{"id":3595,"date":"2010-06-11T12:27:08","date_gmt":"2010-06-11T12:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2010\/06\/world-cup-scores-all-tied-up.html"},"modified":"2010-06-11T12:27:08","modified_gmt":"2010-06-11T12:27:08","slug":"world-cup-scores-all-tied-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2010\/06\/world-cup-scores-all-tied-up.html","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Scores: All Tied Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WorldCupPlayer.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/WorldCupPlayer.jpg\" width=\"230\" height=\"360\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span>After all the hoopla, all the anticipation, the World Cup 2010 competition opens with&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/soccernet.espn.go.com\/report?id=264031&amp;cc=5901&amp;ver=us\">a 1-1 tie<\/a> between Mexico and host country South Africa. Yes, folks, sports can end in a tie, a draw, Even Steven, and not just in your child&#8217;s Little League.<br \/>\nMy reaction #1: There is something beautiful, dare I say spiritual, about a hard-fought sports match that can end in a tie. They prepared, they battled, they pushed it as hard and far as they could, and they end up equal, forced to be satisfied with this in-between state of neither winning nor losing, but accepting their utter and complete equality with their opponent. They&#8217;ve met the enemy, and the enemy is&#8230; exactly as worthy as they are.<br \/>\nMy reaction #2: Huh. A 1-1 tie. No wonder competition-obsessed (and winning-obsessed) Americans hate soccer.<br \/>\n<em>Photo: Clive Mason, Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After all the hoopla, all the anticipation, the World Cup 2010 competition opens with&#8230; a 1-1 tie between Mexico and host country South Africa. 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