I remember in 94 a South American player accidentally knocked the ball in to his own team’s goal.
His team was eliminated.
Back in his home country, before the World Cup was over, this player was shot death at a street cafe with the shooters yelling, “goal” each time they shot him.
I thought the US, who hosted the thing that year, should have cancelled it and made everyone go home after that.
The World Cup and pro soccer in general is not something to be admired or interested in.
It does serve as a marker of sorts. The more interest there is in it here in the US, the closer we go to a European Style socialist state.
Oh, please.
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