come before him. the brazilians have this term for how they play soccer, it s play beautifully. it began with him. he was able to conjure a way of playing the game that had not been seen before. you have to remember that at this time soccer was not really a sport that was televised worldwide. every four years, a lot of the world gathered to see what was going on in other countries. when you see the yellow and blue of the brazil jersey. it just stuck out how incredible this player was. he announced his arrival in the 1958 world cup final. if you go back and watch the goals that he scored they stand the test of time. they look like goals that would be scored now. better than some scored now. it is remarkable. normally when you see black and white footage it doesn t hold up. for this player it does. pele was a household name. you know? you didn t have to be a soccer fan or follow sports to know pele. i m fascinated by what you re
and received immediate medical treatment, which continued as he was taken to the hospital. soccer s governing body in the united states said it was heartbroken to learn about the tragedy. late last month his knowledge and passion were on full display during the u.s./iran match. absolutely crazy atmosphere inside the stadium. crazy in a good way. you know, the u.s. sends a lot of fans to the world cup now. and so the u.s. fans were extremely land. we re in a part of the world where we re near iran. those fans were very loud in the crowd. you felt like this was a classic world cup atmosphere, which is why i always tell everybody, at some point in your life go to a world cup even if you re not a soccer fan. it feels like you re at the center of the universe. fifa is recognizing wahl s work. he said his love for football
with something that seemed to be like bronchitis and taking it easy a little bit but seemed to be on the better end of it and i was reading again, he was filing today. he filed the whole dispatch today in between the two games. the last thing he wrote about was croatia. he says i thought croatia was too old to head into the tournament and i was wrong. and the fight these croatians show is leg gendary. i can t tell how you how much my admire them. everyone that s a soccer fan believes that about grant. i can t tell you how much i admire him, and just it s such a huge loss. yeah. for the industry but also just a personal lose s for anyo that came here him. thank you for sharing that. i want to read the full
was filing today. he filed a whole dispatch today in between the two games. the last thing he wrote about was croatia. he said i thought croatia was too old to be heading into this tournament, but i was wrong. he had the energy to go all the way in these games and the fight these croatians show is legendary. i can t tell you how much i admire him, those last words. i can t tell you how much i admire him. i think everyone, you know, in journalism, everyone who is a soccer fan believes that about grant. i can t tell you how much i admired him. it s such a huge loss for the industry, but just also it s a personal loss for anyone who came anywhere near him. john, thank you for sharing that. i want to read for everyone right now the full statement the u.s. soccer has put out. here is the statement. the entire u.s. soccer family is