Soccerblog.com tells us that it was the phone call from Dubya that jinxed the US team in their World Cup opener:
http://www.soccerblog.com/...
To date the performance of the US team has been worrisome, to say the least.
Here's what one US Supporter said after the game:
"To say the US played like crap does a disservice to crap.
Even the "bright spots" were merely average, but wonderful in comparison to the overall effort. Someone should keep on reminding the US that they were wearing BLUE.
When I played a dead givaway about the confidence of the opposing player was the length of his strides. The longer the stride, the more confident they were. Small strides and we knew lunch was served. When you watch the game on replay, look at the baby steps the US players took with the ball. There is no sugar coating this. It was a disaster..."
I hope they rebound against Ghana!