Here in the US soccer is really gaining popularity ,especially now many parents are not letting their kids play American Football due to head injuries ,( although there is a group screaming at the top of their voices that heading a soccer ball does as much damage as being smashed in the head by what is basically a crash helmet to crash helmet collision) but suddenly everyone was abuzz yesterday when the US was drawn against England in the World Cup, the game to be played between 2pm, in the east and 11 am in the west. You would think that would be perfect for the US because many people have that Friday off because it is the day after Thanksgiving ,which along with the 4th of July is the biggest holiday in the US.
BIG PROBLEM, it is also BLACK FRIDAY, the day that every wife in the country wants to drag her husband around every store in the mall buying Christmas Presents , because all the stores have the equivalent as the January Sales in the UK ,biggest shopping day of the whole year. We went for dinner last night,as soon as we walked in the restaurant bar the cry went up " HEY ENGLISH the US drew you guys in the World Cup" and everyone was laughing because Mike's wife said you can forget watching that your going shopping and I spent the next ten minutes explaining to friends about how she sounded like Nora Batty from Last of the Summer Wine.
Does anyone have any idea what color shirts England will be wearing for the W/C this November ?