¡Vamos Chile!

Last night I joined my neighbors Danilo and Nelson, and their mutual friend also named Nelson, to watch our national team play soccer against Bolivia's national team. We watched the match in Danilo's apartment (he lives next to me in my building), and "turned down the sound" to listen to the radio commentary. I made some guacamole dip & oatmeal cookies (and bought a bag of potato chips).

Chile won, 2-0, in a somewhat sloppy but none-the-less entertaining victory. It was fun to hear cars in the street honking their horns when Chile scored our first goal. Obviously people were listening! Bolivia, had they been much better, probably would have capitalized on some of their scoring opportunities, but a win is a win! The Chileans play Venezuela on Thursday, and our foursome plans to reuntie to watch Chile play a more formidable opponent.




You can follow the World Cup 2010 qualifying at Wikipedia, where the top 4 teams from South America automatically qualify, and the fifth team plays against the 4th place team from North America for a final spot. Through today, the South Americans have played 5 of their 18 qualifying matches, so there is still a lot more fútbol to be played. If Chile beats Venezuela though, they'll be propelled into the top half of the bracket, which is a much better place to be than at the bottom. Looks to me like all the teams play all the other teams twice, home-and-away, which ensures fairness.

My picks as of June 2008:
-Brazil
-Argentina
-Paraguay
-Uruguay
-Chile (in the 5th "playoff" spot!)

¡Vamos Chilenos! (Let's Go Chile!)