World Cup Fever

The World Cup is this thing where all these teams gather and kick this black and white ball around. Ok, just kidding, but seriously...we Americans don't care quite as much about soccer as we do about American football (sorry Jordan Cherry)!

So we were in Livingstone, tourist capital of Zambia, with our volunteer team the night of the USA versus England match. Soccer is HUGE in Africa, and we were all hyped about the game because:
1) we were picked to lose
2) we were surrounded by Brits
3) we are loud Americans and we like to win...at everything

So about 10 of us from the team gather at the bar with about 30 VERY drunk Australians, Britains, and American college students. Our team is standing back, drinking some cokes (seriously!) and ready for this game to start. The National Anthem is played and we remove our hats, put our hands over our hearts, and sing proudly. Wow I am really stretching this story out...

So anyway, the game starts and I lean over and ask "What color are we?" Me, Blu, and Eric all agree that we've watched maybe 3 minutes of soccer in our lives..combined. So, everyone passes the blame on this one, but SOMEONE informs us that we are white. So we're cheering and booing when someone falls down and finally screaming when the white team scores a goal!! High fives all around--we are excited!! We can win this!!

We look to our left and notice that the loud Brit girl is cheering too...hmm..why is she cheering for us?? Then we look on the screen and wonder why they keep showing a red and white flag. Must be some other country that is cheering for America to win??

About 5 minutes into the game we realize we are navy, not white. We last about 3 more minutes and head to bed--who cares about soccer anyway, right?? :)