Of all nights for my DVR to let me down, it had to be this one.

I was over at a friend’s apartment tonight, screaming my lungs out while watching the Duke-North Carolina basketball game. He’s got a DLP front-projector that blasts a 9-foot HD image on the wall, so his living room is crowded during games…

Anyway, at halftime, I asked if we could switch over to the USA v. Mexico friendly for a few minutes. About 32 minutes had passed, and the USA was up 1-0. We all got to see Mexico’s incredible free kick that led to Jonny Magallon’s first goal. Then came the big moment: Jozy Altidore’s first goal for the U.S. senior team. I stood up and cheered, and everyone else in the room looked at me as if I had a fungus growing out of my head. Soccer still has a long way to go in America.

Oh, and we also saw what should have been Clint Dempsey’s goal but for a terrible offside call. Then we switched back to Duke-UNC.

Anyway, I had planned to come home, run through the highlights on my DVR and write something here about the game, but alas, my DVR failed me. I was so sure I set it to record the game, but for whatever reason, it didn’t record.

I suppose it’s not a total loss, given that this was just a friendly (so to speak) and Jozy’s goal will show up on YouTube fairly soon. Still, I don’t like writing about something I didn’t watch, so I’ll just point you to Brian Cook’s liveblog at FanHouse (1st Half, 2nd Half) and Ives Galarcep’s live commentary. Ives suggests that defenders Ramiro Corrales and Drew Moor don’t deserve any more caps in the near future. From what little I saw, that seems like a smart move — smarter than my stupid DVR, anyway.