If you don't know the guy on the right, you don't know the world's game. And to all those who think we just complimented them, you're welcome. Heathens.
Fernando Torres, here seen failing miserably in an audition to referee Australian rules football, is one of the world's best soccer players and part of why Spain is the world's best team at the moment. Stopping him is just one of many challenges awaiting the United States in today's Confederations Cup semifinal between the two teams.
- Bad news first. More than half of SportsNation expects Spain to win big.
- Now the silver lining. If a team gets drubbed in the forest (or in this case, a South African stadium) and no Americans are around to see it, did it really happen? One out of three voters say even in the event of an American win, they just wouldn't care.
- And just for the heck of it, Pau Gasol is more valuable than Torres.
“After this tournament the US team will go back to being as relevant as the Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL. That is really the issue, this country is so tepid regarding any support for futbol. If we supported the soccer team like we support the Red Sox, Yankees, Giants or Patriots, things might begin to change, albeit slowly. We are too arrogant to understand that we are not a world power in something, and it is going to be like climbing Everest just to get into the top 10-20 teams in the world.
” -- slappybrownnuts
“It's funny how Spain's comments seem to respect the United States, and yet United States fan don't even respect the team
” -- 76mph
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