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Sorry for a couple days' absence from posting, have been on the train a great deal recently getting these last four matches covered.

Will get back around to Mexico in a couple posts since I'll see them against Portugal and the Angola match was pretty boring for the most part.

The U.S. match, as well, we'll revisit more in depth. Suffice it to say, getting a point was necessary but felt a bit hollow due to the three sendoffs by the Uraguayan referee, which ruined the integrity of the match by finishing 8 field players against nine. Yes, and Beasley's goal was correctly nullified on McBride's offside but for two World Cups in a row, a referee has refused to whistle an obvious hand ball in the penalty box that could have elevated the U.S.

The France-Korea match in Leipzig, and my stay a little ways away in the town of Riesa, gave me a small dose of the former East Germany. While that area has made tremendous progress, it is still obvious there is a good ways to go. It is interesting to see the artifacts from the Communist era, mostly things like all cities have a Karl Marx Strasse.

Last night, was in Stuttgart for Spain-Tunisia and had to move to Nuernburg having been evicted from Koeln by the English-Swedeish invasion for today's match determining Group B. Am on the train for a very long time afterwards this evening to return to Nuernburg and then turn right back around and go to Gelsenkirchen for Mexico-Portugal. From there, my last match is U.S.-Ghana, here, in Nuernburg, then to Frankfurt and Delta home.

Will post more when computer time becomes available.

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