Bornstein's World Cup Diary

StillKickin · Jun 25, 2010

Have any of you seen this? I hadn't. If there's a more appropriate thread to put this in, please merge.

But apparently Bornstein writes a diary for ESPN about being at the World Cup. Here's his entry on getting his first start vs. Algeria. I thought this exerpt was kind of cool:

When we went on the field for warm-ups I was just trying to get myself as ready physically as possible. That was when everything was sinking in, because all the fans are in the stands and people are cheering and you could see all the Algerian fans and USA fans out there. When we came back into the locker rooms before the anthems, Landon [Donovan] and Carlos [Bocanegra] took a minute to say a few words to me.

In the tunnel, Landon tapped me on the shoulder and told me, "More than anything, just have fun out there. There are a million people who'd want to be in your shoes right now, so enjoy it and do your best."
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This part is kind of funny too.

Flash forward about 10 minutes and Donovan scores the goal. It was amazing. We all went to celebrate and I think Stuart Holden was already further down the field because he thought Clint Dempsey was going to score. I had started to run and stopped when Clint's shot was saved, but then started again, and it was just unreal how it played out.
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http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/worldcup/news/story?id=5261892

schrutebuck · Jun 25, 2010

This is interesting because Bornstein states that Bradley told him on Tuesday that he would be getting the start against Algeria. A full day before the match.