It seemed like that status quo for that sport:

-America still sucks at soccer
-English people got drunk on warm beer and started a fight with German people
-soccer players were accused of being cocaine addicts
-people pretended to be hurt
-France kicked its own soapless ass
-Italians were arrogant and won the title, only to be indicted by their own government for fixing Italian League games a day later. Maybe they celebrated with Parmalat instead of champagne
-The French guy who lost the game for them was named the tournament MVP. Huh?
-Every losing team blamed the referees
-We lost to Ghana...Ghana! I don't even know where Ghana is.
-Every soccer fan tried to emulate their injury faking stars' mullets, aka the Canadian Passport, the Camaro Cut, the Yep/Nope, the Missouri Compromise, or my favorite, the "Achey Brakey Bad Mistakey."