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Washington, DC - After Brian McBride put the US ahead 1-0, RFK went crazy.....a fitting end to a crazy weekend for the NJB which saw Rob's car break down not once, but twice and a 13 mile journey through nowhere Pennsylvania.
Those of you who have seen our US vs Mexico pics knows the NJB knows how to Tailgate. Especially when there are opposition fans all around. Marching through the crowd of Guatemalans chanting "USA," "Guatemala Maricon" and "You don't live in Guatemala," we created quite a hoopla until we reached the Screaming Eagles/Sam's Army tailgate. The food was good and the Eagles were very hospitable but the 70 person or so line was ridiculous. Something should be done about that in the future. Two gentleman from Colorado brought nice flag poles made of some kind of flexible piping. Seizing the opportunity, Ed and Mike ran through more crowds of Guatemalans waiting to get in screaming "USA" and "Estados Unidos." Some pretty funny shit. Waiting to get in, what was up with that. ONLY 3 gates open for a sell out. Its a good thing that the NJB are rude bastards and kept cheering through Guatemalans cutting their way all the way to the front of the line. Hell, we deserved it for all the abuse we took being the only Americans by the Gate we were at. During one point, we were ALL completely surrounded by a Guatemalan flag and Guatemalans came running at us from all directions. ALL IN GOOD FUN we might add too.....
Inside the stadium, the NJB set up shop up front in
the 139 corner with the rest of the ESC studs and some crazy Texans.
The sight of all RED in the lower ball was awesome. RED is so much
better looking than all white. WHO gives a eff what the other
countries colors are! The crowd was very loud. The bangers did a good
job of drowning out Guat chants and many fans started to use them in
unison before a chant. One thing we would have liked would have been
for all the Sam's Army/Screaming Eagles/Barra Brava guys to all be
singing the same chant/songs ....but whatever AND what was up with
Section 137 only cheering for the cameras. That was just sad &
pathetic. Shame on you all and you know who
ALL in ALL, it was a successful trip. We had a lot of fun and a lot of good times. Rob even cheered up once he got to the stadium. The US won so that always helps. We remember our feelings after that crap ass game vs Jamaica in 97. Finally, the NJB would like to give props to every single person who did something to make the Guatemalans stay unpleasant. Whether it was heckling them at the airport, practicing or jumping up and down in a room on the 12th floor. Good work. What is this Project Mayhem? We have never heard of it......
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NJB
GOES TO WASHINGTON!!!
The
odyssey adventure of the NJB began way back in Hopatcong, NJ. Ed,
Chris Palermo (not to be confused with Stick) and Rob packed up their
shit and piled into Rob's Toyota Supra. Knowing that it would be a
cramped ride, we even took out the spare to make more room to pack
all of our crap, like our flag. Leaving from Hopatcong, we headed to
Valley Forge, PA to pick up re-located NJB'er Mikey. What should have
been a two and a half hour trip turned into a 5 hour journey. A major
accident closed down the Southbound PA Turnpike so we were forced to
endure and an hour and 45 minutes of stop and go traffic to go a
whole 13 miles which would have normally taken us 10 minutes. The fun
didn't end there..... In Landover, MD Rob's car started to overheat
as the tempature gauge was extremely high. Pulling off an exit, the
car promptly began spewing smoke and stopped running. Conveniently
for the NJB, we picked an exit that just happened to have a Ramada
Inn right off the exit ramp. Calling it quits for the night, we
filled the car back up with water and went to sleep.
Things
did not get better for Rob in the morning, as his car's tempature
started to rise again almost immediately as we hit Alexandria, VA.
Pulling off onto Duke Street, Rob was looking for the service station
he knew was only 5 minutes down the road. Well, one minute on the
road and POP, his radiator cracked... While waiting for Triple A to
come, Rob frantically called around to service shops to see if anyone
would be able to fix his car. After a few attempts Rob was luckily
(actually unluckily) enough to find a place on the same street that
said they could get the part and have the car fixed by Saturday.
"Great," Rob said. "Order the part, I'm bringing my
car to you guys." Eventually, Triple A came and towed Rob's car
to the mechanics. Chris' brother lived 5 minutes away so he came and
met us at the mechanic's shop and we all left to eat and look for a megaphone.
After
about half an hour of searching for the megaphone, Rob gets a call
on Ed's cell phone that the repair shop couldn't get the part until
Tuesday because the repair shop closed. Rob was LIVID to say the
least. Driving back to the repair shop, Rob ripped the guy a new
asshole and had him running around like a chicken with it's head cut
off. The repair shop said that they had someone who would fix the car
on Sunday but that too turned out to be a lie. Rob was EVEN MORE
PISSED and said one of the funniest things heard all weekend. Looking
directly at Bob (the repair shop guy), "I'm so pissed, I could
shoot somebody. I don't have a gun, BUT I'll go out and buy one."
That pretty much scared the shit out of the guy and he agreed to pay
the rental car bill Rob would accrue since we all needed to get back
to PA and NJ.
we're talking about. The game itself was very nerve racking and
typical of the US boys of late. They played okay but were nowhere
near as dominant as they should have been. Numerous chances in the
first half were denied by either good goalkeeping or poor finishing.
Guatemala had way too many chances and corner kicks throughout the
game for the NJB's liking. How many times are the US going to give
the other team a chance to tie it late. That header in the late
stages gave us all flashbacks to July. Eddie Lewis deserved a RED for
the challenge. It was a reckless looking elbow. In the same breath,
that jackass who took out Reyna deserved the same fate. Oh wait,
there was a Mexican ref, right right. Brian McBride's goal was sweet.
Nice work from the back up to the front. Great vision by Jovan to the
great cross by Cobi to the nice volley by McBride. AND the place went
nuts. We have never seen US fans going that crazy for a goal. Never,
not in a friendly, not in any other WCQ's, nor in the World Cup
(although the US didn't give us much chance to celebrate in France.)
Brian McBride just keeps scoring goals in WCQ's. He is a valuable
asset to the US and needs to be on the field.
The
glorious day did not end there. While Mikey, Chris & Mike went
back to Mike's place, Rob and Ed went to pick up the rental car.
Picking up the Enterprise car in Crystal City, Ed and Rob were
leaving when Ed saw some blue shirted Guatemalans to heckle. "USA
USA...holy shit Rob, those are players!" Rob quickly turned
around and we heckled them again. "Let's get a movie"
Pulling out the digi camera and following the Chapines another block,
we took a movie of us heckling and chanting USA at them. Once again,
showing that US fans are classes above the rest of the Concacaf crap,
we got out and shook their hands and wished them luck in the rest of
their WCQ's. We don't need to throw batteries or shit like that at
them before, during or after the game.
