Number 7: Carlos Tévez Position: Forward Country: Argentina Club Team: Manchester City American
Based Professional Athlete "Soulmate": Alexander Ovechkin, LW, Washington Capitals What can I say
about Carlos Tévez besides the fact that he's our number seven player to watch at the upcoming
World Cup?
Number 5: Fernando Torres and David Villa (The Spanish Strikers) Position: Forward Country: Spain
Club Teams: Liverpool FC, EPL and FC Barcelona, La Liga American based Professional Athlete
"Soulmates": Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburg Penguin We could have written about
Fernando Torres and David Villa independently as two unique "Players to Watch," but it just didn't
seem right.
Player Number One: Leo Messi Country: Argentina Position: Forward Club Team: FC Barcelona
American-Based Professional Athlete Soulmate: Kobe Bryant, Guard, Los Angeles Lakers By the time
our # 1 Player to Watch at the 2010 World Cup reaches his 23rd birthday, his national team, the
Albiceleste, will be finished with group play and, sitting as I write on three points, more than
likely awaiting the runner-up from Group A in the Round of.
Number 6: Wayne Rooney Position: Forward Country: England Club Team: Manchester United, English
Premier League American-based Professional Sports Athlete "Soulmate": Jonathan Papelbon, RP, Boston
Red Sox When Chancellor Seco, in his "infinite wisdom," assigned me this player to watch piece my
initial reaction was one of complete disgust.
Number 4: Steven Gerrard (a.k.a. Captain Fantastic) Country: England Position: Midfielder (CMF,
LMF), Captain Club Team: Liverpool FC American Based Professional Sports "Soulmate": A mutt between
Lebron James and Paul Pierce from 1998 – 2006 With regard to Stevie G, my favorite player in the
world (with all due respect to Sacha Kljestan), I could not think of a single American athlete to
do him justice.
Number 3: Kaka Country: Brazil Position: Central Midfield Club Team: Real Madrid American-Based
Professional Athlete "Soulmate": Joe Mauer, C, Minnesota Twins What is a superstar? Traditionally,
the narrative goes like this: glamour position, great talent. Media-savvy if not personable. Almost
always (not always), but almost always a leader and a household name—sometimes to the point where
you simply say his first name, or his.
Number 2: Cristiano Ronaldo Country: Portugal Position: Midfielder/Wing Forward Club Team: Real
Madrid American-Based Professional Sport "Soulmate": Alex Rodriguez, 3B, New York Yankees He may
only be our number two player to watch at the World Cup, but Portugal's most important man is
without a doubt the most widely hated footballer on earth.
