Rabid soccer fans in Boston don’t mind passing on sleep to watch the World Cup in real time

Tape delay is for sissies. We want our World Cup, and we want it now.

Why else would Rakey Donohue, his girlfriend Denise Ryan, I, and 85 other sleep-deprived World Cup-aholics have packed Bad Abbots, an Irish-style soccer bar in Quincy at 2:30 on Saturday morning? When I suggested to Rakey that it might be more convenient to watch ABC’s rebroadcast of the critical Ireland vs. Cameroon match at 3:30 that afternoon, he shot back: Are you mad?

This is gonna be me tomorrow morning… US vs. Portugal. Come on people… support your team!!!