Anchors Aweigh: Jake goes ape shit

It was time for our second USA game this one was against Slovenia. As usual we had no plan for getting to the game so we just drive toward the stadium and waited for something random to happen. We were guided by one of the FIFA security personal to follow this local person to a parking spot they were managing. He leads us down a street and into the projects where everyone stares at us from their shambled apartments above. When presented with these situations we have found ourselves going to the same solution; Drinking and juggling the soccer ball. Within minutes some local kids joined us for juggling. As our parking spot got boxed in we continued to juggle. Cars had now filled up all the space on the sidewalk and we were now playing in the middle of the street. It became very entertaining to pop the ball over the oncoming traffic. In one case Jake decided to hit the ball over a cop car which earned him some serious props from the locals.

When it turned game time Jake decided to leave the ball with the local kids. I did not agree with this move. But they vouched to gaurd our car and we felt very safe leaving the vehicle. Upon return the kids were waiting with the ball and the car had been untouched. Jake gets a few photos with the locals and decides to give the ball to the kid who was clutching the ball. I was not pleased. This was a very nice ball that we would not easily be able to replace and we were about to depart for three days where we would NEED to juggle! (tim needs to get over this, it was a solid move)

I hate you Jake. 2nd ball bites the dust.

Shortly before leaving for the game we decided to befriend the couple in the car parked behind us who had been waiting in the cab of their truck. They looked like they were too scared to leave their truck but turns out they were native South Africans and were just listening to the 4pm game before heading out to Ellis Park. We started to talk and they were very nice. Turns out they were rooting for the good ol US of A. Once we were boxed in at our parking spots we agreed that if the cars were holding us in after the game we would hang out and grab a drink.

Just after they left a group of American fans pulled up next to their truck. They seemed to fit the mold of the usual American fan we have been observing. Obnoxious, Loud, Drunk, and Inconsiderate. Buh. Anyways they ended up having to re-park their car because it was sticking out in the street and during this process they ended up hitting our new friends truck. As they got out we heard things like "Man we scraped the shit out of their car", "Dont worry, they are fucking South Africans, who cares", and "its a fucking Nissan, who cares?". Rage filled us and there was no question why the world hates Americans. They proceeded to realize that they could get in troble for what they had just done and left to park around the corner. "They will never know".

After once again realizing how much we hate our fans, Jake ran around the corner and recorded their licence plate. We thought about leaving a note but figured we would see the couple after the game and could tell them. Unfortunately they were gone by the time we returned. So if by some random long shot you are reading this, its ND 550 683. I hope were all not like this, so sad.

The game was another exciting match. We had great seats again and had better people around us than before. The one really strange thing was the huge douche from the last game who was sitting in frount of us was now behind us. They must have grouped us with his annoying presence for the last match as well, joy! Being that he was behind us we didnt hear as many of his annoying comments. It also appears as if his girlfriend had left him mid match of the USA England game. Good move.

The US quickly went down 1-0 which is getting annoying. This time we had the joy of seeing a second go in as well. Going in down two at half sucks. But sure enough a comeback was in the works. Landon (who i still dont like) hit in a great goal to make it 2-1 and then Bradly equalized to much excitement. It seemed it would end in a tie until we scored again. We were so excited that we looked away immediatly and started celebrating with jumping and hugs. Turns out a bad call nullified the goal. So frustrating. The game ended 2-2 and now we have to win our next game with a favrable goals for stat to advance. This should have been in the bag. After reading the news it turns out they fired the ref from the game, too little too late. At least we havent lost yet, watch yourself Algeria.

After the game we returned to our shithole hostel only to find our room had been double booked. We drive 15 minutes back to the main lodge to work it out. After about a minute of conversation Jake decides to go ape shit on the reception staff for the hostel. I sat there trying to shrink into my chair and be invisible as Jake baraded them with every variety of the F Bomb he could muster. "You fucking fucked us. You fucked us up the ass. Have you ever been there? (Jake doesn't let him finish answering) Its a shithole! A fucking shithole!" Jake did not stop there this went on for about 5 minutes until the barage was over and we got a somewhat better room in the main hostel which actually had a heater included.

Jake was so pissed after this that he wanted to defecate in the middle of the room. He tried to knock over every planter and rip every piece of paper we walked by. He also stole and defaced this poster with gum and providing new tongues...