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...beaten the Costa Ricans over the weekend.) On Dec. 4, the teams will be seeded and sorted by lottery into eight groups by the sport's international body, FIFA. Then, it's only 203 days until the fun begins. Here are five reasons to get excited about the opening kick...
...side dazzled its way into the quarterfinals of the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Before then, Sub-Saharan Africa hadn't made much of an impression on the global soccer stage beyond the occasional embarrassing episode, such as when a Zaire defender tried to pre-empt a Brazil free kick by booting the ball away in the 1974 tournament. But since the early 1990s, the stature of African football has only grown: top African players are now superstars in the world's flashiest leagues, while players of African descent are increasingly competing for spots on Europe's best national teams...
...event will kick off at 8:30 with a “FAN-tastic Freshman” contest, so get there early to laugh at the freshmen before they become disillusioned...
...really felt like we had enough time, if we could get a turnover or some field position,” Murphy said. “And if we had cashed it in on the last one, onsides kick, we had a shot—but we just didn’t quite pull...
...really think [the UC] needs a kick from the outside to show them what’s what,” said Michael J. Pankratz, ’11, Long-Johnson campaign manager and roommate...