U.S. papers celebrate a huge ‘overtime’ win on page one
That U.S./Algerian World Cup game Wednesday was huge. Just when I had given up hope Team USA would advance to the next round, Landon Donovan came back — in overtime, even — with a goal that gave USA a first-place finish in its group.
Here is my semi-regular commentary of front pages from the U.S. and the world, using images archived daily by the fine folks at the Newseum.
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TODAY’S U.S. PAGES
If you go by what found its way on A1 today, the definitive image from Wednesday’s match is this one by Elise Amendola of the Associated Press:
That’s the Connecticut Post of Bridgeport, circulation 76,014. Even the scholars on the right side of the page seem to be celebrating Donovan’s goal. The less we say about the face-painted gentlemen below, the better.
The Mercury News of San Jose, Calif., used the same photo huge, beneath a pun headline:
In particular, I love the way the Merc broke out a text box and cutout photo of Donovan at the bottom of the package. Average daily circulation for the Mercury News is 230,870.
Here is prominent play by the Baltimore Sun, circulation 201,830…
…the Dispatch of Columbus, Ohio, circulation 170,179…
…and the Press-Enterprise of Riverside, Calif., circulation 122,691:
Believe it or not, this is not the same picture afront the News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C.:
No, that’s a very similar picture by Timothy A. Clary of Getty Images. That headline is pretty funny — the U.S. loves soccer now — as are the two tennis photos in the ears.
Nice stuff out of Raleigh today, where the average daily circulation is 137,804.
And a number of papers also led with this photo, taken at the same moment from a different angle by Michael Sohn of the Associated Press:
That’s the Houston Chronicle, circulation 366,578.
The Fresno Bee — circulation 126,398 — used the same picture with a much more elaborate celebratory headline treatment:
And the free A.M. New York tabloid — average daily distribution 345,053 — cropped in tight for a very effective presentation:
Here is similar treatment but a different photo choice by Express, the Washington Post’s free commuter tabloid in D.C.:
I like the little logos with the score. Very clean. The picture is from AFP/Getty. Express distributes 183,916 copies daily.
Express‘ parent paper, meanwhile, built A1 around this Getty image by Kevork Djansezian:
Average daily circulation for the Washington Post is 578,482.
The Herald of Bradenton, Fla., used a similar picture by the AP’s Elise Amendola beneath a headline that seems a bit awkward to me:
Average daily circulation for the Herald is 46,030.
I preferred the play of that same photo by the Daily Herald of Provo, Utah, circulation 30,910:
A few papers managed to find shots no one else used on A1. Here is the Miami Herald — circulation 191,973 — with a nicely emotional aftermath picture:
Unfortunately, I can’t quite make out the credit. The PDF didn’t quite come across today. Which may have had something to do with the dummy story and headline downpage.
The Journal of Kennebec, Maine, chose a nicely horizontal AP shot of the goal itself:
The best thing about this page is the great kicker atop the picture:
And it counts
Very snarky. I love it. Average daily circulation for the Journal is 14,953.
My former paper — the Herald of Rock Hill, S.C., circulation 30,848 — also chose a horizontal photo for lead art:
I love the shape. I’m not sure this one — by Bernat Armangue of the Associated Press — was the right choice of photo, however. It looks less like a soccer match and more like a game of tag.
And this picture on the front of today’s USA Today brought me to a full halt outside of McDonald’s today:
See that guy, way up in the air? When he comes down, man, that’s going to hurt!
The photo is by Christian Ort of Presswire. Average daily circulation for USA Today is 1,826,622.
The Daily Journal of San Mateo, Calif. — circulation 14,800 — led with a very similar photo from Reuters:
A number of U.S. papers led with photos of local fans celebrating the win.
Hey, I was happy, too. But these two guys — well, I wonder if they need medication or something:
That’s the Herald-Times of Bloomington, Ind., circulation 27,781. The picture is by staffer Jeremy Hogan.
Next up: The Bee of Modesto, Calif., circulation 65,605:
The photo is by staffer Bart ah You.
The Day of New London, Conn. — circulation 27,341 — used its fan shot by staffer Tim Cook at a huge five columns:
Fans in Burlington, Vt., seem to be doing the wave:
That’s the Burlington Free Press, circulation 41,901. The photo by staffer Ben Sarle left plenty of room for the aforementioned picture by the AP’s Michael Sohn .
Here’s the Times Union of Albany, N.Y., circulation 74,895:
Lead photo by staffer Cindy Schultz. Ditto on the Sohn secondary art.
The fans at an Irish pub in Austin, Texas, seemed a little too raucous for a before-lunch crowd:
The American-Statesman circulates 140,602 papers daily. The photo is by Jay Janne.
My favorite of all the crowd-driven front-page World Cup treatments today, however, is by the Post-Dispatch of St. Louis for this three-panel sequence:
Those photos by staffer Laurie Skrivan capture everything perfectly. The agony when the USA missed on a first-half shot…
… and on a second-half shot…
…but the ecstacy when Donovan put the ball into the net in overtime:
Y’know, if you’re going to shoot the crowd at a match like this one, this is the way to do it. Average daily circulation for the Post-Dispatch is 265,634.
And a few papers chose to strip the game across the top of the page. The Express-News of San Antonio — circulation 152,156 — for example…
…and the Denver Post, circulation 333,675:
In particular, I like the thing happening there, pairing the words with the three players.
Even the Wall Street Journal – circulation 2.09 million – got in on the fun, with a nice, tight crop of the Elise Amendola picture:
The most fun of these, however, was by the tiny Herald of Sanford, N.C., circulation 8,162. Yeah, it’s a soccer cliché. But that text across the top of the picture makes me smile:
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TODAY’S INTERNATIONAL PAGES
But enough about my country. What do other countries think about my country?
Seriously, we’ll start our two-day international roundup with an inside page from today’s Beeld of Johannesburg, South Africa, sent to me by my good friend Andries Gouws:
The large picture up top is by Media24 staffer Deaan Vivier. The photo at lower left is by Craig Nieuwenhuizen. The other two are by AP and Reuters.
England beat Slovenia 1-0 to squeak into the next round of the Cup. The Guardian of London celebrated with a happy aftermath photo by Roger Parker…
…while the Times of London elected to build a photoillustrated page header:
Meanwhile, in Slovenia, Dnevnik of Ljubljana showed us their unhappy national team walking from the field:
That’s a Reuters photo.
Germany, on the other hand, defeated Ghana 1-0 and celebrated in grand style. Here is Nachrichten of Nuremburg with a celebration picture from DPA:
The Rheinische Post of Düsseldorf used a very similar picture by Reuters:
The Zeitung of Braunschweiger took a more adventurous route with a page one action photo of the winning goal:
The picture is by Kerim Okten of DPA.
And Berlin’s Bild screamed We did it!:
The main photo is by Reuters. But admit it, you’re too busy staring at the bit I edited in the lower left.
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WEDNESDAY’S PAGES
Uruguay defeated Mexico 1-0 on Tuesday, advancing to the “Round of 16″ and sending Mexico home. The only front page I could find at the Newseum was this one by El Pais of Montevideo:
Not a flattering pose for the Mexican goalkeeper. The photo is by the Associated Press.
As you’d expect, they took the loss hard in Mexico. Here is El Universal of Mexico City:
Reality, the headline says. I especially like the little graphic box with results and pairings for the next round.
El Informador of Guadalajara focused on a Mexican striker regretting his missed opportunity…
As did the Diario de Yucatán of Mérida:
The photo is from AFP.
South Korea played Nigeria to a 2-2 draw, earning a boost into the next round. I’m not sure who these women are or where they are, but they made page one of Wednesday’s Joongang Ilbo of Seoul:
And Argentina smashed Greece 2-0. The Greek papers all dodged the Cup on A1 while Argentinian papers blew their vuvuzelas loudly.
Here is the Herald of Buenos Aires, with lead art from Reuters:
ClarÃn — also of Buenos Aires — used similar art to much better effect:
That picture is credited to Juano Tesone, as “special.” Suggesting he might have been a free-lancer.
La Nacion — again, of Buenos Aires — portrayed the same player rushing to hug his larger-than-life coach, Diego Maradona:
That’s an AP photo.
And El Territorio also played huge a Telam photo of that bear hug:
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Previous World Cup coverage, here in the blog:
- Sunday, June 6: Preparing readers for the World’s Cup
- Monday, June 7: Monday’s World Cup pages
- Wednesday, June 8: World Cup pages from South Africa
- Thursday, June 9: Talking soccer graphics with Konstantinos Antonopoulos
- Thursday, June 9: Tooting horns for the World Cup
- Friday, June 10: Opening day pages
- Saturday, June 11: The front page of Saturday’s Johannesburg paper
- Saturday, June 11: The most fun I’ve seen yet on a World Cup page
- Sunday, June 12: U.S. Cup fronts after the tie with England weren’t so gracious
- Wednesday, June 16: More Cup pages from South Africa and around the world
- Friday, June 18: The Mercury of Durban, South Africa, and its stunning “twinning” project
- Saturday, June 19: Advance pages and graphics from South Africa’s Sunday national papers Rapport and City Press
- Saturday, June 19: World Cup pages from Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
- Tuesday, June 22: An international competition in which to enter your World Cup presentations
- Tuesday, June 22: Front pages from South Africa and the world