With the 2010 Soccer World Cup having been completed and Spain being crowned with their first championship we are going to look back at the begining. On July 13, 1930, the first World Cup games were played at Montevideo, Uraguay. Two opening games were played at the same time different stadiums in Montevideo. At 3 PM both games began, the France-Mexico game at Estadio Pocitos and the USA-Belgium game at Estadio Parque Central. Lucien Laurent of France scored the first goal, when he scored his only goal, in the 19th minute against Mexico. The French went on to win their game 4-1 and the Americans won their game 3-0. Of the four teams believe it or not, the Americans were the only team to make it to the semi-finals, as the other three teams in the semi-finals, were drawn from the the other 9 teams in the tourament. The host team won the finals after beating fellow South Americans from Argentina.
Today the World Cup draws many more teams and plays alot more then the original 18 games in the first tournament, where only 36 players scoring 70 goals in 3 stadiums. This years tournaments 32 countries, 64 matchs saw 145 goals scored in 10 stadiums.
Tomorrow we look at a Horse Racing milestone.
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