It is rare indeed, Gentle Reader(s), for Your Humble Narrator to weigh in on matters regarding Sport (or Sports, as we colonials tend to call it), but the FIFA World Cup is an exceptional phenomenon—a uniquely global quadrennial event with an international following like no other. Having become a fan of the English Premiere League over the past several years (Liverpool is my team—one guess as to the reason why) I have found myself swept up in the fervor, getting up early to watch 8:00 AM games and trying to figure out which teams I favor.