No host nation has failed to reachthe secondround and South Africa’s national team, Bafana Bafana, which won the AfricanNationsCupin 1996, willstumble through on homesupport.
That group could include other teens, parents, school officials and coaches for the high school's beloved football team, whichhaswon nine state championships.
The kerfuffle also overshadowed China's team, whichhaswon every major men's event since 2006, and also the surprising flaws of the Americans, who blundered their way to fifth.
If they chose to, they could even limit him to one start in each round of the playoffs if they got to the World Series, which a Washington teamhas not won since 1924, its only victory in the Fall Classic 88 years ago.