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Anybody following it?

I’m trying, though mostly through online reports. At the moment, I only have access to over-the-airwaves television, meaning I can only catch the games broadcast on ABC.

I’m in the same boat in terms of TV access. And we don’t get very good reception. And we don’t have much time to watch TV (although I did manage to catch most of yesterday’s NHL finals game at a friends place…go oilers, but maybe think about changing your team name?)

so, RE: world cup, i watch the scores but don’t actually get to watch the games.

l.

I can’t get into the soccer for real until the Oilers finish their comeback and drink champagne out of the cup! I never give up on "les huileux" (roughly translated as "The Oily’s") as they are fondly referred to here.

As for soccer, I just love those Swedish uniforms. Full-on bright yellow jersey, shorts and socks.

The grad student pub at the university here has set up several projectors to watch the games on the big screens, and it’s pretty fun to see all the students from different countries filling up the rooms and shouting abuse at the referrees in various languages.

I’m living in Hamburg, Germany right now. Leaving in two weeks, but have been about for the beginning craziness of the Cup. Up here in my small town they’ve set up a huge screen in the marketplace where everyone gathers (and drinks of course) for the games. Afterwards, you can tell who’s won by the amount of screaming, honking and such on the streets.

I managed to watch our guys loose pitifully to the Czech Republic and was terribly disppointed by their poor showing, despite the fancy footwork shown by Beasly.

Anyhow, not really a soccer fan, but you get into it a bit if you’re surrounded by it. my mom was here for the past two weeks for a visit and she actually watched her first pro games while here, and enjoyed it!