From the category archives:
Thank you for visiting Play to Win the Game. If you like what you read please Subscribe via RSS feed or email to receive more articles on the Wide World of Sports.
Twelve years. It has been twelve years since over 90,000 people filled the Rose Bowl in Pasadena to watch an epic battle between the United States and China. The last image of the 1999 Women’s World Cup was of Brandi Chastain ripping of her jersey and falling to her knees in joy. Chastain on nothing [...]
{ 0 comments }
ESPN forced the 2010 World Cup down our throats from June to July. The family of sports networks made sure that every game was on TV. Now that the calendar has turned to August, ESPN has made sure that the 2010 Little League World Series is on nearly the whole day. So, am I the [...]
{ 0 comments }
How fitting is the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final? In a World Cup filled with firsts this final is chopped full of firsts. Here is a look at just some of the firsts in this 2010 World Cup: France and Italy; are the first finalist from a previous World Cup to fail to advance out [...]
{ 0 comments }
Thirty-two teams traveled to South Africa with one goal. That goal was winning the 2010 FIFA World Cup. For twenty-four of those teams the dream is dead but eight teams are still alive to host the trophy on July 11th. Seven of the eight teams left are winners of the group stage with only the [...]
{ 0 comments }
Nearly everyone seems to be patting the United States Men’s National Soccer team on the back after their run to the knockout stage in South Africa. After their flop in Germany four year earlier this might seem the right thing to do. The run to the round of 16 makes 2014 in Brazil much more [...]
{ 0 comments }
