Following a Dream

I have never in the past followed the World Cup, although this year that changed. With me coaching my son in soccer for the past 6 years I have come to love the sport. The media coverage of the World Cup this year has made things very easy to keep up, who is playing and what time and day. Some people could look at the World Cup and say that’s a sissy sport but I beg to differ. At this world cup I witnessed much more blood than I would have seen on the American Football field.

Before the World Cup started my son and I were talking could this be the year that the US would finally break out and win the Cup. So many things were against them statistically speaking. Dating back to 1930 the US has played in 29 World Cups, they have only won 7 matches, lost 17, and they have scored a total of 32 goals while giving up 56. With these statistics the odds are stacked against them.

While watching the World Cup on TV I noticed there were a lot of US fans in attendance at the games. I wondered what something like that cost, so I did a little research. An all inclusive package could be bought to South Africa for a mere $7,445. Now those people are following a dream!
There are so many lessons to learn from researching the World Cup. Know matter what the dream is the one thing that I want to impress upon my students would be to never give up on your dream. Work hard and give it your all because you never know what could happen. Are the statistics stacked against you?