World Cup Corner

The Brazil-France matches in the World Cup are nothing short of spectacular. The Brazil-France matches are the kind of games that their fans and almost everyone else who’s interested in the game love to watch. Theirs is the kind of game that gets people on the edge of their feet and eventually, on their very feet. Theirs is the kind of game that rocks the field. Everyone waits in anticipation for every single match where the two World Cup giants battle. Such notoriety was fueled by their long-running heated rivalry in the World Cup, a competitive history dotted with memorable games and players.
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France’s history in the World Cup has been a rollercoaster ride, and their team has evoked a confusing and ever-changing mix of emotions and criticisms from both its loyalist and skeptics. Some people still believe in the power that took over during France’s glory days. Some people, however, are dismayed, doubtful, and set back by France’s recent attempts to play. In the past, they’ve even been reputed to win games only when they’re playing at home. But France, based on their track record, proves these accusations wrong.
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Italy’s history in the World Cup was a long, arduous journey marked with long stretches of success, and even longer stretches of defeats. Theirs is a portfolio that started out quite splendidly and ended in a so much lesser status. However, despite their recent fruitless attempts to win the Cup, they still hold the succeeding place as the third most successful teams in the history of the World Cup, following right behind Brazil and Germany. Let’s look closely at Italy’s journey through the Cup.
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The U.S. national team is blessed with an impressive roster of players, and not to mention, its winning forwards. The five promising forwards of the U.S. team is a mixture of sorts. In sum, the team boasts of a role model, a dominant scorer, a versatile forward, a promising reserve, and an aggressive bet.
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The U.S. national women’s football team is looking at a promising stint at the 2007 World Cup tournament, with equally promising midfielders empowering it. Made up of seven potentially winning women, the impressive roster of midfielders puts the team in a positive position against its opponents. The roster is composed of midfielders ranging from reliable mainstays in the team, as well as up and coming stars.
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To complete the U.S. national team, it boasts of a roster of the best goalkeepers and defenders that head coach, Greg Ryan, coached well. With new heroines and trusted ones, the U.S. national team is definitely empowered with the right mix of players to make it the team to beat. The profile of the team’s goalkeepers and defenders is, by all means, completely imposing.
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The current defending champions of both world and European women’s football are now looking better and stronger than they have ever been. With an impressive lineup, from its coach to its players, the winning team from Germany is all set to keep hold of the much-sought-after title in this year’s World Cup tournament in China. The team is hoping to retain its title in the tournament through its aggressive technical, tactical, and physical expertise. Looking at the team’s past record, its current position, and the winning players that make it up, there is little doubt that they will be able to achieve what they set out to do in this year’s tournament.
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A country need not have a continually successful run in the Football World Cup to lay claim to a few worthwhile pages in its illustrious history. The US, in particular, puts in a significantly rich and colorful contribution to the memoirs of the World Cup, in spite of all the “happy fun-ball” jokes poked at them and the “99% of the country doesn’t watch” remarks often made. From a bungling shameful embarrassment in 1998, to rowdy and surprising incredulity in 1930, to an encouragingly victorious stint in 1950, and finally to a necessarily ambitious and heroic endeavor in 2002, the US has indeed eked out its own special place in World Cup History.
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The reasons for playing English football have now drastically changed as its 120th year dawns. The new age ushers in the effects of inflation, which even football is apparently vulnerable to. This had dramatically changed the reasons why more and more people are investing time and effort into the game. More so than winning, people are into English football apparently to get rich. English football has certainly gone a long way from its roots in 1888, when the team to beat was Preston North End, bagging the first two leagues and even the FA Cup of 1988 without losing a game.
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Soccer is the sports underdog in America, as compared to the phenomenally warm reception of fans and audiences to American football and basketball. But soccer seems to be clamoring for attention nowadays, with LA Galaxy’s new quarterback. The quarterback is a team member whose role is to execute the play, and is considered the leader of the offensive team. He is found directly at the center of the game. In other words, he gets to play the “star” card. Although usually found in football teams, LA Galaxy’s new recruit has all the makings of a quarterback.   
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