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Old 06-03-2011, 01:49 PM   #61
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Re: Russia gets 2018 World Cup, Qatar gets 2022 World Cup

Good breakdown of the FIFA situation and the US's response (or lack thereof) on SI.com:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...in&hpt=hp_bn10
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Such is life in world fútbol politics, where U.S. Soccer has held its nose (to say nothing of its tongue) and chosen a position not unlike that of Henry Kissinger and the Nixon administration in the 1970s: supporting a thoroughly distasteful strongman (Blatter) whose policies may well turn out to be in the U.S.' interest.
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Old 06-22-2011, 04:59 PM   #62
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Re: Russia gets 2018 World Cup, Qatar gets 2022 World Cup

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Old 06-22-2011, 06:09 PM   #63
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Re: Russia gets 2018 World Cup, Qatar gets 2022 World Cup

Unless they take the World Cup away from them it was probably all worth it.
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Old 06-22-2011, 09:06 PM   #64
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