AFTER TWO DECADES OF INFIGltTING AND CONSIDERABLE<br >procrastination, FIFA met again in 1924 at the Paris Olympics<br >to sketch out details for the first World Cup. In fact, the World Cup<br >tournament might never have evolved ff the Olympics had allowed<br >professional soccer players to compete. But since this was not to be,<br >FIFA recognized the need for a showcase soccer tournament that<br >would not penalize the European nations and their paraprofes-<br >sionals. The Olympic Committee has recently ruled that, begin-<br > ning in 1992, all players must be under twenty-three years old.) The<br > two Frenchmen who steered this tournament from conception to<br > the playing fields of Uruguay in 1930 were Henri Delauney, secre-<br > tary of FIFA, and president Jules Rimet, for whom the trophy<br > awarded to the winning team was later named.<br > By the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, FIFA was ready to award<br > the World Cup to a worthy host for 1930. Five nations put in their<br > bids: Holland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Uruguay. Uruguay, want-<br > ing to celebrate its 100th anniversary of independence with great<br > flourish, agreed to foot the travel and hotel bills of all visiting teams<br > and to build a new stadium expressly for the World Cup. This was<br > an offer Rimer and FIFA could not refuse; however, the other four<br > bidding countries were unhappy with the outcome and, as a result,<br > the four losing bidders boycotted the first World Cup, as did<br > England, Hungar}; German}; Switzerland, and Czechoslovakia.<br > From a historical perspective, it would be their loss.<br >THE FIRST WORLD CUP WAS A SLAPDASH THIRTEEN-NATION AFFAIR,<br >with last-minute entrants and a long, arduous boat journey across<br >the Atlantic for the four European squads that agreed to participate:<br >Belgium, France, Yugoslavia, and Romania. The Romanians were<br >an odd lot, selected from company teams and afforded month-long<br >vacations by no less than King Carol himself. (Most World Cup<br >players are picked by a national selection committee, usually<br >including the nation s coach, manager, and "technical directors.")<br > Without the presence of Italy, Austria, Holland, Spain, Sweden,<br >Czechoslovakia, England, or Holland, Uruguay became the heavy<br >favorite by default. After all, it had won gold medals at the 1924<br >and 1928 Olympics, and had some truly creative attackers from<br >midfield: forward Pedro Cea, and halfbacks Lorenzo Fernandez,<br >Jose Andrade, and Alvaro Gestido.<br > Among the thirteen teams that attended this inaugural event<br >was the United States, which fielded a side of foreign-born players<br >strong enough to dominate weak members Paraguay and Belgium.<br > Matches were not always top-flight, but usually competitive, and<br >Montevideo responded with unreined enthusiasm. Individual<br > players like rough-and-tumble center-half Luisito Monti and center-<br > forward Guillermo Stabile of Argentina, not well known outside of<br > their own countries, became two of the world s first international<br > sports stars.<br > Argentina, Uruguay s chief rival, seemed to court controversy<br > and chaos: With France trailing Argentina 1-0, and with Marcel<br > Langiller on a breakneck dribble toward the goal, Brazilian ref<br > Almeida Rego stopped the game with his whistle. Rego incorrectly<br > believed time had run out when there were still six minutes<br > remaining. The match resumed, but Langiller no longer had his<br > chance and Argentina held on. In the Argentinians next match<br > against Mexico, a Bolivian official called five penalty kicks. Their<br > final Group I match against Chile was interrupted by a lengthy<br > brawl caused by one of Monti s patented loose tackles.<br > Finally, after knocking off the United States 6-1, Argentina<br > earned passage into the first final against Uruguay. A crowd of<br > 90,000 poured into Centenary Stadium, many of them Argentinians<br > who had caught a boat across the Plate River on the eve of the<br > match. Uruguay won a coin toss, which allowed the team to use its<br >
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