It's The World Cup Name Awards!
First off, it's great to hear about Jason's conversion. I am now not the only one who cares about the World Cup. He's seen the light, and now we're on a mission to convert more. Look out Aaron.
With that said, the World Cup is about three things: 1) National pride, 2)Great soccer, and 3)Great player names! Without further ado, I give you my 2006 World Cup Name Awards!
The "Giggle like a 10-year-old" Award: Kaka (Brazil)
The "I only need one name because I'm awesome" Award: Tie between Cafu (Brazil) Loco (Angola), Xavi (Spain)
The "I'm posing off the whole one name thing" Award: Tie between Joaquin (Spain), Love (Angola)
The "Most confusing one name" Award: Fred (Brazil)
The "How-do-you-say...Ahh Yes..." Award: Marc Zoro (Ivory Coast)
The "Seinfeld Reference" Award: Bosko Balaban (Croatia)
The "Star Trek Reference" Award: Oliver Khhhhaaaannn (Germany)
The "Dr. Seuss" Award: Tie between Lebo Lebo (Angola), Gilles Yapi Yapo (Ivory Coast), and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (Netherlands)
The "Most mocked as a kid" Award: Jan Polak (Czech Republic)
The "My Village is on Fire!" Award: Edwin Villafuerte (Ecuador)
The "Best attempt at an alternate spelling of a dull first name" Award: Cyd Gray (Trinidad and Tobago)
The "My name is only cool in the soccer realm" Award: Rio Ferdinand (England)
The "Best use of the letter Z" Award: Zinadine Zidane (France)
The "Table Sport" Award: Razak Pimpong (Ghana)
The "Name that most resembles an ex-Vice President, but isn't exactly the same" Award: Dan Quaye (Ghana)
The "I couldn't pronounce this if my live depended on it" Award: Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (Iran)
The "Guy who Joe Pesci would most likely beat up if there were a Good Fellas 2" Award: Luca Toni (Italy)
The "God hath named thee" Award: Ho Lee (South Korea)
The "Most over-used media headline pun" Award: Omar Bravo (Mexico)
The"Steroids Check" Award: Tim De Cler (Netherlands)
The "Can I buy a vowel?" Award: Marcin Baszczynski (Poland)
The "Hey Look! My first name rhymes with my last name!" Award: Yakin Haken (Switzerland)
The "Homonym" Award: Otto Addo (Ghana)
And lastly, The "There's no way I'm believing they're American" Award: Tie between Brian Ching, Carlos Bocanegra, Claudio Reyna, and Oguchi Onyewu (USA)
Honorable Mentions
Quim (Portugal), Ruud Van Nistelrooij (Netherlands), Bonaventure Kalou (Ivory Coast), Peter Crouch (England), Chong Gug Song (South Korea)
Enjoy the games to the fullest, everyone! Go USA!!!
With that said, the World Cup is about three things: 1) National pride, 2)Great soccer, and 3)Great player names! Without further ado, I give you my 2006 World Cup Name Awards!
The "Giggle like a 10-year-old" Award: Kaka (Brazil)
The "I only need one name because I'm awesome" Award: Tie between Cafu (Brazil) Loco (Angola), Xavi (Spain)
The "I'm posing off the whole one name thing" Award: Tie between Joaquin (Spain), Love (Angola)
The "Most confusing one name" Award: Fred (Brazil)
The "How-do-you-say...Ahh Yes..." Award: Marc Zoro (Ivory Coast)
The "Seinfeld Reference" Award: Bosko Balaban (Croatia)
The "Star Trek Reference" Award: Oliver Khhhhaaaannn (Germany)
The "Dr. Seuss" Award: Tie between Lebo Lebo (Angola), Gilles Yapi Yapo (Ivory Coast), and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (Netherlands)
The "Most mocked as a kid" Award: Jan Polak (Czech Republic)
The "My Village is on Fire!" Award: Edwin Villafuerte (Ecuador)
The "Best attempt at an alternate spelling of a dull first name" Award: Cyd Gray (Trinidad and Tobago)
The "My name is only cool in the soccer realm" Award: Rio Ferdinand (England)
The "Best use of the letter Z" Award: Zinadine Zidane (France)
The "Table Sport" Award: Razak Pimpong (Ghana)
The "Name that most resembles an ex-Vice President, but isn't exactly the same" Award: Dan Quaye (Ghana)
The "I couldn't pronounce this if my live depended on it" Award: Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (Iran)
The "Guy who Joe Pesci would most likely beat up if there were a Good Fellas 2" Award: Luca Toni (Italy)
The "God hath named thee" Award: Ho Lee (South Korea)
The "Most over-used media headline pun" Award: Omar Bravo (Mexico)
The"Steroids Check" Award: Tim De Cler (Netherlands)
The "Can I buy a vowel?" Award: Marcin Baszczynski (Poland)
The "Hey Look! My first name rhymes with my last name!" Award: Yakin Haken (Switzerland)
The "Homonym" Award: Otto Addo (Ghana)
And lastly, The "There's no way I'm believing they're American" Award: Tie between Brian Ching, Carlos Bocanegra, Claudio Reyna, and Oguchi Onyewu (USA)
Honorable Mentions
Quim (Portugal), Ruud Van Nistelrooij (Netherlands), Bonaventure Kalou (Ivory Coast), Peter Crouch (England), Chong Gug Song (South Korea)
Enjoy the games to the fullest, everyone! Go USA!!!
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