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Vice President Biden:
I'm here in South Africa
representing the United States.
Unfortunately, President Obama
wasn't able to make it so he
asked me to be present
at the opening ceremony.
We watched a thrilling game.
We watched Mexico and
South Africa play.
They played to a tie.
And I'm heading from here
to the game tonight;
the first U.S. game.
You know, we're in the World
Series and we have the NBA
playoffs and we have
all these great events.
But this is really a World Cup.
I mean the whole world is here.
The enthusiasm around
the world is staggering.
I've met this morning with the
president of the World Cup;
impressive guy.
We've talked at length about
what the United States had to
offer the World Cup, and
what the World Cup had to
offer the United States.
About 25 million Americans
are playing soccer.
80% of those folks
are young kids,
which means it's only going
to grow in the United States.
The United States has
sold more tickets for U.S.
citizens coming to this world
cup then any other country,
but South Africa; where there
are about 130,000 tickets.
So it's really exciting to
see, you know, the enthusiasm.
So I'm hopeful that we have a
real clear shot that by the end
of this year were going to be
picked as the site for one of
the next world cups.
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