With Time to Spare

What a thriller!!! I am not a huge soccer fan by any means, but I always enjoy watching the high stakes World Cup. This year I'm rooting for two teams for my two homes: USA and Argentina. Argentina has been manhandling everyone with their star player, Messi, and it's been great to watch the amazing team and the outbursts of hot head Maradona on the sideline. The U.S., on the other hand, has fallen into the routine of coming from behind after allowing early goals.

This morning was a crucial match for the USA against Algeria. If they didn't win, England and Slovenia would advance, and resulting in an early exit for Donovan & Co. From the start, the game was intense and exciting. So many attempts at goals that were so close! The most frustrating part is that the terrible reffing for the U.S. continued as a goal was waved off for offsides-the stupidest rule ever in the history of sports. It was a horrible call because the player was onside! Seriously, how many more goals are going to be taken away from us?? At the 85 minute mark my hope was dropping exponentially. There just wasn't enough time. But then there are four minutes of added time, which leads to one last sliver of hope to score. And in the 91st minute, we did indeed score! It was incredible, and just a huge sigh of relief. We won our group!!!!! Take that England!!! I'm so excited for the next round, penalty kicks are into the picture, and the pressure is increased. Let's go USA and Vamos Argentina!!!