Jun 15 2009
The Other Thing On My Mind This Week
Got a big week coming up. No, it doesn’t have anything to do with the markets. I’m talking about soccer - football to my friends across the pond. The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup is going on in South Africa. Today the Red, White, and Blue face off against Italy (2:30pm Eastern). Fans of the beautiful game will recall the last time the two sides met up, back in the 2006 World Cup. It ended up in a hard fought draw that I contend was ruined by poor officiating (ejections saw the game end 10 vs 9).
The USA gets no break in the second match of the tournament either. On Thursday Brazil is the opponent. The supposedly weak member of the pool (relatively speaking) will be Egypt, which Los Americanos will play on the weekend.
The top two teams advance in the pool advance for a crossover semifinal round against the top two from the other pool next week. Given the draw, the odds don’t look great for the US to come out. I’d just like to see them play consistently well.
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