Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Thursdays are for Articles (Wednesday Edition) - US soccer gains respect

This blog is not just concerned with exploring trends in church leadership and theology because that is not all that interests me.

Growing up in Colleyville, Texas, I played little league soccer. After the US hosted the World Cup in 1994 and Major League Soccer began in 1996, soccer became a passion.

Traditionally, Europeans look down their noses at US soccer, but with the US Men's National team qualifying for their sixth consecutive World Cup, the US is starting to earn respect as a soccer nation.

Check out his article from "The Guardian," a British periodical:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2009/oct/15/world-cup-united-states-charlie-davies

My favorite line, "This successful qualification guarantees the sixth consecutive World Cup for the USA team, dating back to Italia 90. That is not an achievement that some fairly high- profile nations can match. Not England. Not France. Not Holland."

What do you think?

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