The World Cup Of Cute

One day Matthew had a very very bad hangover and decided that he would spend the day (the first really nice day of June, no less) sitting home making this stupid thing. So, here's the World Cup Of Cute, twenty-three reasons why soccer is worth watching. [Insert silly ball joke here.] Overall he thinks that Switzerland, Italy, Costa Rica, Ghana and the Czech Replublic have the cutest teams, while the Netherlands has the least attractive. Argentina has the worst hair. If you have any opinions and/or better pictures of any of the players, e-mail him and the two of you can further discuss these important issues.

goalkeepers

Iker Casillas (ESP), Artur Boruc (POL), Andreas Isaksson (SWE)

defenders

Cicinho (BRA), Fabio Cannavaro (ITA), Pyo-Young Lee (KOR), Carlos Bocanegra (USA), Robert Kovac (CRO), Ahmed Al Bahri (KSA),

mid-fielders

Hidetoshi Nakata (JAP), Mendonca (ANG), Guy Demel (CIV), Jaouhar Mnari (TUN), Luis Perez (MEX), Steven Gerrard (ENG), Zinedine Zidane (FRA), Tranquillo Barnetta (SWI)

forwards

Pauleta (POR), Jan Koller (CZE), Andriy Shevchenko (CZE), John Aloisi (AUS), Kenwyne Jones (TRI), Vahid Hashemian (IRN)

runners-up

Pablo Aimar (mid-fielder, ARG), Alvaro Mesen (goal, CRC), Cristian Mora (goal, ECU), Jean Paul Abalo (defender, TOG), Jens Nowotny (mid-fielder, GER), Stephen Appiah (mid-fielder, GHA), Ruud van Nistelrooij (forward, NED), Justo Villar (goal, PAR),