I stayed up to watch the U.S.-Mexico match and wasn't disappointed. I was rooting for the U.S. team, although I tend not to root for Americans in international competitions. My motivation for rooting for the U.S. has to do with the way football is reviled by the average American sports fan. Football maybe a competitive sport, but it is one of the most international of sports. American sports fans like to believe that they are exceptional and have a monopoly on the "best" sports league. If you listen to sports radio, you'll constantly hear put downs of football (along with misogynistic dismissals of womens sports).
One thing I noticed was that some of the sports commentators have been saying that the Mexican team played dirty. I'd say that both teams played physical and somewhat dirty. The match did include 10 yellow cards after all, evenly split between the two teams.
Looking forward to that U.S.-Senegal matchup in the final.
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