There is only one thing worse than an American and that’s a drunk American

Set in amongst what seemed like the entire United States Football fraternity, the small contingent of Australians took to our seats at Ellis Park on the 18 yard line, five rows from the front. It was great viewing in what turned out to be an enthralling encounter between the US and Slovenia. I have been lucky enough to meet and experience the fanfare that a World Cup brings from a long list of countries and their supporters. It’s been three times now that I have watched the USA play at a World Cup and I have had my patience tested on each occasion. Their arrogance is too much to tolerate. Chants like ‘There is only one superpower’ are cringe worthy. We had a Woody Harrelson look a like in front of us who just kept repeating the same chant like he was battery operated. Every time the US goalkeeper touched the ball he’d push his own button and in a drunken stupor blurt out, to no particular tune, the words ‘We’ve got Tim Howard’. The wind in the American sails was taken out somewhat by half time as the Slovenians went two nil up much to our delight. Musky, Harvey and I missed the first ten minutes of the second half as we had to film the Australia-Ghana preview for GGArmy TV and subsequently didn’t see the Landon Donovan goal which put the US back in it. Arguably the best match of the tournament at this point in a see saw battle which saw the Americans press for the equaliser. Woody was going banana’s stomping on his seat as chances went begging to then find comfort in his beer to calm himself down. The Slovenians in the end couldn’t hold on any longer and the pressure applied by the US was rewarded when Bradley landed a goal. Cue the biggest beer shower I’ve ever seen which left the area around us smelling like a brewery. The Australians weren’t happy and the response during the American celebrations was to displace the Uncle Sam hats of the Americans in front of us and throw them 20 metres to the side. It was quite humorous watching them look for their hats over the remaining fifteen minutes of play.