I have never felt as patriotic during my Peace Corps service as I did this past Saturday night. With IST (Inter-Service Training) having finished on Friday in Rabat, a few of us decided to stay an extra day in order to watch the USA-England game. Our crew of expats arrived around 6:30 to the Irish pub of choice, early for the 7:30 start time, and were initially a little worried as the place was pretty quiet upon arrival. But one hour, two beers, and a BLT later, the house was packed with Brits and Yankees alike, and the friendly, yet, combative banter we hoped for looked promising.
As the teams marched out, cheering commenced. And with the start of the national anthem we compatriots gathered together, stood on our feet, with hats off and hands on our hearts, we belted out the Star Spangled Banner much to the chagrin of our British company.
And then England scored 4 minutes in.
You all watched the game, you know what happened. In the end, we won, 1-1. Alhamdulilah for Tim Howard, who is about ten times the goalie Green is. And as a fellow PCV noted: 'good thing Green isn't playing for Columbia circa 1994...' True that.
The testosterone-filled members of our group. Menacing n'est-ce pas?
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