Sunday, June 16, 2013

Something the USA doesn't pay much attention to. "The World Cup." Think on that awhile.




Egypt, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Tunisia and Algeria Sunday (click here) became the first countries to reach the play-offs in the Africa zone of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

A spectacular own goal by Bernard Parker gifted lowest Group A seeds Ethiopia a 2-1 triumph over 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa in Addis Ababa and an unassailable five-point lead with one round left.

Mohamed Salah followed up a hat-trick against Zimbabwe last weekend by scoring the goal that earned Egypt a 1-0 win over Mozambique in Maputo and created a five-point Group G gap over Guinea....