Right Thinking From The Left Coast
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Saturday, September 03, 2005

Soccer Balls
by Lee

There’s nothing I like about this story more than we’re sticking it to those fucks on our southern border.

Qualifying for the World Cup is sweet. Doing it against your archrival is nirvana.

The United States is headed to next year’s soccer championship in Germany after beating Mexico 2-0 Saturday night thanks to goals by Steve Ralston and DaMarcus Beasley five minutes apart in the second half.

The quick strikes, after a sloppy and chippy first half, lifted the Americans into the 32-team tournament with three games to spare. It was the first time since 1934 that the Americans were the first team into the World Cup for North and Central America and the Caribbean.

It’s also the fifth straight World Cup appearance for the Americans, who are ranked sixth in the world, one spot behind Mexico—for now.

This is going to be the latest reason for the rest of the world to hate America.  As the popularity of soccer grows in this country, we’re eventually going to dominate this sport like we do pretty much all the others.  And Mexico?  They get their entire sense of national identity from this game.  It’s nice to remind those pricks just who the master is.

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