1.   FIFA is the governing body of world soccer .

2.   Almost imperceptibly, the cute yellow jerseys and socks of the Swedes had molded into an impenetrable golden wall, one of the best-organized defenses in world soccer.

3.   And world soccer is shaping up as a Nike sport.

4.   But that neither of them are all that great says more about the current state of world soccer than anything else might.

5.   Hockey is like world soccer.

6.   One asked Arena how the Germans, considering their standing in world soccer, could play so badly.

7.   One of the endearing parts of world soccer is that many national and ethnic stereotypes not only come true but are actually celebrated.

8.   Sadly, it appears an honest appraisal of where we stand within world soccer.

9.   That could lead to a schism in world soccer.

10.   Their place in world soccer was secure.