It really is a World Cup

It's amazing being part of an event that is capturing hearts an souls all over the world. These pics of the opening weekend demonstrate how truly global this tournament is:

A man celebrates Mexico's goal as he watches the 2010 World Cup opening match between Mexico and South Africa on a large TV screen in Zocalo Square, downtown Mexico City June 11, 2010

People gather around a television to watch the opening game of the soccer World Cup at the Tembisa neighborhood in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, June 11, 2010

A Chinese couple watches a live broadcast of the World Cup soccer match between South Africa and Mexico, outside a grocery store in a hutong of Beijing, China, Friday, June 11, 2010

Schoolchildren watch the World Cup opening match between South Africa and Mexico in San Jose, Costa Rica on June 11, 2010. Costa Rica's Education Minister Leonardo Garnier authorised all schools across the country to have a television in their classrooms to watch the World Cup matches

South Korean soccer fans cheer for the South Korean World Cup soccer team as they watch a live TV broadcast of the 2010 World Cup Group B soccer match against Greece in Port Elizabeth, at Seoul City Hall Plaza June 12, 2010

U.S. and British troops watch the World Cup soccer match from South Africa between the U.S. and England in Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan June 12, 2010

Roadside mechanics and their clients watch Nigeria take on Argentina during the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa on a battery powered television in Lagos, Nigeria on June 12, 2010

Palestinians and foreigners watch the World Cup game between Germany and Australia projected onto a screen on the separation barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Sunday June 13, 2010. The wall that separates this biblical town in the West Bank from nearby Jerusalem has recently been bringing an international crowd together to watch the World Cup games. Every night, local restaurant owner and avid soccer fan Joseph Hasboun has been projecting games of the World Cup onto the wall facing his eatery, the Bahamas Sea Food Restaurant

Wearing 3D glasses, Australian fans watch their team in their South Africa World Cup match against Germany in 3D at a movie theater in Melbourne on June 14, 2010. Germany won the match 4-0

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