USA v Brazil
By Kicks off at 15.00 (BST), 10.00 (EDT), 07.00 (PDT) and a bunch of other times depending on your time zone.
Meaning, it’s underway. Only, I’m in my office, and have been sitting on this post for a couple hours. Anything I’ve said here is already outdated (but then considering the publication pipeline in my industry, anything I say professionally is usually outdated anyway).
It looks like Bocanegra might start, and I’m hoping Kljestan gets the nod over Beasley. I liked what I saw of the former’s brief appearance in the Italy match, and let’s face it, Beasley peaked four years ago. Beasley was electric in Korea / Japan ’02, did well for PSV, but has been mediocre for both club and country since — he was largely absent during the 2006 WC. Note that my antipathy for his form has nothing to do with my strong antipathy for his current club.
Landon Donovan offers up an original thought when he says that “this game is now a must-win for us”. I’ll offer an equally original thought: “that’s a shame.”
UPDATE: No Bocanegra in the starting XI, both Kljestan and Beasley start, and none of this is working out all that well as the US are down 2-0 within the first 20 minutes. I’m not going to have anything to say about this one tomorrow as I won’t be watching it. I have an appointment with a colleague in 15 minutes for some health-enhancing moderate drinking in the pub.
