Germany 4 - Costa Rica 2
The office shutdown for three hours at 9AM during the inagural match of the 2006 World Cup. Costa Rica drew a tough spot playing against the host country in the first game of the tournament. I would compare the excitment here to the Superbowl, but I'm not sure that covers it. In the States many get together for the game, but only two teams are playing. Here everyone is rooting for the same team, and more than half the people are wearing red shirts. The entire country paused to watch it play out. At our office building people were sticking antenas out windows and you could see a big screen in the conference room of the DHL office downstairs. We rigged our projector up and had TVs scattered around the floor. Germany won as widely expected, but people were proud of CR's good showing. The excitement after their two goals was incredible as the announcer yelled "Gooo...ooo...ooo...oooal", and everyone broke out into jumping, clapping, and chants of "Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole, Ticos, Ticos".
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