A beautiful email from Tom

Dudes,

Couldn't figure out how to get on the gustrowharties.blogspot. You probably won't get this email till after the game, but I just wanted to send what collective footballing luck I can summon from the banks of the Ohio (more than you'd think) on to the match today. Although Forsythe and I didn't make it this time, we're more than there in spirit--dying a thousand deaths with each cross bar clanged, and screaming volley shanked (seriously Jerry may have broken my ribs with his bear claws after lando's goal). Whatever happens, you're doing us more than proud (by the by, I am continually amazed by the sheer volume of prose Noah has churned out on Goal.com while in that vortex of fandom--I'm also amazed by how (relatively) healthy you guys still look).

It's go time. Reverse curse the Black Star.

America. -T

The Video You've Been Waiting For

USA - Algeria from Andrew Silver on Vimeo.

God that got me emotional

And, perhaps because I just find it ironic and hilarious, here, for posterity, is my email you guys roughly an hour before all this showed up:

From: Jeremy
To: Noah, Andrew, Nate, Geoff
Date: Thu, Jun 24 2010 at 5:08PM
Subject: hey assholes

so, was just talking to phoebe, and:

4:53 PM Phoebe:There was a family of four south africans behind us at the game. Two little boys, maybe 8 and 4 and the two parents...and after we missed another close opportunity with like fifteen or 20 minutes left, the little african boy grabbed us on the shoulder after we were going nuts, cursing our luck. We turned around and he said, don't worry, it's coming. It was amazing.

thats part of another email

4:55 PM me: wow, thats awesome

jesus

if they dont fucking update our blog soon im going to explode

if i hear a story from her like that again, and not see it on the blog, im going on strike.

internet problems or not, last i checked noah has filed 5 storys since that game ended, with two of them coming today. get your heads out.

USA-Algeria: Before and After

It was a big day.

I have no idea what this means

but it sounds really good:

"Against England, though, Algeria coach Rabah Saadane reverted to a far more orthodox back three. One of the reasons 3-5-2 and its variants have largely gone out of fashion (although it seems to be making something of a comeback at this tournament) is the prevalence of 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1. Against a customary 4-4-2, two center backs mark two center forwards with a spare man, with the wing backs given the green light to advance, ideally pressing the opposing wide midfielders back onto their fullbacks. A team playing 3-5-2 overmans three-to-two in central midfield, the wing backs tend to be forced deep by opposing wingers, leaving three central defenders to deal with one center forward. One spare man is fine; two is redundancy, allowing the side playing the lone central striker to overman elsewhere, usually from the fullback positions. Of course, one of those two spare central defenders could push into midfield, but if he does that he may as well be a midfielder to start with."

for other insights into how we may be plotting to overthrow the algerian dictatorship of our win on wednesday, I really think this article is the shit.

if i can ever figure out what the hell he's talking about.

The Tres Faces Of Nathaniel Purinton

Emotion


Emotion


Emotion

Aregentina-South Korea

In the press box at Soccer City, watching Argentina-South Korea. It's outdoors. I'm freezing and deaf. Lionel Messi is more fun to watch in person. This place might have exploded if he scored on that chip.

We Ain't Afraid Of No Hijackers

Little Thomas Fleishman

This kid is in a bar outside the stadium where the U.S. and England will play. He's wearing a Reds hat. He thinks the score of the match will be "10-0."

Why Is John Terry So Tall?

New Drink: Miller Lite

US Captain Carlos Bocanegra’s Miller Lite Beer Can (The Original Winger)

Hey You Guys

I thought you should know how to say "Rodeo Drive" in Arabic.