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Kim and I went to see the United States Vs Venezuela on January 21st in Phoenix.

The game ended in the 97th minute on a corner kick (The picture above isn’t that corner, but an earlier one from the same spot).

We bought the tickets two hours before game time off of craigslist after a series of screw ups kept me from getting tickets earlier. But we made it!

I wasn’t sure what to expect, the game was mostly MLS players as European leagues were still going, and Venezuela isn’t a traditional powerhouse. But Jermaine Jones was playing and I do enjoy watching Jermaine Jones. He played a prototypical Jones kind of game, physical, relentless, and drew a wicked Yellow for slashing down a Venezuelan player at the Knees. He controlled mid field and ran circles around Venezuela.

We also got to see Brek Shea, who made some great runs early and then started losing the ball. Like everyone on the US team not named Clint Dempsey he needs to learn to finish. It was cool to get to see him play in person though.

I was a little disappointed Kyle Beckerman didn’t play (he was injured) but seeing Jones was a good trade off (I’ll probably get to see RSL play in february but I’m not thinking I’ll make many bundesliga games this year). It was a lot of fun.

And I want to remember this because it was funny but Kim tried to claim she was wearing paisley because it was the official fabric of the Venezuelan national team.

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