World Cup 2010

This is a late article. I know. It has been months and the American soccer fans have invariably shifted back to the pressing subjects of how bad the MLS is. It is a league so bad that it comes as a shock that David Beckham isn't that good. He shouldn't be good. He was over the hill at 27, back when nobody had heard of Barack Obama.
But back to the World Cup. It wasn't very good. Lets face it. Any world cup where the final is beetween 2 underacheiving teams is bad. Somewhere people got the idea that Spain deserved it because the were, get this, entertaining. Entertaining like an episode of Whale Wars. The fact was that they could maintain a slight sliver of consistency. So heres my world cup heroes and villains.
Heroes:
K'naan: Yep, its a singer who made the catchy and meaningful World Cup song. What does Waka Waka mean anyway, Shakira. Yes, the drumming was overdone, but I preffered it to past World Cup songs, with the exception of Ricky Martin's 1998 effort.
Asamoah Gyan: The Ghanain striker was everything a World Cup should be. He danced, he scored, he came close, he smiled, he cried, he cared, and eventually he missed a penalty. My player of the tournament, because he was fun to watch not in a soccer way, but in an entertainment way.
Nelson Mandela: For one, he's Nelson Mnadela. Also, he cared, unlike other World Cup hosting men. He didn't just smile and clap like Mick Jagger at the USA Ghana game.

Villains:
David Beckham: What was he doing on the England bench? It didn't help, thats for sure.
Alexi Lalas: Didn't make any bad mistakes talkin on ESPN, so no jokes about americans and soccer. The shame.
Luis Suarez: Denied Ghana witha handball. Subconciously, everyone loved Ghana. They just don't know it yet.