“Quick, who finished second at the 1990 World Cup? Who was third in 1982? Chances are you don’t know. And if you do, congratulations — only a select few would recognize such as a laudable feat. World Cups are staged to crown a champion, to determine who is the world’s best — over the span of a given month, anyway. Tournaments come and go. The winners are forever heralded, their jerseys embroidered with a star above the crest to mark the occasion. Everyone else is forgotten. Yet some of the losers are memorable for just that: losing.” (ESPN)