Flags become ubiquitous
during World Cups
during World Cups
When the world cup approaches, the waving of flags becomes a tradition. It seems that international flags are more intensely flown than on any other occasion, perhaps even more so than the Olympics.
Even the Yahoo Website has a soccer ball with flags displayed for its daily corner animation. See Below.
As of 2010 there is a great imbalance in the world cup via gender and politics, at least for the USA. The rest of the world (third world and first world) that have economies much less than par with the USA can always produce (much more than par-USA) soccer teams. How is it that nations smaller and with less always out play one of the largest, richest, and grandest nations of the world?
Ghana is an African nation with less people, economy and wealth. Yet the United States is no match. Does this mean if given the same blessings as the US, Ghana could potentially be a richer and more economically diverse nation?
But this US-Soccer deficit is true only in reference to Men's Soccer. When you look at US Women's Soccer (here is another weird imbalance). The women of the USA can kick the butts of all nations large, small, voluptuous, wide, flabby, and tight. For the foreseeable future the Women's USA Soccer Team will kick buns and reign on the podium for many decades to come.
Perhaps as the US Men's Soccer gets stronger the US Women's Soccer will get weaker. Which will come first: a Women's World Cup when US girls place below fourth or a Men's World Cup when the American boys place higher than fifth? Only time will tell.
This is a video of the Yahoo World Cup Logo 2010
Notice the flags and soccer ball
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