Monthly Archives: July 2011

The life of an alternate. My only assignment yesterday was that of alternate for the 7th place game between Austria and Australia. So what does an alternate do? First, I participated in the pregame along with the other alternate. This … Continue reading →

Yesterday was spent relaxing as much as possible. It was good to see the officials from the Graz group. Right away, it was like we had been together all week. I spent quite a bit of energy not thinking about … Continue reading →

Undefeated USA against undefeated Mexico for a spot in the world championship final.  It doesn’t get much better than that. The game was just as close as we anticipated with two very evenly matched teams.  There was much sportsmanship on both … Continue reading →

A couple of non-football related observations… The city of Innsbruck is situated in the Alpes.  This makes it impossible to place the airport outside of the city.  This means that the airplanes fly their approach right over the city.  If … Continue reading →

12 minutes before kickoff the stadium announcer mentioned something that had not occurred to me. This game would be the European Champion against the World Champion. Pretty cool. In our preparation, I hadn’t thought about it that way. I had … Continue reading →

Yestderday was a day of rest.  Most of the guys went sight seeing in the mountains, but I stayed behind to do some shopping and watch the game film. In the afternoon, we watched the Austria-Japan game on tv and … Continue reading →

Wow!!  What a game to start with.  What an experience!! Mexico comes back in the fourth quarter to beat Germany 22-15 in a thrilling game and we had nothing to do with the outcome.  Just the way it is supposed … Continue reading →

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.  There is something very special about the word “gameday”.  Everything comes together for one special purpose.  The entire day is just a build up to the inevitable kickoff. But I get … Continue reading →

Travel day is travel day, right?  Well, not necessarily when you only have 35 minutes in Vienna to catch your connection. The first leg was uneventful. I’m glad I was at the Copenhagen airport early because a lot of other … Continue reading →