The 2010 World Cup (Copa mundial or Copa del mundo in Spanish) starts in four days on June 11th with matches between South Africa and Mexico and Uruguay with France. Chile is in Group H with Honduras, Switzerland and Spain and debuts on next Wednesday June 16th at 7:30am against Honduras.I was in El Salvador for the 2006 World Cup and I'm happy to be in Chile, although now I'm unhappy I don't have a TV. I think it will be awkward to go to a bar at 7:30 am to watch a soccer match, yes? I'm looking into getting a TV before the big game though.
The Chilean National Team, known as La RojaCoincidentally, with the exception of one class, all my English classes are now working on units having to do with sports, so I've been having fun planning World Cup related lessons, and in the meantime learning new vocabulary myself. I didn't know we used the term "friendly" in English for un partido amistoso. And "a cap" (thanks to sister's boyfriend for this one) is an appearance by a player in a game.
I leave you all with the chant for La Roja: Chi-chi-chi Le-le-le VIVA CHILE!
And, two players that coach Bielsa really should have chosen for his World Cup team.
Oh well, maybe in 2014!
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I'm all of a sudden getting kind of excited to be in a Latin American country for this World Cup. Normally, in the US, you don't even KNOW it's World Cup time being that we're so blase about it all. Plus here we're sure to get MEGA coverage on all teams, whereas in the US, normal networks would barely cover the US team, let alone any international teams.
It IS exciting that Chile has such a good team and that "clasificamos." Plus I'm extra motivated because my brother-in-law works for Bielsa and he's in South Africa right now. I'm in awe of the fact that he's there and getting all this first hand!
Also, do you need to get a tv, really? Will they not be streaming it online?
I feel that way about Chile and soccer too--I first watched soccer in Chile and I was there in 98, the last time they made it to the World Cup. It is harder for Chile to classify, so it is a big deal when they do and I love that excitement (that is NOT felt in the US when the US plays in the world cup.)
Soccer... erh.. football is a really important sport all over the world, except for USA it seems.
It has everything to do with national pride I think. The day US starts to see it that way, we´ll all be in deep trouble, xD
¿Sabías que el Mundial es tan importante en términos comerciales, que incluso afectó la fecha de estreno de películas como Iron Man 2? Tuvieron que considerar lanzarla un poco antes en muchos países, para que su período no se superpusiera con el Mundial de Fútbol. De modo que aunque no tiene el mismo impacto como deporte, sí lo tiene a la hora de planificar algunas cosas, en EEUU.
Fuente: http://www.geekweek.com/2010/04/world-soccer-move-over-iron-man-the-world-cup-is-coming.html
Es emocionante ver los partidos de la selección, o casi cualquiera del Mundial. Ahora cuando vea el partido inicial de Chile, sabré que tú también te despertaste temprano ese día, hahaha.
Qué bonita foto, la del final.
I love soccer, but one point i like to entertain, people say that soccer is the worlds most important sport. But a question i ask to people who say that is that when the two most important countries in the world, USA and Russia (yes i know that is a whole different debate but for now lets say that) don't really care about it at all. Is it really that far and beyond then if such two major players dont consider it that important? just a point i like to bring up to play devils advocate. Apart from that, soccer is the 2nd best sport ever so yeah, i'm totally pumped for the world cup!
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