This should be my last report from Brazil since we will be heading home tomorrow night for another one of those overnight flights. This has been an unbelievable trip in a lot of good ways, but Brazil may be catching us economically, but this place is still a third world life. Today we arrived at […]
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Woody’s Blog #8….June 26, 2014
Possibly the biggest day in US Soccer history, so far, began this morning with downpours of steady rain in Recife, Brasil. Luckily after 30 years as a Boy Scout leader, I dug out my rain suit and put on my boots. My son and many other US fans had no coats at all and trusted […]
Woody’s Blog #9….June 27, 2014
I guess many new soccer fans at home are wondering how you can lose a game and still win and I am equally sure that the talking heads on TV have been all over it. I expect John Stewart, who played soccer at William and Mary, is spoofing it big time. But, it is no […]
Woody’s Blog #7….June 22, 2014
On U.S. game day we took a taxi to the hotel of some friends who are staying closer to the central city. We left just after we watched the rerun of the Germany v Ghana match on TV in our room. Several people had said that it was the most interesting match of the Cup, […]
Woody’s Blog #6…..June 20, 2014
After a Day of sightseeing, we made it back to hotel to watch poor England. Now do you believe that Luis Suarez of Uruguay and club team at Liverpool is a scoring genius. He just knows how to be in the right place to score. By the way, it is winter here and gets dark […]
Woody’s Blog #5….June 19, 2014
The first day of the end of the Cup for some teams. Even though they may be playing well, a second loss means teams are not going on. Australia, thought playing well is now out even though they have one more game to play. Amazingly, Spain, the championship of everything for the last four years […]
Woody’s Blog #4….June 17, 2014
Last night the USA soccer team made history. Finally, beating Ghana on our third try in a World Cup game. Dempsey’s goal after 28 seconds into the game was a fantastic start and made the Brazilian TV highlights even before the game was over. Your TV coverage will let you know before we will know […]
Woody’s Blog #3….June 15, 2014
Soccer goes on all day, and I am stuck in Miami after not getting away on my flight to Brazil in time to catch up with Reggie in Rio. My flight is scheduled for tonight, but I will not get a flight to Natal in time to see the U.S. play Ghana. Reggie made it […]
Woody’s Blog #2….June 14, 2014
In case any of you doubted me about going to the Cup the first two weeks because there is soccer all day every day, I hope you have had a chance to watch some of the first three days of games. All of the games so far have been pretty well played and the number […]
Woody’s Blog #1….June 12, 2014
It’s time for the trip to actually begin. Last Monday our visas came from the Brazillian Embassy. We made copies of the passports and visas and emailed them in color to Mauricio in Rio. On Tuesday Mauricio notified us that he was successful picking up our tickets to the three US games. On Wednesday we […]