I wonder how many Americans became soccer fans after the upset tie with England? It seemed like the furor over the Slovenia tie became more conversational than I expected. After the amazing win over Algeria, even more people wanted to talk about the World Cup. Well, the loss to Ghana didn’t sustain the conversation. May Instant…
World Cup Yay for Italia! They won the World Cup in penalty kicks. Flash back to 1994 when Roberto Baggio entered into infamy for completely blowing the penalty kick to hand over that World Cup to Brasil. Want to see what its all about? 🙂 Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Does the World Cup have a lingua franca? By Daniel Engber: [Alexi] Lalas once regaled [a referee] in Ecuador with the Spanish translation of “son of a bitch.” The resulting phrase turned out to be far more offensive than the English version, and he got a red card on the spot.