Yup, I've caught Soccer Fever like many other Americans with the events of the World Cup. I'm really into it, and yesterday's game featured a moment that will live with the great ones in american sports.
Anyway, all this soccer watching I've been doing has been great, but I can't help but lament about something. At least for this month, don't you wish guys like Lebron James, Anquan Boldin, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Wes Welker, Randy Moss, Desean Jackson, Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick, Adrian Peterson, and Josh Smith - guys with tremendous size and athleticism - had been born with a soccer ball at their feet instead of whatever else they had? I mean, I can't help it considering there's nothing going on right now besides baseball. Just imagine McNabb clearing the ball from the center back position, down the left sideline to a streaking Desean Jackson, who doesn't score a touchdown, but crosses it to Randy Moss awaiting the header in the 6' box. Or Lebron shouldering through three defenders and feeding Kobe on a run. I'm not saying I'd rather see these guys on a soccer pitch than a football field or a basketball court, or that I don't like Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey (I do), I'm just saying that the rest of the world isn't getting a true taste of american athletics when they see our squad. Sure, these guys are great, but with how difficult it is to make it as a professional football, basketball, baseball, or hockey player these days, it's a shame that more of today's athletes weren't introduced to (or didn't stick with) soccer when they were younger.
Anyway, here are some cool videos of some of the top goal-scorers in this World Cup. Enjoy, and GO USA!
Samuel Eto'o - Cameroon -
Lionel Messi - Argentina -
Steven Gerrard - England - (my favorite video)
Christiano Ronaldo - Portugal
Kaka - Brazil
Clint Dempsey - USA
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