Say it in any language, the most recognized global sport has got many of us eat.shop.play.love writers missing sleep and nearly forgetting to feed the baby. As Germany, The Netherlands, Spain and Uruguay roll into the World Cup semifinals, we chip in to share images from our neck of the woods.
Duck's Nuts in Sydney says:
My photos were taken at the FIFA FanFest live site at Darling Harbour in Sydney. There were more than 20,000 people who were watching the game in the freezing cold (about 5 degrees celsius) at the site, including me. I had gone to the game with some German friends. They are always great to watch football with as they know their team very well.
Sydney, Australia: Germans fans at the Darling Harbour FIFA FanFest live site chanting "Deutschland, Deutschland" before the start of the Germany versus Australia game on June 14 at 4.30 a.m. Sydney time.
Sydney, Australia: Socceroo (Australian) fans wear their green and gold in support of their national football team.
Sydney, Australia: A Socceroo fan wears his national flag as a cape and dons the national jersey as he watches the main screen at the official FIFA FanFest site in Sydney's Darling Harbour. There are only six official FanFest sites around the world outside of South Africa. The other five are in Berlin, Mexico City, Paris, Rio de Janeiro and Rome.
Sydney, Australia: The FIFA FanFest site showed how multicultural Australia is. A large group of Serbian fans got together to watch the Serbia versus Ghana game. Unfortunately for them, the Black Stars won 1-0. Sitting in the foreground are the Socceroo fans, who were waiting for the next game, Germany versus Australia, which the former won by four goals (4-0).
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Una Ragazza in New York says:
Even as World Cup fever strikes every man and woman, young and old, some things never change in the most fashionable city i the world.
New York: A mini kit for the wannabe midfielder
New York: Gotta look good even if I may be hitting the mud any second from now
New York: Enjoying my biftec a la cazuela at my favorite latino cafe watching the South Korean team play Uruguay on a South Korean television (viva la Samsung!)
New York: Try solving this mystery -- Puerto Rico didn't qualify for the 2010 World Cup but these entrepreneurial guys are making a fortune selling the country's flag outside of Penn Station in Manhattan. Why is that so?
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Shakeleg in Jakarta says:
To celebrate the World Cup, Indonesian teens in Central Java are donning sarongs and letting the trapped wind under their seams do the kicking.
Central Java, Indonesia: If that's not hot enough for these players of Sepakbola Sarong (Sarong Soccer), losers will have to dance to the beat of dangdut music so, everyone aims to lose!
Indonesia: Dangdut dance by one of the country's famed dangdut singer, Inul Daratista
Central Java, Indonesia: World Cup is also a way to spread political messages. Students wear masks bearing the faces of the country's corruptors while playing soccer as a protest against corruption.
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Horse with No Name in Arizona (and Washington, D.C., and New York) says:
New York: The Eat Drink Bar in Times Square, where I was visiting on vacation.
New York: Major marketing going on here in Times Square. There's a massive Nike poster. Massive.
Washington D.C.: At the International Spy Museum cafe, a guy holds his head as the U.S. team concedes the goal to Ghana that would seal its fate in the round of 16. Everyone in the cafe was riveted to the screen, even the security guards. They were all devastated by the time the final seconds rolled around.
Post script: After the 4-0 German/Argentina thrashing. I overheard snippets of conversation from tourists and locals alike, dissecting the match as they were shopping. At one of the junctions, a huge ruckus started up, cars sounding horns in celebration of the win. It was pretty festive-sounding, one would have thought the U.S. was still in the running for the cup.
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