32 Countries, 32 Bloggers, One Trophy

SoundersFC.com will have 32 fans covering every World Cup match this summer, painting a picture for the Sounders FC community showcasing the essence of every beautiful game (and of course how rubbish the other side or referee performed).

There will be rants; there will be raves; there will be accounts of glory and simply chronicles of days and nights at the pub following your counrty ... there will NOT, however, be boring rehashes of what every fan can read on any sports page.

These stories, will combine to represent all 32 countries and 64 matches in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and featured daily on SoundersFC.com showcasing the day's competition put together in a head-to-head format.

The 32 selected bloggers will receive a pair of tickets to the Sounders FC friendly against Celtic FC on July 18, 2010 and given exclusive access to a training session that week.

The 5 Requirements:

• Love soccer and your country
• Be as creative, passionate, and biased as you like
• No profanity, vulgarity, or racist comments allowed (we will edit if necessary)
• Commit to writing up to seven (7) stories
• Must be able to email your post by 4 pm PT after each match.

Thank you for all your entries. Overall, we had over 270 bloggers vying to become the official eyes and ears of the 32 sides in this year's FIFA World Cup. There was competition for every country and the final decisions were tough. 

Congratulations to those selected! You will be contacted soon to learn about your World Cup assignments.

2010 FIFA World Cup Bloggers
(Read each blogger's winning entry by clicking on their name)

 Algeria: Omar Kader

 Argentina: Dan Ballance

 Australia: Gabe Holmes

 Brazil: Lee Prindle

 Cameroon: Greg Van Hollebeke

 Chile: Sarah Rudd

 Denmark: Alison Fujimoto

 England: James Smith

 France: Clayton Paschke

 Germany: Tarun Treon

 Ghana: Stephen Ishmael

 Greece: Andy Brownson

 Honduras: Nelson Acosta

 Italy: Brad Claus

 Ivory Coast: Nick Schiffler

 Japan: Naoko Suzuki-Madsen

 Korea DPR: Robert Webster

 Korea Republic: Ju Kim

 Mexico: Alberto Santiago

 Netherlands: Waylon Fairbanks

 New Zealand: Ian Ritchie

 Nigeria: Eric Sambrano

 Paraguay: Connor Burns

 Portugal: Tyler Pisani

 Serbia: Alex Porter

 Slovakia: Mike Allende

 Slovenia: Colin Shively

 South Africa: Obstructed Viewer

 Spain: Alicia Bennett

 Switzerland: Tyler Jorgensen

 Uruguay: Ashton Rezayat

 USA: David Martin