Top Five Reasons to Watch the World Cup

Every four years their is a tournament. It is not the Olympics but is just as competeive in the eyes or world countries like Brazil and England.But America has never really been able to join in the fun. Soccer just isn't our sport. This summer I'm challenging you to watch the World Cups and here are the top five reasons why.

1) Just as every young boy in America dreams of being the star quarter back on the super bowl team every young boy in about 80% of the countries dream of playing and winning the World Cup. And fr every player in it this is their chance. Every player will be playing as hard as possible and will stop at nothing to win. This will account for amazing skill and great games to watch.

2) America has finally stared to get into soccer, and we need to support that. The division America is in this year will give us a chance to not only advance to the next round but give us a possibility of being a number one seed in the next round. For these reasons you should watch and Support America.

3) This year the World Cup is held in South Africa. For anyone who is not a big fan of soccer this will show you some of the great sights of South Africa and give a taste of their culture.

4) the World Cup, like the Olympics, has a lot of tradition. If your someone who likes watching the OLympics just because of the atmosphere and all the tradition well the World Cup is the same way. People dancing and singing in the streets at night and all the competitors who just love the sport.

5) The last reason to watch it is just for fun. NO matter who you are you can always have a great time watching it.Even if you some hockey player who i anti-soccer you can laugh at all the soccer players who get touched and fall like they were shot. Or you can comment on all the times when some hurts their finger and the trains still bring out the stretcher.

These are just some of the few reasons to watch the World cup and their are many more. Anyone who watched four years ago will never forget when Zidane head butted Materazzi, if something like that happens again you will want to be able to say, "I saw that!"

Bigger Then Life

Did I ever tell you about the time I got my concussion...?

I'd always had a heart for soccer. I loved to play it and I love the challenge I got going up against bigger kids then me. My coach always told me to, "Play with NO fear!" So that's what I did. In order to stand out when playing a team sport like soccer you have to have something no one else has. But for me I was the opposite, I had no fear, and that's what made me good.

It was the second or fourth game in the spring season and we were playing the Plymouth Rain. We had won our last division so the last few games were pretty tough. But their was something about this team that made them look unstoppable. They had speed skill and plenty of size. They out matched our team in ever categorie. Ike the Trojans in 300 we were not scared, we took the field with confidence and straight faces.

As the game moved on the fouls got harder and game more intense. Sean ripped a shot but the goalie saved it with ease. The ball fell off the goalies foot and soared past midfield. With out thinking a sprung into the air. The next parts a little blurry I remember kneeling on the ground one hand on the ground the other clutching my head and blood dripping down my face. I must have looked like a drunk stumbling out of a bar. As soon as I hit the sideline my dinner came up and my coach knew what had happened.

30 minutes later I sat on doctors bench that was as soft as a cloud. I can’t remember his name but I wish I could, he was my savoir. Within ten minutes he had eased the pain from my head. But unfortunately my night wasn’t over. I had to get a cats. scan and wait for the results to come back. While waiting a had o good hour conversation wit a stranger I felt I knew my whole life. They had found a tumor in his torso and he was waiting for the results to see if it was cancerous. We covered every topic from school to religion and back again.

My results came back first so I was unable to find out what happen to him. I went home and could only think of the man I knew as sir and what will become of him. Its amazing how something like a concussion can change your life in such a way.

Behind the Beautie

Hiding your poverty in the sight of the Olympics is wrong.

Hiding the worse side of you city will not help the community in the long run. It is only a temporary fix. After the other nations go home and all the medals are passed out whats supposed to happen next? They pick up right where they left off. Vancover is one of the first nations not to hind that they have problems. Just like every major cities they have drugs and gangs but unjlike China they are using this oprotunity to help their city. They have already turned an abandoned building into 600 low income housing for the poor.

Hiding your faults will not get you anywhere. If a teacher invites the princilple down to her class room but then sends out all the bad kids while he is their it will look like she is a wonderful teaacher. If she keeps the kid the principle may not see her as an amazing teacher but atleast then he can give her advice on how to stregthen her teaching abilities. Vancover sacraficing their image in order the strengthen the city which is what i believe should always be put first. Vancourvers pitch to the Olympic pitch included four pages that in cluded the idea we will do wants best for the city, and that is exactly what they are doing.