as the usa have made it through to the quarter finals of the world cup (and so now have south korea, hurray for underdogs!) the bbc have a hilarious spoof american sports report on the tournament:

a zip-two shutout for team usa saw mexico bested and the us elevated to eight-left status at soccer’s world tournament monday.

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beck, leader of the england team on converted set-plays, is lended from the manchester hot-rods franchise over the summer semester.

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the soccer world cup, a regional show based on major league soccer, concludes june 30 at the grand series finale in japorea.

it’s good to see from browsing round weblogs that the bbc’s headline “usa through, nation nonplussed” isn’t universally true.