A callow United States team defeated Bafana Bafana 1-0 today in a friendly at Cape Town’s Green Point Stadium that the South Africans really controlled throughout. I am often asked about what happens if the US faces off against South Africa in soccer or in rugby. In both cases I support South Africa for the simple reason that it means more to South Africans and because in absolute terms I am a fan of both of those South African national teams. In baseball or basketball, say, yes, I would support the US. But I only became a rugby fan and I was an indifferent soccer fan before I first lived in South Africa in 1997.
