07-27-2023, 01:32 PM
Thanks for all the details, Dave. I find it very interesting. I also did not know about the goal differential. I was waiting for playoff kicks in the USA vs. Netherlands game. The thing that I worry about too is that Vietnam will not be trying as hard as they were when they played us in the first round. They were a fresh team a week ago with high hopes. It is a lot different now. My husband was cheering for Nam to do well though. After serving in Vietnam for 1 1/2 years, he got to know the people and has a lot of respect for them. He says that they are hard-working people with a lot of backbone.
I know that you are in tune with the game because of all the years you watched your daughter compete in the game. That is pretty big that she played COLLEGE soccer. She had to be good.
My son Wrestled in college too but it was a Division III NCAA school. Unlike you, I never enjoyed watching him wrestle in high school or college. It was difficult to watch one's child get twisted like a pretzel. The one good thing though, was it kept him in college and got him a degree. We still had to pay the vast majority of the tuition, but I am not sure he would have continued his college education if it weren't for being able to wrestle.
I know that you are in tune with the game because of all the years you watched your daughter compete in the game. That is pretty big that she played COLLEGE soccer. She had to be good.
My son Wrestled in college too but it was a Division III NCAA school. Unlike you, I never enjoyed watching him wrestle in high school or college. It was difficult to watch one's child get twisted like a pretzel. The one good thing though, was it kept him in college and got him a degree. We still had to pay the vast majority of the tuition, but I am not sure he would have continued his college education if it weren't for being able to wrestle.