Lost in the hubub over the arrests of numerous top FIFA officials and others on charges of bribery and the like is the fact that the Women's World Cup begins in less than 10 days when host Canada faces the Peoples Republic of China on June 6 at 2:00 p.m. eastern time in Edmonton.
Related to the tournament is yesterday's article by Juliet Macur in the New York Times about American veteran Christie Rampone. Macur always writes good stuff, usually from a point of view, and this article is no exception, although the headline (which she did not write) is a bit overly dramatic. A fax certainly rewrote Rampone's career, but not U.S. soccer history. Given the talent, I suspect the United States would have reached the World Cup final, and probably won it, without Rampone. But it was sure nice having her on the field with all the others.
More on the World Cup in the days to come.
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