And let the wailing and gnashing of teeth begin. At least in the general vicinity. I made quite sure to stay far away from any public broadcasts of US v. Ghana today. Being around the Mexico fans yesterday was depressing enough, and they at least were backing into the second round. I must confess I'm not all that upset. While it would've been nice to see the US advance, it's hard to argue that they deserved to. They played like reheated asswich for most of the round. They only scored 1 goal in 3 games. Hardly impressive. So (as Colbert would put it), a tip of the hat to Ghana, who will be rewarded for two nice wins against the Czech Republic and the US w/ the chance to be returned to plucky underdog status when they play Brazil. BTW, did anyone else see Japan's goal against Brazil today? That was a thing of beauty, even if the result was to wake up the Brazilians and remind them there was a futbol game on.