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American Prospect, The, July, 2002
WHILE SWEPT UP IN WORLD Cup mania (that's soccer, for those of you who, like our executive editor, turned away from sports when and because the spitball was outlawed), the Prospect was recently online perusing the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings for international soccer teams. Scrolling down to the bottom of the list, imagine our surprise when we learned that rankings 197, 198, 199, and 200 are held by, respectively, Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (tied with the Turks and Caicos Islands), none of whom qualified for the Cup this year. These ...
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