We've had lots of bad days in Washington since the Tea Party came to town in November, but today was a particularly tough one for our sports teams (as the nation's capital we claim the national teams as ours). Eerie to note the parallels between the U.S. women's national team and the Washington Nationals.
- Both teams played finals today - a World Cup final, and the final game of a 3-game series versus the Braves; granted the women's final was much, much bigger, but they were both finals.
- Each squad lost the lead twice in their games (the Nats led 6-2 and 8-7; the national team was up 1-0 and 2-1).
- Both teams lost their lead late and in the eights; the 8th inning for the Nats, and the 81st minute for the women's national team.
There are other parallels I'm sure that perhaps involve Ichiro, but those 3 are enough.
A tough couple of games. But for the World's Cup the only comfort is that we lost to a team that relentlessly made plays. The U.S. did pay for a sloppy clearance by Ali Kreiger late, but we lost mainly because of what Japan did - especially their goalie - rather than mistakes or errors by our team.
It was a great tournament to watch, and fantastic to watch Abby Wambach play, too. Hope she can wait four more years for the 2015 World Cup (the year Ariadne graduates from high school, by the way!) and get another shot at a championship. Wambach deserves it.
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