# On the US vs. Portugal game. Spoilers within! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2002, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466 "2002-06-05T10:15:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/21 "2002-06-05T11:15:24Z")
Curse you, DS Young, and the Esq you rode in on. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/22 "2002-06-05T11:17:26Z")
I’d say the Irish had a bit of a hand in producing someone called O’Brien, too. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/23 "2002-06-05T11:17:37Z")
Now, Now, Coldy, just cause your team is watching from home, don’t need to be testy. After all, slow reflexes might be a Dutch trait… \ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/24 "2002-06-05T11:19:00Z")
And I also meant to say by scoring 3 goals. 😛 Although in my grammar impaired defence, I could say that Portugal only scored once 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/25 "2002-06-05T11:27:46Z")
Well, not the entire team is watching from home. Why, I just saw **Edgar Davids** in a Pepsi commercial called _“Training Camp, Japan”_ last night! Whatever the hell he’s doing there is another matter. 🙂 [sub]Tossing a can of Pepsi to a Sumo wrestler, apparently. I figure the commercial must have been filmed before Holland were eliminated, but c’mon, is 8 months too short a period to edit a bloody commercial??[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![SuperNova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SuperNova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNova)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/26 "2002-06-05T11:33:57Z")
Boy am I happy I woke up for this one… I can be one of the few dozen Americans who can honestly say they watched. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/27 "2002-06-05T11:42:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SuperNova \* > \*\*Boy am I happy I woke up for this one… I can be one of the few dozen Americans who can honestly say they watched. 😃 \*\* [Heh…](http://www.satirewire.com/news/may02/world_cup.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/28 "2002-06-05T11:51:03Z")
Germany 1, Ireland 0 Come on Ireland! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/29 "2002-06-05T12:04:10Z")
more hijacking 🙂 They’re killing us in midfield play. We need Roy but we don’t have him. Come on Ireland ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/30 "2002-06-05T12:24:06Z")
would someone please kill that dumb footballitis commercial? And what is up with that ointment ending??? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/31 "2002-06-05T12:25:04Z")
I thought I saw something impressive start happen second half of the first half… a lot of opportunities but they’re being let down by a) lack of cover in the box, and b) have-a-go heroes trying to score from outside the box. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/32 "2002-06-05T12:29:59Z")
Are all you boys off work today or what…!!! I’m having to watch the match on the radio.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/33 "2002-06-05T12:32:55Z")
Come on Ireland! To see the lads doing the huddle at the start, and the crowd singing “You’ll never walk Alone”… magic. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/34 "2002-06-05T12:33:46Z")
TV in the office in my case. IT support but nobody is calling as they’re all in the pub/big conference room with a projection TV. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/35 "2002-06-05T12:38:08Z")
I’m suffering through Andy Gray talking nonsense. We were promised a TV for the big games but it didn’t appear. It may as well have been provided for the amount of work (none) people are doing here!:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/36 "2002-06-05T12:39:28Z")
one of the girls in the office just came back from the shop and said that there are no car on the roads at all and this office is right in the centre of Dublin. Ireland shuts down during our games. Come on ---
**Author:** ![WavyDavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3da27b/32.png) [@WavyDavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WavyDavy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/37 "2002-06-05T12:42:09Z")
Wow! Getting up this morning was worth every second of lost sleep. The ole’ US of A looked great in the first half and hung on in the second half. We still can’t maintain possession of the ball for very long and that really hurt us in the second half. And why did Portugal give us so much space on their defensive end? Woo Hooo!!! ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/38 "2002-06-05T13:06:30Z")
Normally I can’t stand my bouts of insomnia. But when I said “screw it” and crawled out of bed at 5 AM, turned on the TV, and heard the guy on the local Spanish Channel screaming “GOOOOAAAALLLLLLLLLLL!” with only 4 minutes on the clock, I decided I couldn’t complain. Damn that was an entertaining game. And I don’t even _like_ soccer all that much. ---
**Author:** ![Zoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6de8d8/32.png) [@Zoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoff)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/39 "2002-06-05T13:16:57Z")
I think I’m going to have to write a letter of apology to my friend’s neighbors. Five of us were watching the game in his townhouse and were incredibly loud when the US scored the third. Completely slipped my mind that it was 5:45 a.m. Oops! I thought the US played pretty well. I’m always nervous when the ball gets near our defense, but Sanneh played a pretty solid game as did Hejduk. Pope was solid as usual and Agoos, well, his goal was a hell of a shot. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2002, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-us-vs-portugal-game-spoilers-within/112466/40 "2002-06-05T13:20:32Z")
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