Day of infamy....yet again. Did you know that the American flag that hangs near my study was the one flown over the Arizona Memorial on the day of my 18th birthday?
The weekend for AC D.C. was truncated by snow. Several of you were very unhappy that the Sunday game was still on schedule as of Saturday evening, when it was apparent that the wetness was going to freeze overnight. Alas, Larry the intellectual did in fact cancel the pivotal co-ed game cuz the pitch was unplayable.
While the snow was falling Saturday, the indoor squad had a tough test. We played a middling team and jumped on top early. But in the middle of the second half, we switched off. It was a scarry sight to behold, as we inexplicably forgot how to play defense. Our opponent came back from a 4-goal deficit and even went up on us for a brief time. Just as mysteriously, we started playing for real again, and finally won the match 7-5. Let's not do that "switching off" again!
To end, I'll explain the picture. It's an old one and some of you will remember it. It was taken in Germany in 2006 before the England v. Sweden match in Cologne. I am a big England fan, if you can't tell. The fact that England and the US are in the same group means that Lord Cornwallis may have his revenge for the surrender at Yorktown.
I'll have a lot more to say about the World Cup draw in future blogs, but for now, let's just say that for England and for the US, the group they drew is pretty sweet. Any group for the US would be better than last time: Ghana, Italia, Czech Rep.
I just finalized plans and bought tickets to South Africa last week. Really looking forward to it all.
Have a great week people.
I'll work on figuring out the connection between the Arizona Memorial and the 18th birthday...I have a couple plotlines I'm going to work with..
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That flag is older than a third of the team.
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