The U.S. team was delayed twice Friday when elephants blocked the road, the second back-up coming as the squad was traveling to its training session at Royal Bafokeng Stadium.
The elephant was munching on a tree as the Americans left the Bakubung Bush Lodge, and it moved to the side of the road after about 4 minutes.
"Everybody had their cell phones out, pictures were being taken," coach Bob Bradley said. "It was all part of the experience."
Earlier in the afternoon, a bus carrying 10 players on their way to an open-air market at the entrance to the team hotel got stuck behind an elephant, spokesman Michael Kammarman said. Players had timed the trip to get back to the hotel in time for the start of the World Cup opener between South Africa and Mexico.
Signs outside the U.S. hotel warn: "ELEPHANTS COME CLOSE TO OUR FENCE KEEP A DISTANCE OF 30 METERS AND PLEASE BE QUIET,"
There's this sign: "BABOONS ARE DANGEROUS -- PLEASE KEEP CLEAR OF THEM AND DO NOT FEED THEM."
And then this: "THIS IS BIG 5 TERRITORY TREAT THE ANIMALS WITH RESPECT AND THEY WILL RETURN THE COMPLIMENT."
"It was cool," U.S. captain Carlos Bocanegra said of the up-close encounter with the animal kingdom. "A big elephant, just eating on the path out of our hotel."
It wasn't clear if the same elephant caused both delays. [end story]
The last sentence had me in stitches!!! No comment from the elephant or his publicist. :)
Taken from the US Team bus...
I found the following comment on yahoo and I had to laugh. This person obviously watched the France v Uruguay match today.
S - Scoreless
O - Total score of both teams
C - Can't score!
C - C'mon! Score ALREADY!!
E - Extra Session - Still No Score
R - OCK! Play the game with huge rock! They still won't score, but I'd love to watch them kick it...and the headers! Oh, the headers!
:)
Might I say that it will be ultra strange to cheer against Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick tomorrow...but perfectly natural to do the same against Gerrard, Lamps, The Coles, etc...and to hope John Terry slips on a banawner.
The World Cup buildup has included a commercial with this phony front page from The Sun (English tabloid):
England
Algeria
Slovenia
Yanks
USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
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