Vice President Joe Biden addressed the U.S. men’s national soccer team Monday night after their thrilling 2-1 win over Ghana in Natal, Brazil.
He congratulated coach Jurgen Klinsmann, quipping that “he looked happier in that first goal, you can see it on the monitor, than the night I won the elections.”
Biden rounded the locker room shaking hands and promising drinks to the players. He also brought along his nephew and granddaughter, an aspiring goalie whom he introduced to U.S. keeper Tim Howard.
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I’ll bet Angela Merkel had a few words for her German team in the locker room after the game too She’s a real football fan and turns up at matches whenever she can.
Still, it’s good to see Joe showing an interest.and it’s almost amazing to contemplate a vice-president of the US with a granddaughter who is an aspiring goalie. Soccer in the US has come a long way since the World Cup was held in Mexico in 1986 and the only way to watch the games was to have access to a Spanish language station (the US didn’t qualify, which in those days was more the rule than the exception)
And ‘Der Mannschaft’’ demolished Portugal (and left Rinaldo pouting like a little boy)… puts US in good position if they can pick up another couple points. But Teutonic glory shall prevail!
Great to see Biden there as well. Want the US team to do well and soccer/fußball in US has come a long way. Am also from Seattle where the Sounders FC draw as many fans (45k) to each match, which is also more than many European clubs…
I am living here in Bavaria and you should have heard the hooting and hollering in the apartment complex with the demolition of Portugal.
We’ll see what Klinsmann can do with the US. A couple of points and they could be in knockout round.
Kansas City, my home town, is a hotbed of soccer. Sporting KC has two guys on the team. Graham Zusi, one of our players, got an assist on the corner kick that Brooks put in the back of the net. It has been overlooked by many folks but Zusi’s corner was a thing of beauty.
Yes, a beautiful service, right on the edge of the 6-yard box, not too high and not too low. A perfect placement for the header in.