USA 1-0 Algeria: Reactions
Links to crowd reactions to Landon Donovan’s winner in the USA-Algeria match are now trickling in – from everywhere. Below, a few links (many of which came from the Twitter feed of Bill Simmons).
| San Diego | Portland | Las Vegas | Seattle | Lincoln | New York | Kansas City | Kansas City Part 2 | Lyon, France | Minneapolis | An even bigger list |
I love that, across the country, people had the same reaction: the temporary madness of utter joy, then random hugging, then chanting “U-S-A! U-S-A!” as loudly as possible.
I know it’s not in any way comparable, but for those of us born post-1980, this is the closest we’ve ever come to our own Miracle on Ice.
I know that this is about one-tenth as good as that, but still. What a day. What a game. What a goal.
UPDATE: Possibly the definitive version, set to the music from “Rudy.”