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Overly Excited Man Falls Out Window After Goal in U.S. World Cup Match

• gawker.com
And none were as banged-up about it as Eric Corey, a Miami soccer fan who toppled out of a bar window as soon as Portugal scored.

By tying the match in the final minute of stoppage time, Portugal made the U.S.'s shot at moving past group play more difficult (they'll now need a draw against Germany to advance). By falling out a window at an emotionally charged moment during a sporting event, Corey surely caused himself considerable shame and embarrassment (he was taken away by paramedics but not seriously injured).

Corey — leader of a fan group called the American Outlaws — reportedly made a habit of perching on a ledge near the window of Fado's Irish Pub. Said fellow American Outlaw West Kraemer:


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