Eventually, everyone who knows me is exposed to it.My love of football.I am not talking about American football (although, of course, Dallas will forever be my team!!).It is the other football I am speaking of though. The one America calls soccer.So it is with frustration that I keep feeling the realization that there will not be any England qualifier games in 2008. Because in 2008, the European Championships are being played. Without England. We have a new coach. Things should look up for us in the future. After the 2008 European Championships, World Cup Qualifiers begin for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. It never occurred to me that England might not make it to South Africa in 2010. But then, it never occurred to me that they wouldn’t be playing in 2008.Because, while I may love England, I don’t think like the English. I’m an American lover of English football (an oxymoron in more ways than one). I believe we can win. So it breaks my heart that we won’t get to play in 2008.Yet, it doesn’t really change my deep-seeded belief that we will be in South Africa in 2010. Of course we will.It’s World Cup. It couldn’t go on without England…could it?
