</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Montserrat world's worst in soccer
Associated Press

THIMPHU, Bhutan — The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan got three goals from its captain to beat Montserrat 4-0 on Sunday in a game for the title of world's worst team.

Wangyel Dorji recovered from an eye infection to become the hero in the matchup billed as "The Other Final," hours before Brazil beat Germany 2-0 in the World Cup final in Yokohama, Japan.

The Bhutanese captain opened the scoring in the fourth minute on a header off a corner kick.

Watched by a crowd of 25,000 in Thimphu's Changlimithang Stadium that was built to accommodate just 10,000 spectators, Bhutan withstood pressure from Montserrat's strikers in the second half.

Dorji scored on a curling free kick to increase Bhutan's lead in the 67th minute. Midfielder Dinesh Chetri scored Bhutan's third goal in the 76th minute before Dorji finished the scoring two minutes later.

Bhutan, one of the most unspoiled Himalayan areas, is sandwiched between China and India. It came out of isolation in 2000 to become the youngest member of FIFA, world soccer's governing body.

FIFA ranked the team No. 202, just ahead of last-place Montserrat.

The game was conceived by a Dutch communications firm, KesselsKramer, which is being supported by Robot, a Tokyo production company.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">And for the geographically challenged, Montserrat is an island in the Eastern Caribbean southwest of Antigua and southeast of St. Kitts & Nevis:



And the kingdom of Bhutan (I did a report on this country in 9th grade World Geography...got an A <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> ):



<small>[ July 02, 2002, 10:51 AM: Message edited by: Lucy ]</small>

No team can be considered "the world's worst soccer team" unless it has me on it.... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

-JD

And, in keeping with Lucy's geography theme, here is the center of the universe for all you boys and girls out there:



-JD

Oh my dear JD, I beg to differ:

If you were given these two maps side by side, which one would you trust?



That's what I thought.... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="tongue.gif" />

-JD

Ok, I'll concede...the gold map is prettier than the gray map, but I just couldn't resist the star mine had... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[angel]" title="" src="graemlins/angel.gif" />