Dateline: Copenhagen Pitch #1
Game Time: 4:40pm

Yes, it has been a rainy day in Copenhagen, but not enough to cloud the smiles, laughs and cheers of players from 48 nations and the fan faithful (with umbrellas and impromptu rain jackets and coats in hand).

Homeless World Cup founder, Mel Young, officially opened the Cup today with Ireland taking on the host country, Denmark. Denmark was victorious.

Gomo Tong's first match arrived and it was both impressive and filled with faced-paced action. At times the movements of both the Cameroon and Ugandan players resembled acrobats and figure skaters twisting and sliding across the slippery pitch...

At the end of the first half, Uganda was up 3-2. Goals by Dennis Opio, Wilbur Sewanonda and also looked to be in control on the defensive end. Unfortunately, toward the end of the first half, Uganda's star keeper Herman Nduggwa after making a miraculous save, came up hobbling.

After the break, the rain steadily increased and Herman, favoring his right leg, just missed cannon of a shot by the Cameroon striker. Cameroon now tied at 3-3 at the 4 minute mark.

Shortly after this goal, Herman, favoring his right leg, was unable to remain in goal and asked to be subbed out. The crowd cheered for both Herman and Olive (who took over in goal).

Immediately, Olive made a number of excellent saves, but it wasn't enough, and Cameroon scored 2 goals in the last 2 minutes to win 5-3.

To view photos from the action visit: http://picasaweb.google.com/jergoldberg/HWC2007MarchAndCameroonMatch