Kyoto!

All together now!

Do Americans care about soccer? NO!
Can Americans name two guys on the team? NO!
Can Americans confidently point to the Czech Republic on the map? NO!

And yet, here we are. Here we are.

There is some Euroweenie on FoxSports calling the USA the “mystery team”. Like a lot of “football commentators”, he’d look more believable wearing lipstick- but admittedly, I would like a consensus view that the Americans could do frankly anything from make the Final Four to not win a single game.

As to today’s contest, in a key match-up, I kinda like the Czech uniforms better. Truthfully though, the apperceptive fan cannot easily dismiss a straightforward, uncomplicated fact: frankly, have Czechs beaten Americans in anything ever?

That is a powerful, lucid argument for at least a tie. And heaven help the Czechs should we grab a 1-0 lead. That kind of advantage seems damned unsurmountable in this sport*.

The Czech could comfort himself with T.E. Lawrence, “The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage”. Even the language barrier doesn’t really matter- as the average Czech speaks better English than I do. I mean- “unsurmountable”? What in heck does that even mean?

Kyoto! As a fan, I can see the Czech team, in their smart togs, as the Kyoto Environment Treaty- and the United States as the Senate. This is a particularly apt analogy- as according to “Earth in the Balance”, this is the last World Cup where the oceans won’t be boiling.

The countdown to Brazil is on baby!

* like ice dancing is a sport.