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Australia’s Tim Cahill has become the country’s soccer talisman, but were it not for a misguided FIFA ruling that was eventually reversed, the Socceroos’ best player would not be at the 2010 World Cup.

  • Richard Farley

    Richard Farley

    2010 World Cup Player Profile: Tim Cahill, Australia’s Giant Slayer

    Cahill is half-Samoan (on his mother’s side) and played for that nation briefly at the U-17 level, a heritage he proudly displays on his arm with some of the best ink in the game:

    Is 5’10” and plays one of the more physical styles in world football, his aerial proficiency a constant reminder to all us couch-sitting keyboard jockeys that we could have been so much more.

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