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Under Guus Hiddink’s tutelage, the 2006 Australian World Cup Socceroos made a valiant appearance in the Round of 16 against a formidable and favored Italian squad. In the 93rd minute, with only 12 seconds of regulation time left, Fabio Grosso takes a dive in the penalty area after brushing against Lucas Neill’s arm. Luis Medina Cantalejo, the referee from Spain, awards the penalty kick and everywhere color drains from Socceroo faces.

In Kaiserslautern, I thought that there would certainly be violence and rioting. Fortunately, there was only this:

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It was a short day and a long night. In the Brauhaus Am Markt, next to the Stiftsplatz, I meet Thomas. I buy him a beer and suddenly his friends become my friends and he’s painting Casey and myself. Later that evening, Casey and I get on the wrong train. Once we regain consciousness, we are in Pirmasens, a 40 euro cab ride from Landstuhl. Armed with only my bank card, we search for warmth and find it. There is one restaurant open at 4am. Champagne is 250 Euro. We move on.

Sadly, I make the mistake of putting a girl I like on this train two nights later.

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I am applying for World Cup lottery tickets. But before I submit my name, I want to cement who wants to go with me. I can take up to four people and I have one spot left. I know Chris, Scooter and Damien have all expressed interest but I don’t know if they are already paired with someone else. The deadline is 1 January 2006. Rico and Kim, since you have comitted yourself: I need the following information from you in an email.

1) Passport # 2) Birthday 3) Physical Address with Zip Code

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Kaiserslautern: USA vs. Italy 17 June 2006. Wow! I am so there!

There are four matches total. Ktown is going to rake in some big money. Australia, Japan, Italy, USA and Spain. Another bonus: dramatic influx of cute foreign girls!

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