Lionel Messi Wins 2010 Ballon D'Or
By Ty Duffy
Messi is the first player since Hristo Stoichov in 1994 to win the award in a World Cup year, without winning the World Cup. This could be testament to the primacy of major European club soccer, how awesome Messi is or just how bad the soccer quality was in South Africa.
France Football’s World XI
Iker Casillas (R. Madrid, Spain), Maicon (Inter, Brazil), Gerard Pique (Barcelona, Spain), Lucio (Inter, Brazil), Carles Puyol (Barcelona, Spain), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona, Spain), Xavi (Barcelona, Spain), Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan, Holland), Cristiano Ronaldo (R. Madrid, Portugal), David Villa (Barcelona, Spain), Leo Messi (Barcelona, Argentina)