South Africa made history on Friday when World Cup 2010 kicked off in Johannesburg, opening the first major international sporting event staged on African soil. The Bafana Bafana continued the unbeaten streak of hosts in the opening match, drawing even with Mexico, 1-1.
VIDEO: The Bafana Bafana Debut World Cup Dance After Tshabalala’s Goal Against Mexico
Bafana Bafana are ahead on the scoreboard, and after this dance are also up on the scorecard of your heart:
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Soccer fans are blessed. The sport goes year round, with enough variation between the club season and international game to make the idea of monotony completely foreign to the footballing world. There is no off-season for a soccer fan, potentially one of the reasons why soccer fans seems as devoted to their sport as their favorite players, clubs, or countries.
But that blessing is part of a trade-off, a Faustian bargain that comes due when you see Super Bowls, Final Fours, NBA and Stanley Cup playoffs contested annually. Soccer’s marque event takes place only once every four years. While the game has Champions League finals and its confederation championships, those events are waged under the subtle shadow of the World Cup.
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