Picture the scenario. The year is 2124, and the mighty USA lift the World Cup for the first time in their history. A fantastic achievement for the nation. By beating The Vatican City in the final at a penalty shoot-out the USA has finally gotten the top "soccer" prize. Unfortunately though, the rest of the world's decent "soccer" teams are playing in a new competition which includes the finest talent from other planets in the galaxy since extra-terrestrial life was discovered. Go USA, world champions!
Does Vatican City get to draw from all the clergy around the world? In not, they would have a really old team. If the US could only beat them in PK, we would be doing something wrong.
Getting to penalties against the vatican would be an achievment in itself, priests can play football, and the big fella would be their 12th man!
Vatican City has a population of one. The Pope is the only resident. And he happened to play the game in his youth. Even with a younger Pope they'd be a bit like Monty Python's Long John Silvers.
Tougher than you might think I would expect that, like some other nations, the Vatican to have some fairly "open" rules about who could be on their national team - like anybody who is Catholic, or has a relative that is Catholic. That would be a stronger team than a bunch of cardinals.
What a ruse! Here I was expecting to find out the details of how the US Mens National team had finally won the world's greatest sporting event (World Cup 2004, played in January), only to be tricked into some sort of elaborate and well planned message board hoax! Completely Irresponsible. I use this site as a soccer news and discussion tool, not as some sort of silly game. Play your fancy tricks elsewhere!
Picture the scenario ... Korea 2002.... USA/Germany. USA have Germany playing bunker ball....and the hand of God save the Germans from defeat and I do not mean the hand of the player stoping the ball on the goal line, I mean the hand of God blinding the referee on a such clear foul play .....
brad_james... You're as funny as Carrot Top and twice as annoying. (No offense to any Carrot Top fans. )