British people tend to be a little bit disparaging about the term soccer. The word soccer is originally a British word and refers to association football, which was the original name of football. Colombia would have been the clear favorites for this group but their star goal scorer Radamel Falco withdrew from the team on the eve of the tournament because of a knee injury. Japan got beaten to one in their opening game by Greece; I'm kind of rooting for Japan as well,. If you if you disagree with this, leave a comment. If you agree, leave just left a comment. Let's see what you think.