Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Top Three National Soccer Teams

The top three national soccer teams of all time are definitely the Netherlands, Brazil and Argentina. All have ranked extremely well in FIFA's men's national soccer team charts and have placed well in World Cups through the ages. They have also each had players on them which have impacted the team in a way that made them play the best their team could possibly have played.
To begin, the Netherlands is one of the greatest teams of all time for many reasons. The first of which includes their current number two position in the FIFA ranking chart for men's national soccer. They have consistently stayed in the top 20 positions and have been 2nd on two separate occasions one of which is their current position. On both of those occasions, it lasted for about five months. Even though the Dutch team has never won the FIFA World Cup, they have won the European Cup and they have been runners-up twice against Germany and Argentina. The Dutch team has had some great people on their team such as Johan Cruyff and Marco van Basten. Marco van Basten is the current coach on the dutch national team and was a pivotal player in the Euro cup win in 1988 against West Germany. Johan Cruyff is placed amongst the greatest players of all time and even now his famous pull back move is recognized by players worldwide.
To follow, Brazil is ranked as one of the best national teams ever by many soccer fans if not the best. Their current number one ranked position in the FIFA rankings speaks for itself. Since 1993, they have not strayed from the top five positions and have been number one on multiple occasions. Additionally, Brazil has won the FIFA World Cup a record five times and have won many of the South American Championships. It is also said that the best soccer players are made in Brazil and it is true. Probably the best player of all time played for Brazil. Pele was born and raised in Brazil and played in his first FIFA World Cup when he was 17 or 18. He has played in four World Cups and helped the team come out on top in two of them. Many other great soccer players have come from the Brazilian team such as Ronaldinho (player of the year on one occasion), Ronaldo, Kaka and many others.
Finally, the Argentina national team is one of the only teams in South America that can rival Brazil in the top teams of all time. Currently ranked in 8th position, Argentina has never dipped in ranking below 25th position. This incredibly skilled team has also been in 1st position before and has stayed in that position for almost a year. Argentina has won the FIFA World Cup twice and has done exceedingly well in it's continental competition rivaling Brazil and winning many events. Diego Maradona was an Argentinian bred soccer player who is talked about as one of the best of all time. He helped Argentina win one of the World Cup events and brought his team to victory on many separate occasions. Lionel Messi and Riquelme are also great Argentine players who helped them reach many of their wins.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

The Best Superpower

If I had to chose any one superpower that could possibly have, I would definately choose to have the ability to teleport from one location to another. This amazing superpower would give me the ability to go for lunch in Thailand instead of at South Main Market. It would allow me to travel the world over the weekend and see the many sights of the world and do many exotic things. I would be able to go visit my relatives who live in various European countries such as the Netherlands, France and Belgium as well as Quebec city (obviously not in Europe). As well as travel, this amazing power would allow me to get up later when going to places such as school. Instead of taking the bus down at 8:00am and waking up at 7:00am, I would be able to get up 15 minutes before school and just get ready and teleport down at the last minute. Other superpowers would get old and boring because they are so repetitive but not the ability to teleport. Take invisibility for example, this power would be good for spying and sneaking around but that is it and once you have done it for a while you would want a new power and get tired of that one. I could see that some would say that teleportation could get boring once you have seen all the sights but I think that there are so many sights in the world that you could never run out of places to go and things to do. Teleportation is the best superpower by far over any other superpower because of the many things you could do with it and the fact that it wouldn't get boring.