Sunday's World Cup game between the US and Portugal had a dramatic ending - with a 2-2 tie in the final seconds. On we go in a game against Germany Thursday 12:00 pm EDT. Once upon a time, in another reality game, the Germans were our enemies whose leaders fled to Argentina. Now they will our opponents in Brazil - It's all a game.
Jermaine Jones, Team USA's new soccer star, joins TODAY to talk about Sunday night's exciting game against Portugal, and the moments leading up to that first game-tying goal.
As for the rest of the global game board today ... war games continue in Iraq and other countries as we allow the political gamers to make the final decisions and we play the "games of survival" we call our lives.
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