Spain wins first World Cup

At left: Spain celebrates its first World Cup championship.

Spain won the 2010 World Cup yesterday with a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands in Johannesburg, South Africa. Andres Iniesta scored in the 116th minute (in extra time) and it proved to be the winner. It was really a pretty ugly game with a lot of fouls and so forth and the Netherlands strategy has to be questioned. Spain seemed to play the purer form of soccer and appeared to be the better team. So hats off to the Spaniards; it's quite an achievement. I'm not sure they have stopped partying in Madrid and all throughout Spain and who can blame them?

It was quite the World Cup I have to say. There was a lot of drama, such as Ghana missing a game winning penalty kick that would have sent them to the semi-finals and then losing the match in as big of a heart breaker as you can imagine in penalty kicks, and Landon Donovan's late goal against Algeria to send the USA to the knockout stage. South Africa was a great host country if you ask me and the atmosphere was quite festive throughout. It was the first time the World Cup was ever held in Africa and I thought it was just spectacular. Having the Tournament in South Africa brought a unique feel to it that has never been present before and I am glad I was able to watch some of it. Now, we look forward to 2014 in Brazil and hope that the USA can improve then on its Round of 16 appearance this year.