Well, the Utes were back to the training field this morning. And, of course, that means that we had another "fun fact" in preparation for our spring break trip to Argentina and Uruguay (March 14-23). Today's fun fact was supplied by senior, Paola Marsenaro. "P", as she is known, and her family are from Uruguay. This morning, P gave us a lesson in World Cup history.
The very first World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930. There were 13 teams present at the tournament. (The U.S. got to the semi-finals and lost to Argentina, 6-1). In the final, the host team defeated Argentina, 4-2, in front of 93,000 fans at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo. Interestingly, the teams argued about which ball to use in the game (we can only imagine the kind of heavy leather they used back then). In a compromise, the teams used the ball preferred by the Argentines in the first half (Argentina led 2-1 at that time). And they used the ball that the Uruguayans wanted to use in the second half (and the home team came back to win...).
Was it all about the ball?
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