Andres Iniesta’s knowledge of the vuvuzela (courtesy of the boys at Dirty Tackle) should not be equal to your knowledge of the 2010 World Cup. Here are a few articles to get you up to speed:

1. The Run of Play’s Brian Phillips, who’s been even more visible than Bono during this competition, reminds USA fans that it’s okay to be disappointed with that 1-1 draw against England, because really, that team probably should have done better.
2. Over at Sport Is a TV Show, Fredorrarci takes a look at the 2010 French squad and declares them the most interesting team in the competition, because “they do possess the ability that ought to make them one of the favourites. That such talent flounders so is grim and thrilling.”
3. Eric Altshule at World Cup Buzz has a rather surprising amount of praise for many of the organizations we expected to get it wrong — namely, FIFA, ESPN & the referees. I have no complaints about ESPN, either, save for the continuing prevalence of Bono.
4. Fresh off his nice little profile on ESPN Chicago, Pitch Invasion’s Tom Dunmore asks what happened to all the goals. Of course, he asked this prior to Germany’s 4-0 deconstruction of Australia, which prompted Zonal Marking to remind us that Germany looked better than they were because the Socceroos were a tactical disaster.
5. Finally, the Guardian‘s Lawrence Donegan asked last week if the USA would switch on to the World Cup. The TV ratings say yes, they would, but Laurent Dubois reminds us that if soccer never became a mainstream sport in this country, that wouldn’t really be so terrible. (Hat tip to Must Read Soccer for that last link.)