The @blocktrades World Cup | My selections

Man there have been some fun things happening around here. First, I got bit by the Steem Monsters bug. Now there is a contest paying out 2,000 SBDs!

If you haven’t heard by now, @blocktrades is sponsoring a World Cup contest run by @acidyo and @anomadsoul. For me, the best part is that I have a chance to win… and I don’t have to watch 1 second of soccer/futbol!

You see, I am an America. Let me rephrase… I am an ugly American. I like my sports to be played by giant super human freaks of nature athletes (football and basketball) or big fat guys who look like they drink several beers during a game (baseball). Oh I also want my sports filled with commercials. Since the clock never stops in soccer, there is no time for companies to convince me to buy their crappy products and services.

Speaking of the clock in soccer, what is up with that "magic time" they tack on at the end of every game? Seriously can't they just stop the clock when some guy who barely got touched is rolling around on the ground like he was just shot by a sniper? Then we would all know how much time is left in the game so I would know if I had time to buy and/or consume a crappy product of some kind.

I can't wait to tell my friends I am entering a soccer contest! Two of my best friends are the head boys and girls soccer coaches at my school. One of my favorite things to do is to bust their chops when their teams don't score (which is like two or three times each week). I remind them that the freaking goal is the size of a giant two car garage door. How the hell don't they score every freaking time? (By the way I know it is incredibly difficult... especially with that crazy offsides rule. I just like to mess with them.)

Just as good as a goooooooooooooooooooooal!

Until now my fondest memory of soccer is when my then 10 year old son scored his first goal ever... in his 5th season.

After the game he said, "Dad you know there is really no point in me playing anymore."

I asked him why.

He responded, "I scored my goal. There is nothing left for me to do."

My brain raced to think of a perfect response. It did. I said, "Well next week you can go for two goals."

He looked at me like I had just suggested he ride a vacuum cleaner to the moon and chuckled, "That's impossible dad."

Then he just kept laughing at me.

Yeah he was right.

Does this happen every game?

But now I have a chance to win 2,000 SBD just for randomly guessing who will win a tournament I know nothing about!

You might think I am making fun of that. I'm not. I am dead serious that I think it is awesome that I get to participate in this. It just shows that the contest is so fun that literally anyone can join.

If this ugly American is joining, you better believe you should!

Now when my soccer buddies want to go watch the games at a local bar, I have an excuse to join them and actually root for a team.

Speaking of which, here is who I will be rooting for:

Score	Team		Team	Score
W	Russia	vs	Saudi Arabia	L
L	Egypt	vs	Uruguay	W
T	Morocco	vs	Iran	T
L	Portugal	vs	Spain	W
W	France	vs	Australia	L
W	Argentina	vs	Iceland	L
T	Peru	vs	Denmark	T
T	Croatia	vs	Nigeria	T
W	Costa Rica	vs	Serbia	L
W	Germany	vs	Mexico	L
W	Brazil	vs	Switzerland	L
T	Sweden	vs	South Korea	T
W	Belgium	vs	Panama	L
L	Tunisia	vs	England	W
T	Poland	vs	Senegal	T
W	Colombia	vs	Japan	L
L	Russia	vs	Egypt	W
W	Portugal	vs	Morocco	L
W	Uruguay	vs	Saudi Arabia	L
L	Iran	vs	Spain	W
W	France	vs	Peru	L
T	Denmark	vs	Australia	T
W	Argentina	vs	Croatia	L
W	Brazil	vs	Costa Rica	L
W	Nigeria	vs	Iceland	L
W	Serbia	vs	Switzerland	L
W	Belgium	vs	Tunisia	L
W	Germany	vs	Sweden	L
L	South Korea	vs	Mexico	W
W	England	vs	Panama	L
W	Japan	vs	Senegal	L
T	Poland	vs	Colombia	T
L	Uruguay	vs	Russia	W
L	Saudi Arabia	vs	Egypt	W
W	Spain	vs	Morocco	L
L	Iran	vs	Portugal	W
L	Denmark	vs	France	W
L	Australia	vs	Peru	W
T	Nigeria	vs	Argentina	T
T	Iceland	vs	Croatia	T
L	South Korea	vs	Germany	W
W	Mexico	vs	Sweden	L
L	Serbia	vs	Brazil	W
L	Switzerland	vs	Costa Rica	W
W	Japan	vs	Poland	L
L	Senegal	vs	Colombia	W
L	England	vs	Belgium	W
W	Panama	vs	Tunisia	L

If you would like to participate in this contest (and you really should!) check out this post for the rules:

https://steemit.com/blocktradesworldcup/@worldcup-russia/you-still-have-time-join-the-blocktrades-world-cup-and-win-2-000-sbd-in-prizes

Thank you @blocktrades, @acidyo and @anomadsoul!

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