Jan 27 2007
Korea Tops Australia for Final World Cup Spot
And you thought this would be a weekend without football, didn’t you?
While millions around the world await Super Bowl Sunday, hundreds — nay, maybe even a thousand on the other side of the world watched the American Football Team of Korea upset the Australians, 22-13, and become the final team to qualify for the 2007 American Football World Cup. Clearly, the Australian team has struggled since Eric Mangini returned to America.
So the field is set for this year’s World Cup competition:
1.) Japan (Host and Defending Champion)
2.) Sweden (European Champion)
3.) USA (American Qualifier)
4.) Germany (European Qualifier)
5.) France (European Qualifier)
6.) Korea (Asia/Oceania Qualifier)
Team USA qualified by default. Nobody else from any other country in North or South America fielded a team. My guess is that they all turned chicken.
On the other hand, just where is Team USA? An organization called USA Football is supposed to be organizing the team, but there’s zero information about that team on their web site. Are they still competing? Is John Mackovic still in charge, as was reported back in September? I think a few emails are in order. I’ll let you know if I get any response…
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