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MrSaigon wrote:Smell the tulips, [expletive]!

The Dutch were lucky that wasn't a red card, because it should have been.

That was super awesome. The broadcaster even said "he kung fu kicked him". I was laughing.

The Third Man wrote:I've always wondered how awesome it would be to be in a country as they won the World Cup. I was in Lawrence when KU won the title in 2008 and that's some of the most fun I've ever had - and that was "only" 80,000 people or so celebrating on Mass Street. Experiencing that on a country-wide scale would be pretty amazing.

I was a student in Ann Arbor when Michigan won the basketball championship in 1989, and then I lived in West Germany in 1990. Granted those were Germans, and they had more meaningful events to celebrate that year, but I'd guess you saw what all of Spain was like, except they had more flags.

As for whether people here hate soccer, that was an ugly match. I don't know that I've seen anything like that in any sport since the not-so-glorious Oakley-era Knicks. That was a massive disappointment, and about the only nice thing I can say is that the better team won.

I wish I had watched the Spain-US game at the Confederations Cup a year earlier. That must have been amazing.

greenback44 wrote:

The Third Man wrote:I've always wondered how awesome it would be to be in a country as they won the World Cup. I was in Lawrence when KU won the title in 2008 and that's some of the most fun I've ever had - and that was "only" 80,000 people or so celebrating on Mass Street. Experiencing that on a country-wide scale would be pretty amazing.

I was a student in Ann Arbor when Michigan won the basketball championship in 1989, and then I lived in West Germany in 1990. Granted those were Germans, and they had more meaningful events to celebrate that year, but I'd guess you saw what all of Spain was like, except they had more flags.

As for whether people here hate soccer, that was an ugly match. I don't know that I've seen anything like that in any sport since the not-so-glorious Oakley-era Knicks. That was a massive disappointment, and about the only nice thing I can say is that the better team won.

I wish I had watched the Spain-US game at the Confederations Cup a year earlier. That must have been amazing.

The diving...so much diving yesterday. I turned the game off and watched the Cardinals for a few innings before going back to the second OT half. Ugly match.

I was in Milwaukee when Marquette won the NCAAs in 1977. Watched it at a bar next to the campus and then went crazy as everyone raced the 13 blocks down Wisconsin Ave to the lakefront. Never randomly kissed so many girls in my life - all you had to say was "we did it for Al!!"

When we were in London in Nov 2007 we walked by a bar that had a whole bunch of people inside and out wildly celebrating and wearing outfits like this:

Had no idea until I got back to our room who they were (Croatia) and I'm not sure what they had just won, but it sure put them all in a good mood. Then they started parading behind us once we got about a half a block away. Gave me some small idea of national soccer madness, and it wasn't even World Cup time.

I was here for both Broncos SB wins and both Avs Cups, but suburban Denver didn't get all that excited. Guess you had to be downtown.

I've seen friendlies more entertaining than that game. Geesh.

Radbird wrote:Had no idea until I got back to our room who they were (Croatia) and I'm not sure what they had just won, but it sure put them all in a good mood. Then they started parading behind us once we got about a half a block away. Gave me some small idea of national soccer madness, and it wasn't even World Cup time.

They beat England at Wembley, which qualified them for the EURO championships and eliminated England from qualification.

I miss not having the World Cup on anymore.

Freed Roger wrote:I miss not having the World Cup on anymore.

This. I'm not the biggest soccer fan, but were it more readily accessible I'd watch quite a bit. I usually watch a good portion of World Cup games when they come around, but this year's had me engulfed.

thrill wrote:

Radbird wrote:Had no idea until I got back to our room who they were (Croatia) and I'm not sure what they had just won, but it sure put them all in a good mood. Then they started parading behind us once we got about a half a block away. Gave me some small idea of national soccer madness, and it wasn't even World Cup time.

They beat England at Wembley, which qualified them for the EURO championships and eliminated England from qualification.

Cool, thanks for letting me know.