Where were you?

When Landon Donovan scored the goal in stoppage time to send the Yanks through to the 2nd round of the World Cup. 

I was screaming and running around my office. 

These folks were at a bar in Lincoln, Nebraska.  By now you’ve seen the goal plenty of times.  I like watching these fans, sitting in silence for the first 45 seconds as the time ticked by.  Then a half chance for Algeria.  Save.  A quick shortness of breath as Howard throws past midfield perfectly to Donovan’s feet.  The short scream of yet another chance smothered by the Algerian goalkeeper.  And then infinite euphoria when Donovan glided in to hammer home the winning goal. 

Who says Americans don’t care about soccer?  My guess is there will be dozens of bars packed to the brim like this on Saturday as we take on Ghana. 

(By the way, there are tons of other YouTube clips of similar celebrations - check out this NY Times post).