AMAA FIFA WC challenge Results!

Congratulations to our AMAA FIFA 2018 World Cup Final Challenge winner - Samuel Miranda - with 14 of 16 points!

Samuel was followed closely by Isabella Miranda with 13 points and our highest "for fun only" participant Connor Bacci with 12 points.

I strongly suggest watching the replay of the 2nd Croatia goal.  Down 4-1 (that's big if you aren't familiar with FIFA soccer), Mario Mandzukic of Croatia continued to play hard and as a result forced an error by the French defense and goalkeeper.  That's what we want to see from our Martyrs Teams!!!

Some discussion points would be - Why didn't the French keeper just pick the ball up?   When and how is an appropriate way to be aggressive around a goalkeeper and when and how is it not?

Other notes:

This was the first time a FIFA World Cup Final had an "own goal"

This was the first time a FIFA World Cup Final had a penalty kick determined by a video review

Research:

Geography question:  http://www.worldometers.info/geography/7-continents/

Any question regarding FIFA "LAWS":
https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/laws-of-the-game-2018-19.pdf?cloudid=khhloe2xoigyna8juxw3

Any question regarding the stats                      https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/match/300331552/#match-statistics

Click here for the answer sheet.

Thanks to all that participated.  I hope you enjoyed it and maybe had some soccer discussions because of it.