After returning from Stellenbosch to watch the opening ceremony and Bafana Bafana (South Africa), Pieter and I drove to Rustenburg the following day stopping at Soccer City where the ceremony and game took place. The stadium was built to resemble a traditional African pot. Hey Sergio! You can put your weed in there!
For lunch and beers, we stopped at a flea market to shop and watch the Spring Boks challenge France in a Rugby tri. Among all the English there, I ran into some Americans. Khaled is from Harvard and an avid Red Sox fan. You can find Red Sox fans anywhere!
We stayed at Helen’s Browns Cabin in Hartbeespoort about 70 km outside of Rustenburg. If you need to know, to convert kilometers to miles, divide the kilometers by 8 and multiply by 5. That is the only way I can remember the conversion and retain a frame of reference for distance.
Good Morning Hartbeespoort!
When we parked the car for the game, there were A LOT of Americans. In fact, it definitely seemed as if there were more Americans at the game than English. I was surprised to see so many young Americans. It is a definite sign of the growing support for American Soccer. I met Micheal and Michael. Both are missionaries in Kenya. Talk about crazy fans! Kenyans love Barack!
It was a good day for American standards. At the game, we had a cold hot dog and a warm beer. Standing in line, more like a mob, all I could see was Bud Lite! In a country that brews and bottles its own Heineken, Budweiser United (Huh?) was the official beer! 15,000 miles from home and all I can get is Bud Lite!
However, the day just got much better with the game! It was so great to see and hear how loud us Yankees were. We by far were louder than the brits. It was absoluetely incredible. After the game, the US team came over and thanked the American crowd and only fueled the celebration. It was an incredible feeling!
However, the day just got much better with the game! It was so great to see and hear how loud us Yankees were. We by far were louder than the brits. It was absoluetely incredible. After the game, the US team came over and thanked the American crowd and only fueled the celebration. It was an incredible feeling!
Our beloved Goal Keeper Timmy Howard! The fans love this guy!
The Americans helped out the English during their National Anthem, God Save the Queen, by singing America the Beautiful. Disrespectful or funny? I thought is was quite humorous to give a little back to the country that pokes the Americans for branding our sport as soccer rather than football when indeed it was the upper echelon of British society that first called it soccer. Just google it! So we gave some back to them and sang, "...From sea to shining sea!"
DON'T TREAD ON ME!!!
Right now, my favorite English player isn’t Wayne Rooney, it is the fabulous goal keeper Robert Green!
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