Lee Herrick

I've been to one in 1994.

It was a match between Russia and Cameroon.

I'll never forget it.

The Russian player Oleg Selenko scored five goals.

I believe it's still the record for most goals in one match by any player.

I've thought about trying to go to another match, but they're so expensive.

There are 16 different cities, 11 of them in the US.

Right now, I'm on the fence.

I'm thinking of going to a game that's a little bit more affordable.

There's a match between Jordan and Algeria.

But the opening match between US and Paraguay, as far as I can tell, one ticket is over $1,000, which is a lot of money.

So I hope to go.

I feel like I really need to experience one World Cup game while it's here.

I know there are some differences in the terms.

I always think of the 18 or the penalty box as pretty common terms in American soccer.

Because the US is much newer to soccer or football, and that being the biggest difference, I think, just what we call it, and we're, in my opinion, of course, very much a developing team, I noticed that some of the commentators try to adapt European language to show that we know more of the game.

You know, we might have a British commentator on an American broadcast to help lend some credibility to it.

For me, soccer has always been a very difficult thing to write about.

Just in the last few months, I've tried to get some poems going.

And I'm working on one right now that I'm tentatively calling the goalkeeper in sunlight.