The recent adventures of David Mulligan of the New Zealand All Whites and Mark Milligan of Australia's Olyroos set up a great day for football in the Antipodes.
Mulligan started the scoring onslaught against Vanuatu in Westpac Stadium, scoring the first goal of the return match in Wellington, and Shane Smeltz did the rest in a 4-1 rout.
Meanwhile, up in cold, miserable, malnourished Pyongyang, the Olyroos were a goal down heading into the second half, but Milligan's equalizer in the 69th minute gave Australia a draw with Chollima, and a berth in the Beijing 2008 Olympics next year. Personally, I though that regardless of the conditions, Australia was going to take it to them. But North Korea held its ground, and held the Aussies to a draw.
In any case, the match between Iraq and Lebanon is nothing more than a glorified U-23 friendly.
Can this day get any better? Why not? Long BEach State faces Temple tonight, and a sweep isn't out of the question...
