Early morning game

Usually early Sunday morning football games are of the American brand.

But not today. It's all about the world's brand of football this morning. The U.S. and Ecuador are about 110 minutes away from kicking off.

On a sporting scale, it will be a good game against two World Cup teams, neither of whom were expected to get out of the first round last summer. Ecuador exceeded its expectations and went on to lose to England in the second round. The U.S. needed a win over Ghana to get out of the first round but lost 2-1.

It'll be interesting to see how the US looks with their best at their disposal. This is about as talented a team the U.S. can put out right now.

On a personal scale, this game will snap a two-game streak for Sideline Views and, sadly, Sideline Views' tour of NFL stadiums will end at two as well. But we'll be there for the first two games of the Gold Cup so mark that on your calendar. We're planning on going all out for that.