves. There are no timeouts, nothing like football where the game stops every three minutes. This thing keeps going and going and going.

So, where does the U.S. stand. They are at the bottom of the half but they are not out of it. Ghana's shocking defeat of the Czech Republic gives the U.S. a break and if the U.S. beats Ghana and Italy beats the Czechs or something wierd like that, the U.S. could, could, go to the second round.

Overall, this is fun and I hope others in the D.C. are enjoying it as well.

Happy Saturday everyone.