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After watching the last 30 minutes of USA's group-winning match against Armenia, my attention was immediately diverted to John Isner's grueling tennis match at Wimbledon, which went on for another several hours that day and didn't even end until being resumed the next day. In the world of ESPN, that's what happens. Instead of basking in a dramatic achievement for the soccer team, we Americans are quickly diverted into the next event, and only the true fanatics are left basking in their glory.
On Saturday, I was sitting in Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City watching the Royals host the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team, while at the far outfield end of the stadium (beyond the baseball field's wall) there was a large tv showing the soccer match to anyone interested enough to ignore the baseball game they had paid to attend, and there was a nice crowd there. However, when that crowd started filing out and back into the outfield stands to resume watching baseball, it was pretty obvious what had just transpired--Ghana scoring the winning goal. As a side note, later that evening in my hotel, I saw a sportscast during the local news about Kansas City's professional soccer team (Wizards) getting absolutely destroyed by the New York team earlier that evening. And with that note, my interest in soccer is officially shut down for another 4 years. Bring on more baseball and Mizzou football will be here in another 8 weeks or so!