souryadey92

Love this thread, so imaginative! Here's a scenario:

What if Oliver Kahn hadn't made those inhumanly brilliant saves in the WC2002 Quarterfinal against USA?

Effect: USA would have reached the semifinals to face Korea. They had already drawn with Korea earlier in the tournament, this time they would have won and reached the finals against Brazil. They would have lost the finals, but this would have been an incredible result for USA, a team which had been ranked last in the WC 4 years back. This would have propelled MLS to new heights and more and more players around the world would have joined MLS earlier in their careers. Europe's world domination on domestic football would have been broken and the Club World Cup would become bigger than the UEFA Champions League.