This is not a sports blog, but we cats simply must post about that amazing performance we witnessed last night.
No, not the US women's soccer team — although they were brilliant, much to the dismay of the six German guys who were sitting behind us. (By the way, we think it was pretty neat that they were there. It's a long way from Berlin to Montreal, and, you know, those were girls down on the field.)
Nope, the other amazing performance was the pumped-up screaming of the 51,000 fans who filled Montreal's ramshackle Stade Olympique — nearly all of whom were ardent, unbridled and oddly dressed Americans.
Now, we cats generally recoil when we see thousands of people decked out in the south-of-the-border version of bleu, blanc et rouge. Our first reaction is that we've wandered into a teabag rally or stumbled into the Republican convention. But these fans couldn't have cared less about Supreme Court decisions, fast-track authority, the Confederate flag, fair housing or Obamacare. All they wanted was for the US to beat Germany.
We cats have never been among so many other Americans in Montreal. We're used to being the only Yanks in the crowd, so it was kind of surreal. But you know what? Considering the dramatic 2-0 win we were lucky enough to be present for, and the amazing week that the United States has just enjoyed, it was pretty fun. And so we PURR.
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