mikescollins:

Last night I had zero interest in the World Cup.  It felt like when the world comes together for the Olympics except this time there’s only one event and it’s a sport I don’t like.  But then this morning, out of nothing more than boredom, I educated myself a bit on the month again and the stakes involved with the US team and my interest was suddenly piqued.  So I asked my good buddy, Josh Patten, to catch me up on everything World Cup.  His email reply was a perfect break down.  It was so thorough and well explained that I asked if I should share it.  If any one of you are fence-sitting on whether or not to give a shit about the World Cup, read on…

Josh Patten to Sarah, Andrew, Dan, me, Pete, Zed     12:00pm (7 hours ago)

Here’s a quick World Cup primer.  You have no idea how much I enjoyed writing this.

So, here’s the deal with the World Cup—it’s a tournament of national soccer teams that’s played once every 4 years.  It’s the only major tournament in soccer that has such a wide swath of national teams, and every single country sends their best

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