2010: World Cup Soccer in South Africa

By Payton Brooks

South Africa is not exactly one of those places where people
plan a vacation and, therefore, with the 2010 World Cup Soccer
tournament to take place in South Africa, a great deal is being
done to help prepare for an onslaught of visitors to the area.
World Cut Soccer is, on many levels, something like the Olympics
and baseball's World Series rolled into one; teams from around
the world are already counting down and competing with their
eyes on the World Cup in 2010 and fans are already looking into
learning more about places to stay and even driving rules in
South Africa.

All of this - fans looking into lodging and travel, teams
playing for a shot at making the tournament - is already taking
place. Even with almost two years to go before the 2010 World
Cup Soccer tournament in South Africa, the official web site is
documenting the way that teams are playing and that features a
countdown to the event (with well over 600 days to go). So far,
there are two hundred teams that have entered into the
competition; two hundred teams that are aiming to be one of the
thirty-one teams that will compete.

Teams from Spain, England, France, Germany and Italy are all
competing as representatives of European nations. Africa has a
total of fifty-three teams that are working their way through
the preliminaries, with Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Zambia, Swaziland,
Togo and other nations participating. Asian nations that hope to
be in thirty one teams who will compete for the 2010 World Cup
Soccer title in South Africa include Korea, Iran and Saudi
Arabia. New Zealand and Fiji are both vying for a position from
Oceania.

On the other side of the globe, teams from North and Central
America as well as the nations of the Caribbean are competing
and preparing for a spot in the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament
in South Africa. So far, teams from the United States, Mexico,
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago and Honduras are
leading the way. From South America, thus far, Paraguay, Brazil,
Argentina and Uruguay have taken the lead.

While it is far too soon to tell which nations will ultimately
be among the thirty one spots in the 2010 World Cup tournament
finals in South Africa, one thing is sure: each of the
preliminary matches is grabbing the interest of soccer fans
worldwide - all of whom are hoping that their nation or their
favorite team will ultimately be represented. Photos of matches
are available online, match details have been made available and
these are just the first steps: the 2010 World Cup in South
Africa will also offer live streaming coverage of the matches
that are played; likewise, some preliminary matches will be
aired live online.

The road to the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament in South
Africa is still long and winding, however that does nothing to
slow down the ways in which players and fans have planned to
travel it to reach their destination.

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