Alright, we seen tons of posts by tons of peeps over the last few months. Let's get a list of who's making it down to SA to see the USA and what the matches you're going to be at that way we can meet up with each other, if possible. If you've been to a WC before you know nothings better than meeting up with fellow Yanks when your're in another country. So who's going? I'll be at: USA/England-Rustenburg USA/Slovenia-Jo'burg Portugal/N. Korea- Cape Town USA/Algeria-Pretoria I know everone has different travel schedules but it's always good to try and meet up with fellow Yanks...if you can!
I have tickets to the 3 US games. I'll check out the other games in the area and see how easy it is to get tickets outside the stadium. In Germany I found it tough to buy tickets from anyone other than scalpers, but SA may be different.
I think the listserv will be helpful in finding other Yanks to go on various sojourns with ... http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/YanksSA/
I'll be at the three USA group stage games, and I also have conditional tickets for the round of 16 and (optimistically) the quarterfinals. The only other ticket I have is for Ivory Coast/Portugal in Port Elizabeth. I think that tickets will be easier to come by than they were in Germany, but I still wish I'd planned things out a little better. Damn my laziness! I arrive in Jo'burg on the 9th, and the first thing I'm going to do after I activate a sim card and pick up my rental car is to scrounge up a ticket to the opening game.
Will be at all three US group stage games. Going to be all over the place between them though, was a pain in the arse finding places to stay so we're bouncing all over SA rather than trying to stay around Jo'burg.
I'm going all out this World Cup I'm up to (16) and possibly one more. I might do Match 1 if I can get a ticket but otherwise I'm going to these: Match 5 Eng v. USA Match 8 Ser v. Gha Match 20 Arg v. S. Korea Match 22 Slov v. USA Match 24 Gha. v. Aus. Match 29 Bra. v. Civ. Match 32 Spa. v. Hon. Match 37 USA v. Alg Match 49 R16 Match 50 R16 Match 55 R16 Match 58 QF Match 59 QF Match 61 SF Match 62 SF Match 64 FINAL
Five of us are going to these games (we will be late arrivals, all coming from Texas): Italy v. New Zealand, Nelspruit Spain v. Honduras, JoBurg Greece v. Argentina, Polokwane US vs. Algeria, Pretoria (we'll see the USA fans there!) Then we wil go see some giraffes
Mexico/France- Polokwane USA/Slovenia- Johannesburg Brazil/Ivory Coast- Johannesburg USA/Algeria- Pretoria
I am there for the 3 USA games, and any other games in Johannesburg or Pretoria that might have some tickets available.
Me + 4 Italy v. Paraguay USA v. Algeria USA v. Slovenia Brazil v. Ivory Coast USA Rd of 16 Rd of 16 1A v. 2B
Me, Myself and I: Match 9 - E1 v E2 - June 14 Netherlands vs. Denmark Match 14 - G1 v G2 - June 15, Brazil vs. Korea Republic Match 17 - A1 vs A3 June 16, South Africa vs. Uruguay Match 20 - B1 v B3 - June 17, Argentina vs. Korea Republic Match 22 - C4 v C2 - June 18, Slovenia vs. United States Match 24 - D4 v D2 - June 19, Ghana vs. Australia Match 29 - G1 v G3 - June 20, Brazil vs. Cote d'Ivoire Match 32 - H1 vs H3 June 21, Spain vs. Honduras Match 35 - B2 vs B3 June 22 Nigeria vs. Korea Republic Match 45 - G4 v G1 - June 25, Portugal vs. Brazil
Flying solo, headed to 11 games June 11-South Africa vs. Mexico (Jo-burg) June 12-USA vs. England (Ru-burg) June 13-Serbia vs. Ghana (Pretoria) June 14-Netherlands vs. Denmark (Jo-burg) June 15-New Zealand vs. Slovakia (Ru-burg) June 16-South Africa vs. Uruguay (Pretoria) June 18-USA vs. Slovenia (Jo-burg) June 19-Cameroon vs. Denmark (Pretoria) June 22-Mexico vs. Uruguay (Ru-burg) June 23-USA vs. Algeria (Pretoria) June 29-Round of 16, 1H vs. 2G (Cape Town)
My buddy and I are going staying in Jo'burg for the most part. We have tickets to these matches but might get some more too. 6/20 Match 29 Brazil-Ivory Coast 6/23 38 US-Algeria 6/24 42 New Zealand-Paraguay 6/26 50 R 16 6/27 52 R 16 6/28 54 R 16 6/29 55 R 16
Me, and my wife are going. We are going to four games. June 12, USA vs England, Rustenburg June 13, Germany vs Australia, Durban June 16, Spain vs Switzerland, Durban June 18, USA vs Slovenia, Jo Burg
Should have gone for the USA TST in retrospect. Decided before the draw to just plan 2 weeks in Cape Town with a buddy. 6/18 England v Algeria 6/21 Portugal v North Korea 6/24 Cameroon v Netherlands
My friends decided the same thing, rented a house for 2 weeks in CT. They're skipping a few nights they've paid for to catch the USA/England and USA/Algeria games. I'm coming down to CT after the Slovenia game, see you at the Portugal game!
Okay, so during the clusterfarg of final ticketing today, I managed to add: Game 20: Argentina/Korea, Soccer City Game 26: Cameroon/Denmark, Pretoria Game 29: Brazil/Ivory Coast, Soccer City Game 32: Spain/Honduras, Ellis Game 41: Italy/Slovakia, Ellis Game 54: R16, Ellis Game 55: R16, Pretoria Game 58: QF, Soccer City Game 60: QF, Ellis Game 61, Semi, Cape Town (Finally. I tried to be realistic about travel times and distance) No France, no Holland, unless I see them in a non-group stage game. Tant pis. FIFA is listing the opening game as the first sell out. And tickets for the final are "unavailable."
10 of us for 6/12: US v England (Rustenberg) 6/18: US v Slovenia (JoBerg) 6/21: Portugal v NKorea (Cape Town) 6/23: US v Algeria (Pretoria) 6/24: Italy v Slovakia (JoBerg)
2 of us for 6/12 USA v England 6/13 Serbia v Ghana, Pretoria 6/14 Netherlands v Denmark, Soccer City 6/15 Brazil v North Korea, Elllis Park 6/17 Argentina v S Korea, Soccer City 6/18 US v Slovenia, Ellis Park 6/19 Cameroon v Denmark, Pretoria 6/20 return to USA :-(