Phillips also announced that this year's tournament, which runs from June 21 to July 4, will be a "World Cup-free zone", with football fans denied the chance to watch matches on the big screens at the All England Club.
His goal must have provoked despair for Hammers fans whose team ended the day only outside the relegation zone by virtue of goal difference, following Hull's 2-0 win over Fulham.
It was a vocal chorused outside the stadium by 100, 000 supporters crammed into a specially-built fan zone in the center of Warsaw -- and those almost exclusively Poland fans had plenty to shout about in the opening 20 minutes of the opening game.
Back on the field, fans can make prop bets on the first touchdown celebration--will the first player who rumbles into the end zone mug for the cameras with a spike, a backward flip of the ball or a he-man muscle flex?