USA! USA! USA!

I officially have World Cup Fever. How do I know? I just bought the authentic Team USA home jersey today. To put that in perspective, I've never bought any type of soccer er futbol paraphenelia in my life! In fact, I've never played a single organized game of futbol in my life, unless of course I count the times I used to get up early, before school started mind you, and kicked the ball around with some other kids that had nothing better to do than sleep. All under the watchful eye of my PE teacher Mr. Montalbano. Thanks again Mr. Mont wherever you might be.

Where is this all coming from? I guess it goes back to the last World Cup where the US made an incredible run to the quarterfinals, beating Portugal along the way. I still remember waking up around dawn to watch that match and being all beside myself when we actually won! Granted that was during the time when I was woefully underemployed and had nothing better to do. At least something good came out of it right?

Since then I've been watching more and more futbol matches, thanks to my buddy T, mainly English Premier League as well as the venerable Champions League. I really got into it, last year, when Liverpool made their run to the Champions League title, defeating AC Milan after being down 3-0 at halftime! And now this year T has gotten me to root for Arsenal as they made their run to the Champions League Final. They will play Barcelona May 17th for the right to be called Europe's best club. Needless to say I can't wait.

Before I know it it'll be June and then I'll really be hard to deal with.