The next World Cup will take place in...41 Days, 1 Hour, & 39 Mins!!!
Anyone who knows me knows I love me some football... European football. It's the only sport I watch. I turn into a glorified maniac during football matches.
The World Cup comes along once every 4 years, and has existed since 1930. It's one of the biggest sporting events in the world, with hundreds of millions watching. Most people go ape shit over the Super Bowl... well, The World Cup is my Super Bowl.
The venue is always changed between tournaments. The last World Cup was held during the summer of 2006, in Germany. This year's World Cup will be hosted by South Africa, and it will be the 19th time the tournament has taken place. During the month long tournament, lots of matches will be played in various cities within the host nation... Don't ask me how many exactly, because I can't remember all that jazz.
Qualifying rounds begin about 3 years before the World Cup, and are broken down into six zones... North America/Central America/The Caribbean, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Hundreds of countries send their best players to compete in the qualifying rounds, which are then narrowed down to 32 teams. The final 32 teams gather in the host nation to battle each other, until there is one winner. The winning team receives the FIFA (pronounced Fee-Fa... I don't know why I thought that was funny. When I was younger, I called it Fai-Fa, lol. I guess it's the American accent) World Cup Trophy, made out of solid gold. BUT, FIFA is cheap as fuck, because the trophy doesn't stay with the winning team. After each World Cup, the winning team gives the trophy back, and receives a cheap ass gold-plated replica.
The United States has only placed within the top three one time before, which was in 1930. Historically, Brazil is the best. They have won 5 World Cups. The current champions are Italy, which was somewhat of an upset. Most of the Italian and Spanish teams look like models. In fact, I've found that most football players always look like models, because their style is always so on point. This rule does not apply to the team from England, because most of them look like disgusting alcoholic wife beaters. I said most, not all... there is always David Beckham, of course. But he won't be in the tournament, because of his injury... <--- insert sad face here. My favorite team is USA. They have a better chance to win this year than any other, but I'm not holding my breath. I still cheer them on the most... what can I say, it must be my national pride :) I also like Spain, Italy, and Portugal. Russia was one of my favorites, but they didn't qualify for this years World Cup. I will be extremely disappointed if Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, South Africa, or Uruguay win. I'm in different to Mexico, and the rest are fine.
My favorite players:
Landon Donovan (USA)
Clint Dempsey (USA)
Tim Howard (USA)
Cristiano Rinaldo (Portugal)
Fernando Torres (Spain)
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)
So there ya have it...
