| South Africa is not exactly one of those places where | | | | Cup Soccer title in South Africa include Korea, Iran and |
| people plan a vacation and, therefore, with the 2010 | | | | Saudi Arabia. New Zealand and Fiji are both vying for |
| World Cup Soccer tournament to take place in South | | | | a position from Oceania. |
| Africa, a great deal is being done to help prepare for | | | | On the other side of the globe, teams from North and |
| an onslaught of visitors to the area. World Cut Soccer | | | | Central America as well as the nations of the |
| is, on many levels, something like the Olympics and | | | | Caribbean are competing and preparing for a spot in |
| baseball's World Series rolled into one; teams from | | | | the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament in South |
| around the world are already counting down and | | | | Africa. So far, teams from the United States, Mexico, |
| competing with their eyes on the World Cup in 2010 | | | | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago and |
| and fans are already looking into learning more about | | | | Honduras are leading the way. From South America, |
| places to stay and even driving rules in South Africa. | | | | thus far, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay have |
| All of this - fans looking into lodging and travel, teams | | | | taken the lead. |
| playing for a shot at making the tournament - is | | | | While it is far too soon to tell which nations will |
| already taking place. Even with almost two years to | | | | ultimately be among the thirty one spots in the 2010 |
| go before the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament in | | | | World Cup tournament finals in South Africa, one thing |
| South Africa, the official web site is documenting the | | | | is sure: each of the preliminary matches is grabbing the |
| way that teams are playing and that features a | | | | interest of soccer fans worldwide - all of whom are |
| countdown to the event (with well over 600 days to | | | | hoping that their nation or their favorite team will |
| go). So far, there are two hundred teams that have | | | | ultimately be represented. Photos of matches are |
| entered into the competition; two hundred teams that | | | | available online, match details have been made |
| are aiming to be one of the thirty-one teams that will | | | | available and these are just the first steps: the 2010 |
| compete. | | | | World Cup in South Africa will also offer live streaming |
| Teams from Spain, England, France, Germany and Italy | | | | coverage of the matches that are played; likewise, |
| are all competing as representatives of European | | | | some preliminary matches will be aired live online. |
| nations. Africa has a total of fifty-three teams that are | | | | The road to the 2010 World Cup Soccer tournament in |
| working their way through the preliminaries, with | | | | South Africa is still long and winding, however that |
| Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Zambia, Swaziland, Togo and other | | | | does nothing to slow down the ways in which players |
| nations participating. Asian nations that hope to be in | | | | and fans have planned to travel it to reach their |
| thirty one teams who will compete for the 2010 World | | | | destination. |