"The first US-England matchup did not go well for the home team."

Tomorrow Goal 2010 will be making its first, in the parlance of Fifa marketers, 'out of home' field trip, heading to AT&T Park* for the England-US Group C match. Touted by the ESPN Sports Network as the 'most anticipated game of the tournament" – maybe just a teensy bit provincial, eh? – the attendance for this free public viewing is projected at an anemic 5,000. And I'm guessing a fair percentage of those will be English ex-pats, longing for the strong sense of community that is so characteristic of English Football supporters.

Ira and I will have various micro HD recording devices in hand, with plans to post audio and video later in the weekend.

* As noted on my Facebook page: I wonder if my iPhone will get reception there. The exclusive carrier for iPhones in the US, this communications company provides notoriously bad coverage. Like most of my colleagues sporting iPhones, it's a great applicance so long as you don't need to make a phone call.

[Graphic from the SF Weekly, "U.S.-England World Cup Opener Free at AT&T Park" By Joe Eskenazi, Wednesday, May. 26 2010.]