USA!

World Cup Soccer in Brazil will start on June 12th. I, and the rest of my Brazilian soccer team, were saving up to go to Brazil for the event, but, when the time came, only a few of us are actually going to make the trip. I got in a car accident and had to spend my money I had on a new used car. And my brother is having hip replacement surgery in the middle of all the festivities. He gets to sit around and watch as many games as he wants. Good timing on his part. At least a pre-game came to us in SF at the defunct Candlestick Park. USA vs. Azerbaijan. We won 2-0! I probably haven't been to Candlestick since a heavy metal concert in the 80's and I was reminded of why they need to tear it down. It was freezing cold and the seats are sloped in such a way that you can't see the field unless you are standing up. So, they didn't really need to have seats since everyone on the lower level, with the expensive seats, was standing up most of the time. Candlestick Park is where the Beatles played their last concert. Paul McCartney will play his last show there this summer before they demolish it. If you don't know where Azerbaijan is it's north of Iran and east of Turkey.