The World Cup for forgotten nations

[Deeq A.]

In less than two weeks, thirty-two national teams from around the world will begin the month-long soccer pageant known as the FIFA World Cup. Astonishing athletic feats will be performed by astonishingly wealthy players—Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar. There will be showboating and fakery. (Ronaldo again, almost certainly.) There will be a golden trophy, millions of dollars in sponsorship and advertising revenue, and the vague scent of corruption that follows FIFA everywhere. And, of course, there won’t be any Americans this time around, the men’s national team having bombed out in qualifiers.

Source: Hiiraan Online