World Cup 2010 Highlights

…the quintessential flaw with any human invention is that humans are the inventors.

- Xenocrates

The World Cup Trophy as seen before the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Final Match.

Now that the tournament is over, it’s time to reflect on it – through a series of timely parodies of the motivational poster theme. The real highlights of this World Cup (like all the others) will live on in infamy through the many controversies that plagued it. In this post, I cover some of the more entertaining spills of the 2010 FIFA World Cup that was recently held in South Africa.

Cognitive Resonance and Self Fulfilling Prophecies

Prophecies regarding human behavior are only fulfilled once they are believed.

- Xenocrates

Did you see what just happened today in South Africa? Spain, an underdog after only 13 World Cup appearances, defeated The Netherlands for the championship win. So how did Spain get to a final in the first place? It’s because they beat Germany 1-0 after Germany beat Argentina 4-0, England 4-1 and Australia 4-0. How did this upset happen? Because of raw Spanish skill? Please. Spain beat Germany because of belief in a prediction by an allegedly “psychic” Octopus.

Why the USA will never embrace Soccer

“The rules are only decided by winners while the losers only get to follow them.”

- Xenocrates

It is football season. No, I don’t mean that bloodsport between monstrous men that clash bones and rend muscle in what amounts to little more than an out dated version of rugby on steroids – literally. I mean football – a game that is actually played with the foot. It’s also called “Soccer” and it’s the greatest game on Earth – the only one America sucks at. I’ll give you 10 reasons why.